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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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The Bourgogne Collision. French Court Awards a Wife £4,000 Damages for Loss of Her Husband

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 7

MME. Resal has been awarded £4,000 damages in a French Court for the loss of her husband by the sinking of the French line steamer. La Bonrgogne in collision with the British ship…

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Accidents to French Workingmen. Main Points of the Law Which Came Into Effect in Frence on June 1

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

ACCIDENTS occurring in the course of work to workmen and employees in the following occupations: Building, workshops yard work, manufactories, transportation…

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Saperatition About Drowned Bodies

Northern Star · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 9

Superstition everywhere has many carious modes of recovering the body of a drowned person. The universality of this form of superstition is shown by the fact…

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Dreadful Catastrophe at Circular Quay. a Lauding Stage Collapses Drowning Children

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 5

A SHOCKING disaster occurred at Circular Quay Syddey on Saturday evening, accompanied by loss of life. Saturday was the annual picnic of the…

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The Accidents of War

Northern Star · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 8

"THE glorious uncertainty of war" has passed into a proverb, and there is no knowing from moment to moment what may occur, says the 'Regiment.' The…

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A Balloon Drops into the Sea. the Aeronaut Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 1

CAPTAIN LORRAINE, an aeronaut, who has been giving exhibitions at Christchurch, N.Z., was tendred a benefit on Thursday, there being a large gathering of the public…

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Terrific Cyelene at Neweastle. OVER 300 Buildings Injured, and One Child Killed

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 November 1899 · page 3

A CYCLONE more disastrous in its results than any storm ever experienced here passed over Newcastle district at 1.30 on Tuesday afternoon, and within a space of…

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A Shocking Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

WILLIAM PEAMAN, 21, a seaman of the steamer Edina, met with a shocking accident at Melbourne. Whilst the vessel was leaving dock towed by a tug boat the hawser…

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