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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Dreadful Marine Disaster. Collision at Sea

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 8

THE long and successful career of Captain Fred Carrington, as master of Huddart, Parker, and Company's Proprietary, Limited, Coogee, was brought…

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The Steamer [?] Collision. the Steamer a Wreck Above Deck

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 8

It was on Friday morning in Bass Straits that the collision took place between the passenger steamer Caogee and the Italian four-masted ship Fortunat[?]…

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Dreadful Buggy Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

A DISASTROUS buggy accident is reported from Berriedale, Cooma, in Which a Mrs. Gilchrist was killed, and two other persons were injured. It…

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The Chicago Fire. Further Particular Dead, Missing, & Injured, Over 1000. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 5

564 bodies have been recovered dead. 157 preple have been injured, and 314 are reported missing. The auditorium resemblea a barnt…

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Injured by Kisses. Girl Gets £35 DAMAGES

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 7

"STOLEN kisses are dearest" should be the motte of Mr. Perry Grouer, who was on the 9th November ordered to pay £35 damages for kissing an unwilling damsel…

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Accident to H.[?].S. Wallaroo. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 5

H.M S. Wallaroo arrived this morning. Four men were killed and three wounded. The ship's signals had been mlsunderstood at Moutogue Island, and hence the message…

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Coogee-Fortunate Figari Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

The investigation into the CoogeeFortunnte Figari collision was continued at Melbourne on Thursday by the Court of Marine Inquiry…

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The Explosion on the Wallaroo. How the Accident-occurred

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

LIST OF KILLED AND INJURED. The list of killed and injured is as follows:— KILLED:…

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Terrible Burning Fatality. Three Boys the Victims

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 2

A SAD burning fatality, involving the death of three children, occurred at Trafalgar, Kalgoorlie, at a late hour on Friday night. It appears that…

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Supposed Drowning Fatality on the Clarence

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 5

Information reached town on 'Thursday (says the Grafton "Grip") that Mr. samuel Rutter, formerly oyster saloon proprietor of Prince-street, who formed one of a fishing…

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Accident on the Wallaroo

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 8

On the arrival of the Warship Wallaroo in Sydney on Friday of last week it was found that the catastrophe had been greatly exaggerated owing to an error in…

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Sensational Drowning Case

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

A PARTY, comprising Alfred Wray aud his son Frederick, Charles Campbell, and Samuel Bebb were bathing at Woniora, George's River, three…

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What to Do in Drowning Cases

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

DR. G. F. COMYN, of Clifton, advises that the following steps should be taken in drowning cases:—The patient should be placed on his left side in a…

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Shocking Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality occurred at the Parkes railway station on Friday morning, when George Maxwell, an acting ganger, was run over by a train and…

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Accident on the Casino-Lismore Railway Line. Trucks Derailed. Rolling Stock and Permanent Way Damaged

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

The news on Monday afternoon that the up train from Casino to Lismore, due at 345 p.m., had been derailed, caused some anxiety until it was known that no one had been…

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Accident on the Casino-Lismore Railway Line

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 4

THE news on Monday afternoon that the up train from Casino to Lismore, due at 2.45 p.m, had been derailed, caused some anxiety until it was known that no…

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Accidents Will Happen

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

In the best regulated families, in the best fitted factories, and in every walk of life, aocidonts will happen in spite of all precautions. Hence, if prevention is not…

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Collision in Mid-Ocean. a Strange Incident

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

A romarkable incident took place during tho voyago' from London of the barque County of Drumfris, which arrived at Freemantle on Wednesday…

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Drowning Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 8

A RIVER tragedy of a mysterious character (says "Brisbane Courier") took place in the South Brisbane Beach of the river on Sunday…

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A Terrible Boating Accident

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 8

A terrible boating accident happened in Moreton Bay last Saturday. While sailing from Wynnum to Cleveland, the 14ft. yacht Shamrock…

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