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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Northern Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

What was undoubtedly a very narrow escape from a tragic drowning accident hefel two ladies and Mr. Charles Stewart, of Rosebank, last Tuesday. They were driving along…

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Strange Double Accident

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 8

An extraordinary double accident, which was within a hair's-breadth of including the wreck of a passenger train, occurred on the Great North…

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Accident and Guarantee Association

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

WE have pleasure in announcing to our numerous renders that the oldest and must popular of accident. companies, viz., The Ocean, Accident, and Guarantee…

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Serious Accident to a Telegraph Line Repairer

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 5

The 'C. Examiner' reports an accident of a Serious nature befell Mr. F. J. Jones, telegraph line repairer, on Tuesday, near Copmanhurst. He had climbed to the top…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 7

SOME excitement was caused in East Maitland late on Saturday afternoon when it was reported that a little girl named Clar Denison, 12 years of age…

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Saved from Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon, after the football match, as those who witnessed it were crossing the Carrington Park footbridge, Milton simpson, son of Mr. A. C. Simpson…

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Double Shooting Fatality

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 5

LAST Friday night a ghastly discovery was made in Sydney by Mrs. Ritchie, proprietress of a private boarding-house, in Castlereagh-street. From the balcony she peered into one…

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Remarkable Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 8

While a farmer, Michael Darrigan, and his son were proceeding along a road near Rushworth, Victoria, in a dray, a cyclist flashed past, and frightened the horse…

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A Sad Death by Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 2

The news reached Casino on Sunday of the death by drowning at Coraki of Mr. Patrick Murphy, known us "Spud" Murphy, a man well-known to road…

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Sensations of Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 7

A MEDICAL man described in a recent issue of a Scotch medical journal his experiences when dragged underwater with a foundering ship. He struck…

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Fatality at Sea

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

THE San Francisco steamer Sonoma has brought news of a fatal accident on board the R.M.S: Ventura on her last voyage from Sydney. It appears…

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Painful Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday last a nasty accident happened to Mr. James M'Lean, cattle dealer. He was riding on Casino side of Sandilands Range, and crossing a small…

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Russian-Japanese War. Another Russian Naval Defeat, a Battleship Sunk. 750 Men Reported Drowned. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 5

A naval disoster is reported from Port Arthur, in which a Japanese destroyer sank the battlethip Peresviet, seriously damaging another tattleship and a cruiser, with only…

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Drowning Fatality. an Adventure Off Port Hacking

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 6

NEWS was received on Saturday night of a dreadful drowning fatality off Port Hacking. Two well-known residents of Port Hacking, William…

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Motter and Two Children Burnt to Death. the Father Severely Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 6

A terrible fatality occurred near Exeter, Moss Vale district. The house of a fermer named Hunniaett, took fire late on Friday night, and Mrs. Huanisett and two children…

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Shipping Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

ON Friday morning at 2 o'clock a very serious shipping fatality, resulting in the loss of a schooner and four of her crew, occurred off Newcastle at the hour…

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General Sir Ian Hamilton. Rescued From Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 4

GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON, British attache in the East, was rescued from drowning by a Japanese officer. Mr. Bennet Burleigh wrote from Tokio…

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Peculiar Family Fatality

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

A PECULIAR fatality appears to have hung over the family of which the late President M'Kinley was a member. The assassinated President was one of…

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Sad and Fatal Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 5

A SAD accident which reunited in death took place on Monday last at Mummulgum. It appears Mr. P. A. Logan and his son P. TO. Logan were hauling pine…

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Railway Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 8

AN elderly man named Thomas M'Ivor, a resident of Norton-street, Ash field, met his death on Saturday night on the railway line at Ashfield…

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