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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Serious Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the building now in the course of erection and to be used as a branch of the Government Savings Bank…

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Local News. Painful Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. James Cox, Sen., of South Casino, will regret to hear that he met with a severe accident, on Wednesday. While engaged drawing…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

On Saturday last an accident happened to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Ernest Green, of Ford's Creek. From what we can gather, the little fellow, who is about…

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Accidents to Children. Zam-buk Is Invaluable in the Home

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

The mishaps of childhood are the bane of a mother's life. Accidents will happen in the best regulated families, and a few hints here on their treatment will no doubt…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 1

Manner Richard Ralston, son of Mr. A. G. Falston the well-known barrister, and an alderman of the City Council, was accidentally shot dead at Woy Woy on…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

On Friday last Mr. P. Fahey. maintenance man on the Casino-Coraki road met with a severe accident. From what we have been able to gather, Mr Fahey…

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Painful Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last while mustering his bullocks at Busby's Flat Mr. Walter Bosten met with a very painful accident whereby he sustained a…

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Coach Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 4

An accident happened to the mail on Wednesday between Drake and Tabulam. From what we have been able to gather, the horses got away from the…

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Remarkable Rifle Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

An accident happened at the Port Melbourne rifle range on Saturday afternoon to S.P. von Mylius, one of the principal shots of the Hawthorn Rifle Club. A…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 2

On Saturday last a rather nasty accident occurred near the bridge. It appears Mrs. D. Cole, Mrs. Thompson, and two children were driving into town…

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General News. Extraordinary Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 1

A porter at the Bank of Ireland, in Dublin, while showing the arms-room to a number of visitors, pulled the trigger of an old flint-lock weapon. The result…

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Serious Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

A very serious accident happened on Thursday last to MR. John T. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox, South asino. From what we have been able…

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Serious Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

On Thursday last a very serious accident befel a man named William Goldsmith. From what we have been able to learn he was working on a scaffold at a…

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The Jervis Bay Fatality. Naval Authorities Puzzled

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 7

The naval authorities at Garden Island have had no official information with regard to the death of the boy Speechley, who was fatally injured by the bursting…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 5

LAST Saturday night a terrible burning fatality occurred at Yatala, near Beenleigh (Queensland), by which three children named Doblem were burnt to death…

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Serious Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 8

Mr. James Clavan and his six-yearold son met with a serious accident at Tintenbar on Thursday morning. Mr. Clavan and his three children…

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Boy Drowned Near the Railway Wharf

Northern Star · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 4

A sad drowning accident took place about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, alongside the railway wharf, the victim being a promising little boy about 10 years of age, and a son of…

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Sad Accident

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 2

EARLY on Sunday morning last Mr. C. Imeson, of the firm of Imeson Bros., butchers, Casino, had a miraculous escape from being killed. After a heavy day's…

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Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Northern Star · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 8

The District Coroner, Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., held an inquiry at the Court-house here on Wednesday morning last touching the death of a lad named Thomas Woods,…

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Mishap at the Railway Wharf, Tomki in Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 4

A steamer, a raft of timber, a wharf, and a shallow river were the combined elements which tended to produce a strange occurrence here yesterday. It appears from what can be…

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