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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 2

On Friday last while removing a pane of glues in his shop in Casino, Mr. J. Govaya met with a painful accident. The glass broke in two, one portion cutting…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

LAST Friday afternoon the Rev. W. G. Froomes, Church of England clergyman at Copman hurst, met his death by drowning whilst bathing in the river. The…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 2

THE pea rifle was responsible on Saturday last for another serious accident in Casino. It appears lad named Ford, employed by Dr. Corlis, was watching a…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 8

AN accident of an unusual character occurred at Dubbo last week. Alfred and James Aylett are general storekeepers in Baylis-street, and James…

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Lucky Accident[?]

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 7

Nearly all the best and most useful inventions were lit upon by accident. These peculiar results have happened when their inventors or discoverers have been engaged…

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Sad Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

We regret to learn that Mr. G. Stenmark, of Deep Creek, met with a simple accident recently. While engaged removing a hoop off a cask a piece of steel…

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Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

LAST week while a daughter of Mr. J. Battese was riding along by the racecourse she was thrown from her horse. The ambulance was promptly taken out…

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Remarkable Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Moe, appearing in the Melbourne. "Argus" of Wednesday last, says:- A man named Herman Schnelle, who resided at Lady Manners…

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Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

THE necessity for a prompt compliance with the request of the Casino Progress Association to have the new decking on Irving Bridge tarred and sanded has been…

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Accident at a Funeral. Drag Smashed to Pieces

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

A serious accident ocourred at Cunninghame, near Melbourne, on Thursday, at the funeral of Mrs. William Fitzclarence, a well-known resident. After…

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Fatal Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

WE learn from a Warwick paper that Mr. Julins Selke, father of Mr. W. Selke, of Casino, met with an unfortunate accident last week. The old gentleman had…

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Railway Accident Claim

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 6

A claim for £ 150 against the, Railway Commissioners was recently brought by William Rutter Hindmarsh. a Robertson farmer, in the Sydney District Court…

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Fatal Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 6

HAVING satisfied himself on the merits and domerits of theatres as an institution, Mr. W. T. Stead has more recently been making a personal stu[?]ly of the Welsh…

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Death by Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 2

ON Saturday last news was received from Kyogle that a young man named Austin, formerly resident in Sydney, had been drowned in the river there…

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Sad and Fatal Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 2

ON the evening of Wednesday a very sad accident with a fatal termination occurred at Messrs Hewotson Bros. and Sexton's sawmills at Sandilands. A lad…

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Submarine Disaster. Tour Killed and Many Injured.gasolene Explosion. Gallant Rescues by Bluejackets. a Dog and His Dead Master

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 10

The public will learn (writes the London "Daily Mail" of February 17) with the deepest regret that a second very grave accident has…

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Sad Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

A BOUT 11.30 p.m. on Saturday night last a man named George Richards, a dairy farmer on Wooroowoolgen, was found by several residents lying on the…

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Football Accident

Northern Star · Monday 5 June 1905 · page 3

G. Fox, while playing football in Sydney on Saturday, had his arm broken…

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The Railway Accident In Melbourne. Nineteen Persons Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 5

An alarming railway accident, resulting in a large number of persons sustaining injuries, for the most part slight, happened in Melbourne on Thursday between Sponcer…

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Fatal Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 4

YESTERDAY morning the dead body of a man named Michael Kirley, who had been employed on the waterworks, was found in the river under the railway…

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