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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Big Liners In Collision. Eight Persons Killed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 6

DETAILS of the disastrous collision in Cherbourg Harbour, between the North German Lloyd liner, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, and the steamer…

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Accident to Tenterfield Mail Coach

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

TRAVELLERS by the usual mail coach from Tenterfield to Casino had a very rough experience on Tuesday night. The huge four-wheeled vehicle, to which…

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Accident to Tenterfield Mail Coach

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

Travellers by the usual mail cuach from Tenterfield to Casino had a very rough experience on Tuesday night. The coach progressed favourably till Tabulam was…

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Found Drowned. the Corner's Inquest

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., held an inquest at the Court-house on Monday, concerning the death of a man named George William (or Nugget) Barr,…

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Coach Accident

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

Last Tuesday night the incoming Tenterfield-Casino mail coach was overturned between Sandilands and Tabulam, but although the…

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Fatal Accident at Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

A sad fatal accident took place at Mulvena's wood-mill, Casino, whereby a little girl named Martha Ellen Ward, aged seven years, lost her [?]. She had…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

ON Sunday morning last a young man named Bastable was thrown from a horse in front of the post-office, Casino. and came with great force on his head on the…

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Restores to Sight. Two Accidents

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

A strange case of sight which was destroyed by one accident being restored by another was reported from Leeds yesterday (writes the…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Like Rats

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 10

From New York, on 30th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Further Information falls to lessen…

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Accident at the Public Wharf. Two Men Injured

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 2

An accident resulting in injury to two of the crew of the s.s. Macleay occurred at the public wharf. Lismore, about five o'clock on Saturday morning. which…

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Found Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 4

About six o'clock on Monday evening a youth reported to Constable Summerfield that the body of a man was seen in the river. The constable hurried to…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

ON Monday afternoon a young man named George Little broke his left leg above the knee at Irvington wharf. It appears the young fellows, was for many months in…

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Girl's Painful Accident. Severe Cuts and Abrasions to Her Face Promptly Healed by Zam-buk Balm

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

Yet another instance of the unique healing powers of Zam-Buck Balm is, culled from the testimony of Mrs. A. Nelson, of 158 Gloucester-street, Sydney, whose…

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Accident in Molesworth-st

Northern Star · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

Some excitement was caused in Molesworth-street to-day by the horse in a suiky driven by Mr. Costello, of Keen-street, giving an exhibition. The horse had been…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

ON Saturday a lad named W. Scheiler, employed at Mr. Barney Heydon's, Oakey Creek, had the second finger of his left hand caught in the cogs of a hackling machine…

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Fearful Explosion. Dynamite Factory Wrecked Eighty Persons Killed. Over Two Hundred Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 9

English flies to 80th November give particulars in telegrams from Berlin correspondents of the terrible disaster at Witten, Westphalia, on the 28th…

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Serious Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 4

Late on Monday night. Mr. Thomas Synott of Goolmanger, met with a serious accident at Alstonville Mr. Synott was riding along at a good pace, on the…

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Sad Accident at Brunswick Heads

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

At about 12.30 on Wednesday morning, Mr. J. Wilson, of the E.S. & A. Bank, received the sad intelligence that his father in-law, Mr. J. Brown, of the firm of…

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Drowning Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

SHORTLY after 6 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) evening news was received by the police that a young man had been drowned in Casino bathing waterhole. It…

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Sad Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon keen regret was expressed in Casino when we received a telegram from Mullumbimby intimating that on the day in question a well-known…

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