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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Accident to Sydney, Mail Coach

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 4

The coach which left Tenterfield with Wednesday's Sydney mails became disabled. a few miles out from the starting place and the arrival of the mail yesterday at…

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Strange Coincidence. Men of Same Name Die From Similar Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 6

There were amazing coincidences in connection with inquests held on two men at the London Hospital on Feb. 19. Both men were named George Lee…

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Peculiar Accident. Young Woman Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 7

A young woman, named Annie Selmes, met with death in an extraordinary manner last night. She was employed as a domestic servant, and had been speding…

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Serious Street Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 7

Jas. Wilson, an aged man, was seriously injured in George-street to-day through being knocked down by a street car…

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Accident to a Special Parliamentary Train. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 7

A special Parliamentary train collided with two trucks and a break van, which had been left accidentally on the main line near Sydenham. The brake van was…

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Canoe Lost. Fifteen Drowned. Auckland (N.z.)

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1908 · page 3

News from Rarotonga reports that a canoo containing 15 natives was lost on a voyage from Atiu to Mitiaro…

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Serious Accident. Woman's Rash Act. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1908 · page 3

A middle-aged woman named Conni[?] Riley while attempting to board the train to Guildford at the central railway station, fell between the moving carriages and the…

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2000 Chinese Drowned in a Flood. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 5

Floods on the Hangkiang River, drowned 2000 Chinese and destroyed seven hundred junks…

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An Old Woman's Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 5

Selina Cameron, 6[?], an inmate of the Newington Asylum, was found under a railway bridge at Rydalmere last night. She had evidently been overtaken by a train,…

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Driving Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 5

A. sulky, containing a grazier named Walter Diamond, and his wife, went over a putting near Hillgrove, and the latter had both arms and leg fractured. The…

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The Railway Collision. List of Injured Passengers

Northern Star · Monday 20 April 1908 · page 2

Thirty three passengers were injured in the trains collision on Suturduy. The of[?] list of the injured is as follows:— [?]Arthur A. Folkard, Phillip-street,…

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Murrurundi Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 20 April 1908 · page 3

The military board of inquiry into the Murrarundi accident continued yesterday, and all the injured men were oxamined, and a report sent on to headquarters…

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Labourer Fatally Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

A labourer employed on the Orient Mail steamer Oruba, was fatally injured to-day…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident. Condition of the Injured. One Case Considered Hopeless. Murrurundi

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

It is feared that the condition of Mr. Moffatt, one of the men injured in the railway smash, is most serious. Internal hemorrhage has set, in, and the case is…

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Drowning Accident. Military Launch Run Down. Wellington (N Z)

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

While a number of volunteers were returning from the forts at Dunedin. Heads in a launch they were run down by the Government steamer Lady Roberts…

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Rescue of Three Women From Drowning. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

A mother and two married daughters had a narrow escape from drowning at Cudgen Hoads yesterday. They were bathing in Cudgen Creek, when one woman got in…

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Accident at Buckjumping Show Seats Give Way. Eleven People Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

An accident of an alarming character occurred at the exhibition given by Australian buckjumpers in Prince Alfred Park last night, when a large portion of the…

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Railway Disasters Big Smash at Murrurundi Many Persons Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A collision occurred at Murrurundi at four o'clock on Friday morning by which 14 passengers were injured. No one was killed outright…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. Three Locomotives-in Collision. 43 Killed and 71 Injured. Women, Men and Children Victims. Carriages Splintered Into Matchwood. Debris Takes Fire. Many People Burnt.—harrowing Scenes. Various Reasons Assigned. Sydney, Tuesday morning

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

A terrible railway collision occurred ut Braybrook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bendigo Express clashed into a stationary Ballarat train. Several carriages…

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More Injured in a Critical Condition

Northern Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 3

The latest from Melbourne states that several more of the injured are in a criticcal condition…

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