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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Collision on the "District." Lines Blocked for Four Hours

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 7

Serious delay (writes the "Westminster Gazette" of 22nd March), was caused to passengers on the District Railway this morning at the busiest…

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Fatal Accident. at a Rochdale Mill

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

An accident occurred on 11th March, writes the London “Times,” at the mill of Messrs John Bright Brothers, Rochdale, by which Mr Leonard Bright Roth…

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Marchioness Killed. Fatal Motor Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

On 8th March, the correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— A shocking motor car accident occurred near here at five o’clock this…

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Motor Fatality. a Marchesa Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

The Rome correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote en 9th March:— Full details are now available of the tragic motor-car accident yesterday…

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Hotel Collapse. Sixty Killed, Eighty Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 7

From Stuttgart, on 5th April, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— A terrible disaster occurred at the "housewarming" of anew hotel in the…

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Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

Mr T. M. Thomson, of Burrier, was riding into Nowra on Wednesday afternoon last when a cow suddenly ran out on to the roadway from some…

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Sad Fatality

Southern Star · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

QUITE a gloom was cast over the town and district on Saturday when it became, known that Mr. W. J. Jauncey's little son, Norman…

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Fatal Accident

Southern Star · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 4

N Inquest was held by Mr. J. H. Martin, District Caroner, at Mr. J. M. Ryan's residence, Pericos, on Tuesday touching the death of a…

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Motor Fatality. a Marchesa Killed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 6

The Rome correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote on 9th March:— Full details are now available of the tragic motor-car accident yesterday…

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Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 8

Mr H. D. Morton, of Coolangatts, in dismounting from a motor car in Sydney on Saturday, was knocked down by a cart. One of his legs and…

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Accident at a Dairy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 4

Rather severe injury was sustained the other day by Mrs A. McLean, sen., of Crookhaven. Whilo engaged supervising dairy work, she was knocked over by a cow…

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An Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 2

It was at a crowded At Home. A lady wished to pass in front of him, so the young man backed. In so doing, his heels stepped on someone's toes…

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The Terrible Train Disaster Many Killed and Injured

Southern Star · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 6

THE train from Devenport to Waterloo (London) Station, which met with the terrible disaster on Sunday, at Salisbury contained 47 passengers, chiefly arrivals…

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Accident to an Engine Driver

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

A railway engine driver named Richard [?] passing through [?] station, met with a [?] accident one day last week…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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An Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 6

It was at a crowded At Home. A lady wished to pass in front of him, so the young man backed. In so doing, his [?] stopped on someone’s [?]en…

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Shocking Accident at Redfern. SYDNEY

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

James Kirk, a shunter, met with a fright, ful accident at Redfern station this morning. He was engaged shunting in the yards, when by some means one of his feet became…

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A Sad Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 4

Our Pericoe correspondent writes:—A very sad fatality occurred here on Sunday, when Annie, aged [?] years, second daughter of Mr. Win…

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Shocking Fatality at Worrigee. Burnt to Death

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 8

Mech [?] has been expressed [?] at the tragic death of Mrs J Barbain, an old resident of Shaathaven, on Tuesday last. She was seized with…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

Mrs Maria Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames,…

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