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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

83 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 5

Balloon Explosion. Several Persons Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

The deflation of a balloon at Stagsden, a village midway between Newport Pagnell and Bedford, was attended by a serious explosion, which resulted in seven…

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Burning Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

A five-year-old daughter of Mr James Crawford (Nowra Hill) was severely burnt about the body through her clothes catching fire while she was standing; at the kitchen…

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A Kilkee Tragedy. Lady Drowned

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 8

The Kilkee correspondent of the "Clare Journal" announces a painful discovery at that, charming western resort: At an early hour on…

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Balloon Explosion. Several Persons Injured

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 7

The deflation of a balloon at Stagsden, a village midway between Newport Pagnell and Bedford, was attended by a serious explosion, which resulted in seven…

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'Bus Tickets Fatality. Little Girl's Shocking Death. Newspapers Censured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

At the Lewisham Coroner's Court on 31st May Dr. Oswald held an inquest on the body of Edith Jane Pavier, aged seven, who lived with her widowed…

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Accidents. Remarkable Mishap to Mr. Sep. Morton

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

On Wednesday evening last Mr Sep. Morton sustained severe injury in a remarkable manner at Berry. Hastening to board the train for Bomaderry, he was running at…

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Hot Weather Suicides. Men Prefer Hanging. Women Drowning

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 3

Even to the normal, healthy man exceptional heat is a burden, but to those who are mentally ill-balanced it sometimes proves the "last straw" that leads…

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Hot Weather Suicides. Men Prefer Hanging. Women Drowning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 7

Even to the normal, healthy man exceptional heat is a burden, but to those who are mentally Ill-balanced it sometimes proves the “Last Straw” that leads…

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Collision at Wollongong. Barquentine and Steamer

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 2

At Wollongong on Thursday night a collision took place in the harbor The barquantine Kong byrd, in tow of the [?] Rubbie Burns was entering…

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Accident on the Peterborough

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

On Wednesday last Mr Marqueson, first officer of the steamer Peterborough, while superintending the discharging of cargo from the steamer at Nowra wharf, sustained…

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Bridegroom Dies in Church. Wedding Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 7

At Lindau (Writes the Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 27th July), on the Swiss-Austrian frontier, a middle-aged man named Buhler…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision. Sixty People Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote :— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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Modern Engine Danger. the Salisbury Accident. Theory As to Cause

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 6

Many serious questions have been raised by the terrible railway disaster at Salisbury, and although the exact cause has not yet been…

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Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 4

An 8-year-old son of Mr W. M. Hunt (of Messrs Hunt and Dibbs, auctioneers) had the misfortune to fracture his left arm in two places at the Church of England school…

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A Young Man Injured

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 1 November 1906 · page 4

A young man named A. Youngnay, who had been employed by Mr. R. M‘Evilly, of Robertson, was badly injured last week through being thrown…

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Looping the Loop. Chefalo Seriously Injured

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 1

Chefalo the world renowned loopist, who performed bis sensational feat on the Richmond River quite recei[?] came to grief at St. kilda,…

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Dredge Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 4

An accident happened on Saturday to Mr Thomas Ginn, winchman on the Central No. 2 Dredge, Braidwood district, by one of the buckets falling…

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Paris Train Collision. Dashes Into Buffers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 8

An alarming railway accident (writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 6th September) occurred this afternoon…

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Serious Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 4

Mr Thomas Law, a. young man, was seriously injured on Wednesday last at Cambewarra. He was harnessing up a cart horse, when…

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Collision with the Police

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

A number of young men at Helensburgh on Saturday came into colliston with the police at the Paragon Hotel. One was promptly…

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