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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Collision at Sea

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

The story of another terrible marine disaster is to hand from the Pacific coast. The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco to Puget Sound, with…

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Juvenile Shooting Affray. Two Boys Injured

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

A peculiar shooting affray occurred on Thursday afternoon at Edwards River, near Deniliquin, about three quarters of a mile above the…

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Lady Injured by a Squeeze

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

A remarkable case, showing how strenuous is courtship in Wisconsin, is recorded by the "St. Paul Pioneer Press," of November 28…

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Shocking Accident at Goulburn

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

An accident of a shocking nature occurred at the Goulburn Engineering Works on Tuesday. A boy named Reuben Redshaw was on a ladder…

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A Narrow Escape. Accident at the Gib Quarries

The Mittagong Express · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

Three work men—Thomas Mooney, Wm. Platt, and John Barry, employed in Messrs. Loverjdge and Hudson’s quarries at Bowral had a thrilling experience on Tuesday, and…

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The Free Press. Published in Bowral, Mittagong, and Robertson. Wednesday, January 22, 1902. Mittagong News. Terrible Railway Fatality

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 4

Yesterday(Tuesday) afternoon the District Coroner, A. D. Badgery Esq., held an inquest on the body of Edward Harold Nicholls, who met a terrible death at about half-past 10 on Monday night by being…

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Shocking Fatality at Mittagong. Killed by a Train

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

In the direction of railway accidents. Mittagong has been very unfortunate, but of those that have previously happened in the town none have been so [?]ad or more terrible…

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Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at the railway level crossing at Mittagong on Monday night, whereby the night gatekeeper, Edward Hereld…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Terrible Dccurrence Mittagong Mourns Edward Harold Nichols Killed. Evidence at the Inquest.the Funeral

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

ON Monday night, a terrible railway accident took place at the Main Street Crossing, by which the night gatekeeper, Edward Harold Nichols, lost…

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Railway Fatality near Arncliffe

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

A serious accident occurred near the Arncliffe Railway Station shortly before six o'clock on Monday morning by which Mr. George Sackville Ridley…

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The Free Press. published in Bowral, Mittagong, and Robertson. Wednesday, February 12, 1902. Sad Drowning Fatalily at Mittagong. MITTAGONG, Tuesday 6.55

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 4

A Sad Drowning Fatality occurred here this afternoon, when a little boy, eldest son of Mr. Alf. Grono, aged about nine years, by some means got into Alexandria Lake, and was drowned. It appears…

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Drowning Fatality at Mittagong

The Mittagong Express · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred at Alexandra Lake, Mittagong, on Tuesday, the victim being Frederick Walter Albert Gronn, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Accident at Wingello

The Mittagong Express · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday last a sad accident occurred between Wingello and Barber’s Creek, by which two brothers, named Walter and Leigh Richmond,…

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The Free Press. Published in Bowral, Mittagong, and Robertson.. Saturday, February 15, 1902. Mittagong. Drowning Fatality

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

An iquest touching the death of Fred Grono, who was drowned in Alexandra Lake on Tuesday afternoon, was held at the Court House on Wednesday moming before…

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A Shocking Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

A telegram from Nowra states that Mr. Patrick Ryan, a dairy farmer, residing at Barrellan, met with a shocking accident early on Wednesday…

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