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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Buggy Accident

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2

Whilst Mr. E. Edwards, the well-known representative of the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 1

George Becket, 14, son of Mr, O. J. Becket, of Falls Creek (Nowra), on Thursday evening sustained injuries through the accidental discharge of a…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 1

Mr. James Parker, farmer, of Peak View, Numeralla, while out shooting a few days ago placed his gun over a fence and then climbed over after it,…

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Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

Melbourne, Thursday.—A serious accident happened at Seymour last evening. An engine which was pushing five tracks of coal up an incline to the coaling stage…

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Sensational Mining Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 3

News of a sensational mining acci­dent that occurred at the Granites on Tuesday last was received in Menzies last Friday night. Albert G. Raftis…

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Singular Gun Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 1

Mr. Charles Barber of Cooradigbee, near Yass, was sitting in his room, and a loaded gun was standing up near him. The gun fell, and when putting out one of his hands…

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Council Roads and Accidents

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

The Moss Vale council at its last meeting received a letter from the New Zealand Accident Co proposing to assure the council against loss by legal process,…

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Shooting Affray in Park-St a Young Man Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 6

A shooting affray occurred in Park street, Sydney, shortly before 7 o'clock on Friday evening, the victim being a young man named Sidney Sandilands…

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Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 1

Whilst two boys, sons of Mr. W. Coleman, of Murrah, were playing on a log on the side of a hill it rolled over, both of them, inflicting injuries…

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Terrible Mining Fatality

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 2

At the Great Boulder Proprietary Mine, Kalgoorlie, on Wednesday, owing to a winding plant getting out of gear, a cage was released, and fell 400 ft. Four men who…

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Railway Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 1

On Tuesday morning two serious accidents happened on the railway line near the Eveleigh station, one of which terminated fatally. In each case the…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Mittagong. a Young Woman Severely Injured. and Dies in the Hospital

Robertson Advocate · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 2

A shocking accident, which has been attended with fatal results, happened at Mittagong on Wednesday evening to a young woman names…

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Railway Accident at Mittagong. Frightful Injuries and Subsequent Death

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 3

Local residents ware terrified on Wednesday, night to learn that a young woman named Florence Okey had been run over by a goods train at Mittagong station at 7.45 p.m., and was so severely injured…

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Railway Accident

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 3

A young woman, Florence Oakley, employed as a domestic at Mrs. Triggs, visited Mrs. McClure’s on Wednesday evening, prior to going…

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The Fatal Accident at Mittagong. the Inquest

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 2

At Bowral on Thursday afternoon last, Mr. A. D. Badgery conducted an inquest concerning the death of Florence Okey, who had died in the hospital…

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Smart Accident Treatment

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 2

Thus the Goulburn Herald, referring to the late railway fatality at Mittagong:—This is about the most remarkable case of prompt, up-to-date, and all round efficient exhibitions we know of, and is…

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Accident to a Railway Guard

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 5

Early on Saturday morning Guard Blackett, who was in charge of a mixed train proceeding to Tarago, sustained a severe accident. He was…

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Thirty Three Men Drowned

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 1

Whilst 100 workmen were removing sand from a conduit supplying electric works at Kingston, Jamaica, the water was carelessly turned on and 33 were drowned…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

An inquest was held at Wallsend on Saturday regarding the death of Malcolm W. Fenwick, aged 17, Who died in the Wallsend Hospital late on the…

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Phenomenal Rainfall. Stock Drowned

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

The most phenomenal rainfall experienced in this district for many years has taken place during the past few days. After a rather lengthy…

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