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Accidents, 1906

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The Wallsend Coach Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 10

The inquest in connection with the Wallsend coach fatality which happened early in November lnst, when Phillip James Carter and David Frew received injuries which…

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The Claymore-kapanui Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 13

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The Court of Inquiry I held into the circumstances attending the collision between the steamers Claymore and Kapanui, which arrived in Auckland Harbor last…

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Railway Fireman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 13

NARRABRI, Tuesday.--While attempting to board the mail train to-day, Clifton Howoll, the fireman fell. The wheels passed over his left foot, which was completely severed at the…

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Booking Clerk Injured. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 7

William Cule, booking clerk at Windsor Station, was run dawn by a train and shockingly injured. He is in a critical condition…

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Attacked by a Dog. Man Horribly Injured. Serious Results. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 9

A telegram from Albany to-day states that a labourer named. William Ralph was the victim of an unfortunate occurrence. He proceeded to the nouse of a friend to select a…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Fiscal Retaliation. Drowned in the Manchester Whirlpool. Statement by the Premier

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 2.55 p.m.—Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, the Premier, speaking at Glasgow, said that Manchester's "splendid performance" was an unusual…

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"Tainted with Barbarism!" Winston Churchill at Cardiff. Balfour's Policy of Retaliation. "Drowned in the Manchester Whirlpool." London, Tuesday, 2.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 1

Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Carrdiff last night, said that Mr. Chamberlain's plan for the establishing of a great federation of States, commercially walled off from…

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The Railway Accident at Thornton. Recognition of Herois

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 10

Mr. W. H. Pearce, who was severely scalded through the bursting of the boiler of a railway engine near Thornton, has sufficiently recovered to be removed from the Newcastle…

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Shooting Accident. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

A young man named Alfred Murray me with a painful accident yesterday evening while hare shooting. He was carrving a loaded gun, when he tripped, and the weapon…

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A Fatal Accident. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at the Tasmanian mine, Beanconsfield, yesterday morning. A lad named John Moseley, aged 10, was playing about a stack of timber, when a sudden fall…

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Redfern Robbery. the "Plant" That Failed. Accidental Recovery of the Goods

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 1

The Redfern police have received news of the stolen cloth removed from the premises of Messrs. Winn and Co. early last Saturday morning…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Struck by a Falling Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 13

RICHMOND, Tuesday.--A young man named Archibald Hurst, an orchardist, met with a serious accident at Kurrajong yesterday afternoon, through a tree falling on him, a limb of…

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The Wallsend 'Bus Accident. Two Drivers Committed for Trial. Charge of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The adjourned inquest relative to the circumstances attending the death of an elderly man named Philip Carter, who, early in November last,…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.--An Italian miner named Joself Albin was drowned at Nangarrong Pools, in the Yalgoo district, while bathing. Some of his fellow-countrymen have demanded an…

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Miners Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At the Glenfine South mine, Pitield Plains, to-day, two men, Robert Wood and Andrew Andreasen, were erecting puddlers, and while placing the spur…

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Shunting Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 8

A shunter named Edgar Bond died at Northam last night as the result of an accident in the local railway yard. While he was engaged in shunting a truck passed over one of…

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Injured by an Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.-- A sailor named Fry was admitted to the Fremantle Hospital to-day suffering from a compound fracture of the thigh. With several others, he was engaged removing…

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Coimbatore-Zinita Collision. Vessel Posted Lost

Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 3.10 p.m.—The barque Coimbatore. from Newcastle (N.S.W.), as lost. It is believed that she foundered after…

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Government Policy. Retaliation Drowned. Social Legislation. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 7

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, speaking at Glasgow last night, stated that Manchester's splendid performance was an unusual triumph for…

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Explosion of Acetylene Gas. Two Persons Injured

Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 6

COLLARENEBRI, Thursday.—An explosion of acetylene gas occurred here last night, Mrs. Barrett, of the Royal Hotel, and Willie Fund, a Chinese cook, being badly burned. The…

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