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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Accident to a Vessel. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

The steamer “Euryalus,” while entering port yesterday struck some submerged obstacle. Half an hour later she had 15 feet of water in the…

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Girl Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Leader · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

Miss Junit[?] Steel was accidentally shot in the neck on Saturday, by [?] [?] Randwick. The girls and their friends were examining a…

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Twenty-seven Drowned. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

Twenty-seven of the crew of the International Wrecking Company's dredge were drowned when it foundered in the Gulf of Calverston (U.S.A.). There was…

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French Railway Accident. Eight Killed and Many Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 3

The Paris-Brest express train came into collision at Courville with several trucks, and the whole of the vehicles became ablaze. Eight persons were…

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Another French Collision Trains Set Afire. Eight Persons Killed. Paris

National Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 2

The Brest express collided with two trains at a crossing at Courville. As a result of the collision, all the trains were set afire…

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Accident

Leader · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 4

As the bride (Miss Nicholls) with her father, Mr. James Nicholls, and the bridesmaid, were proceeding to the church at Lower Forest on Wednesday…

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Serious Tram Accident. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 2

A middle aged man, supposed to be Michael Kenny wais knocked down by a tram, in George Street, late last night. He was thrown under the…

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Drowned in the Nepean

Leader · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 3

Samuel Sheens, son of ex-Alderman Sheens, of Castlereagh, while crossing the Nepean River, about four miles from Penrith, on Wednesday, was…

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Drowned in the Nepean. Penrith

National Advocate · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

Samuel Sheen, son of ex-Alderman Sheen, was swimming across the Nepean after some cattle, whew he was caught in the current and drowned…

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City Tram Fatality. Country Visitor Killed. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 3

Michael Kelly, a country visitor, fell inder a tram at Haymarket at midnight. He sustained a fractured skull, and died his morning…

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Just Before the Wedding Sulky Accident at Forest Reefs. Bride Thrown Out. Millthorpe

National Advocate · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon, as Miss Nicholls, together with her father and sister, were proceeding to the Church at Lower Forest, where Miss Nicholls…

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Accident at Cullen Bullen. Fall of Twenty-four Feet

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

A very nasty accident befell Mr. John Regan on Wednesday, whilst engaged in putting roofing on Cull en Bullen Hall, in consequence of a rung of the ladder…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Leader · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

Harry Chew, of Young, may be aptly called a chapter of accidents Here his record:—Falls from horses, 23; thrown out of buggies and traps, 8;…

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Disastrous Collision Thirteen Men Drowned. London

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 5

The steamer Mount Park was sunk at Kentishnock after a collision with the steamer Tremont in a fog. Thirteen of the crew were drowned…

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Burning Fatality. Auckland

Leader · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out in a boarding house this morning. An old man, aged 72 years, was found suffocated on a floor in the upper room. A Maori escaped…

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Steamer Goes Under. 70 Drowned. Rouen (France)

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 5

[?] Spanish steamers Ollargen and person left Rotterdam together, and a latter, which was bound for Bilboa, sundered in the tempest in the Bay of…

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A Fatal Collision. Hobart

Leader · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 2

While the Orontes was outbound to. London she cut down a dingy attached to a yacht owned by Mr. W. B. Town[?]iey a prominent yachtsman. Mr…

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Hordern Injured. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 2

In the lest match yesterday Nourse drove a ball from Hordern hard, and the bowler made an effort to prevent any runs. His fingers were, however…

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Drowned in the Nepean. Penrith

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 3

The body of Samuel Sheens; who, while attempting to swim across the Nepean River, below Penrith bridge, last Wednesday, was carried down…

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Collapse of a Wall Two Carters Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 2

A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon in connection with the pulling down of some old buildings at Redfern, to make provision for the…

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