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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Motor Accident. Adelaide

Leader · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

Louis Holmes, aged 21, was motoring by himself in the hills, when a blow-out occurred, causing the car to swerve off the road and roll down…

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Motoring Accident. Ex-orangeite Injured. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

A sensational motor car accident, in which an ex-Orange resident was injured, occurred at Five Dock shortly after noon to-day. A car, driven by…

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Buffalo Causes Motor Fatality. Calcutta

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

Two Bengali jute brokers, while motoring, endeavored to avoid a Buffalo, when the car fell into a ditch, and both men were pinned underneath and…

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Steamer Wrecked 35 Persons Drowned. Tragedy in a Snowstorm. Vancouver

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

The steamer Rosecrong was wrecked at Peacock Spit, Astoria. Thirty-five persons were drowned. A snowstorm was raging at the time…

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Injured Czarevitch. to the Riviera for Health. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

The young Czarevitch of Russia has arrived at Mentone, on the Riviera, and has taken up his residence at Cap Martin to recuperate…

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Powder in the Fire. Six Children Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

A fearful accident took place in a Glasgow home. The mother put some coal on the fire, and a powder-cap, that had got…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

James Donaldson, aged 50, a cook, was walking up the staircase of the Queen Victoria Markets to-day when he fell over the bannisters a distance…

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Aeroplane Accidents. Fremantle

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

Asked whether the margin of safety had been increased in regard to aeroplane flight, Mr. Petre, instructor of the Australian Commonwealth Aerial Corps, remarked that although it was a common thing to read in the papers of accidents occurring in different parts of the world, the present day flight was…

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Tram Collision. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

A tram collision occurred this morning at the Flinders-street stopping-place, on Moore Park Road, caused by one car running over the stop and…

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Trams Collide. Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

Two trams collided in Flinders-street, Moore Park; this morning, with the result that two mien, a woman, and a little girl were injured…

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Marine Disaster. a Double Collision. Thirteen Persons Drowned. London

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

The liner Ambrose, with 487 passengers on board, collided with a hopper and a fishing smack, which were interlocked, after colliding off the…

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Railway Collision. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

It has just leaked out that a special train ran into a goods train which was shunting at a station on the South Coast line early on Wednesday…

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Boys Drowned. Melbourne

Leader · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

William Johnson, aged 12 Prescott Dyason, 7, and Malcolm Dyason 6, wandered away from their homes at Glen Iris, one of the suburbs of…

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Ten Men Drowned. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

The steamer Atrose, while proceeding along the Mersey, collided with and sank a hopper and a fishing smack. Ten men were drowned…

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Railway Collision. Guard's Miraculous Escape. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

A special train collided with a goods train, at Coledale, on the South Coast line, early on Wednesday morning, but the authorities have been keeping the…

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Collision Near Gibraltar. Vessel's Side Ripped. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

A. collision occurred near Gibraltar yesterday between an unknown vessel arid.'.the Speranza, an Italian collier. •The Speranza has arrived safely at Ceuta, a Spanish town on the Moroccan coast, wentra rent 16ft. long on the star­board side. The captain reports that tlife vessel which inflicted the damage-to. his ship was unharmed, and continued ;on- her voyage…

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Three Boys Drowned Wandered From Home. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

A distressing case of drowning is reported from Glen Iris, an outer suburb of Melbourne. Three boys, William Johnston (12), Prescott…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

It has leaked out that a special train ran into a goods train, at Coaldale, on the South Coast line, early on Wednesday morning, derailing the goods…

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Local and General. Bicycle Accident

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. John Tambree, who is regarded as the heaviest man in Bathurst—he turning the scale at [?]—fell from a bicycle on his way home from work…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

Two brothers. John and Andrew Donovan, aged 10 and 12 years respectively, were drowned in a water hole near Ballarat, while crayfishing…

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