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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

433 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 22

A Near Glimpse of the Railway Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 2

When a railway disaster like that on Monday occurs at the very gates of Melbourne, the iron enters into the souls of the populace. The…

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Another Aviation Fatality. an Onlooker Killed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 3

Mrs. Francke, while flying in an aeroplane near Sunderland, England, touched the top of a flagstaff. The machine turned turtle, hurling the…

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Algerian Railway Smash. 30 KILLED. 40 Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 3

Thirty persons have been killed and 40 injured by a railway collision at Oram, Algeria…

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Latest Wires Killed by a Train. a Sydney Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 5

A shocking train fatality occurred in George-street, near Sussex-street, late last night. A man aged about 50 years, and…

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Serious Railway Collision. Canadian Premier's Special Smashed. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1910 · page 3

A special train, carrying Sir Wilfred Laurier (Prime Minister of Canada) from Moosejaw to Peru, Canada, collided with a freight train. Both…

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Explosion on Submarine. Seven Men Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1910 · page 3

By an explosion of petroleum on the submarine A 1 at Portsmouth seven of the crew were injured. One man was hurled into the sea…

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Canadian Premier Injured. Canadals Progress

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Sir Wilfrid Laurier had a narrow escape from a railway accident while touring the western provinces. The special train in which he was…

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Spain and the Vatican. King Alfonso in an Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The ''Catholic organisers decided at the last moment to abandon the San Sebastion demonstration. King Alfonso of Spain was on board Sir…

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A Coach Capsized. the Driver Injured

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 2

A serious accident -- which might easily have proved far more disastrous than it did -- occurred to the Tenterfield coach which left Lismore…

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Richmond Railway Accident. Some Serious After Effects

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 4

Names of persons who have been more or less injured in the Richmond railway accident continue to come into the claims branch of the…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

It is with regret that we have to record the sad death of Olive Alma, the nine year old daughter of Mr.and Mrs. L. Hermann of Snarebrook,…

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Boy Rescuer Drowned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

A and drowning accident took place in the Basin at Newcastle on Friday last. Two lads, Thomas and John McCracken, aged 12 and…

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The Manning Collision. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 5

The circumstances connected with the collision between the steamer Boambee and the drogher Manning in the Manning River recently were explained to…

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Dreadius Fatality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 2

WE regret to record that still another accident, attended with the fatal results, occurred in this district. From what we can gather, several…

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Collision at the Manning

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Marine Court has found that the collision at the Manning between the steamer Boambe and the drogher Manning was due to the fact that a…

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Lad Terribly Injured. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1910 · page 3

A lad named Hugh Gluyes, 12 years old, was leading a horse along a street in Melbourne with the halter rope fastened around his body when…

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Train Collision in France

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 5

A train from Royan overran the signals at Sanjon, where the double line becomes a single one, and caught an excursion train passing the points. The collision was…

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French Trains Tn Collision. Eighty-six Casusilies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A Sunday excursion train running to Bordeaux (France) with 1100 passengers on board, was proceeding at the rate of 40 miles an hour when it…

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Fatal Motor Car Collision. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 3

Two motor cars collided at Toorak (Melbourne) and one driver, Henry Cummings, aged 55, was killed. Cummings had just turned into…

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Fatal Steamer Collision. LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 3

Thirty-two passengers and seven crew of the Spanish steamer Mortos were drowned when she was sunk after a collision with the German steamer…

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