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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Lad Terribly Injured

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 4

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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Miners' Accident Bill. Wider Scops Proposed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the N.S. Wales Assembly, te Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood) moved for leae to introduce a Bill to amend the Miners' Accident Relief Act…

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A Lad Drowned. Newcastle Tragedy. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1910 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Newcastle yesterday; A l[?]d named George Reid fell off' a wharf into the harbor while v playing. The body was…

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A Boxing Casualty. Man Seriously Injured. Vancouver, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1910 · page 3

In the second round of a boxing contest at Philadelphia "Spike" Sullivan sent Castro to the floor by a terrific swing to the jaw. All efforts to…

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British Cruiser Wrecked. 18 Men Drowned. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 3

The British cruiser Bedford went, ashore at Quepart, while on a voyage from Wei-hai-wei (the British port in Manchuria) to Nagasaki (the Japanese…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 4

Mr. P. Cahill, an employee at the Grafton Dairy Co's. works, met with a nasty accident yesterday afternoon. He was using a cold chisel, when a piece of steel broke…

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Current News. Terrible Fatality

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at the South Greta colliery last week, by which Robert Murray, aged 15, was horribly mutilated, being fatally…

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A Railway Smash. Four Killed Many Injured. Vancouver, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 5

At Detroit four passengers were killed and many injured when the Grand Trunk train crashed into the Chicago-Montreal train to-night…

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Accident at Bowra

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

Word was reeived in town yesterday that Mr. M. Fleming, of Bowra, met with a serious accident while proceeding to his home. Slight hopes…

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Riding Fatality. School Teacher Killed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Thomas A. Jones, a school teacher on the Upper Manning, has been killed by being thrown from his horse…

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A Dinghy Capsized. Three Brothers Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Three brothers, named Reginald Ritter (27), Roland (12) and Roy (10), were drowned through the capsizing of a racing dinghy in Hobson's Bay (Vic.)…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Woman and Child Incinerated. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

A shocking burning fatality occurred neat Wallsend (in the Newcastle district) last night, when Mary Ann Buxton, aged 69 years, and her…

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More Aviation Disasters. a Frenchman Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

At Havre, Le Gagneux, a French aviator, was seriously injured. His aeroplane struck a post and the machine fell to the ground, burying the…

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Richmond Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 3

The inquest conducted by the Coroner (Mr. Cole) into the death of Sydney Dauncpy Wellington, who was killed in the Richmond railway disaster, has concluded…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday,—At Wallsend yesterday Mary Buxton, 69, and her granddaughter, age[?] two years, were burned to death Mrs. Mary Buxton lived with her…

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Three Brothers Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Three brothers named Ritter were drowned by the capsizing, of a racing dingly in Hobson's Bay yesterday. The survier, Motterham, had a terrible…

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Cow Runs Amok. Two Men Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 3

An infuriated milking cow ran amok in the principal street of Moree this morning, as the result of being worried by a dog…

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Fatal Tram Accident. a Man Killed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 3

Last night a tram coming from Ryde struck a cart coming from Gladesville. Nicholas Napier, who was driving…

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Royal Shooting Accident. King's Companion Badly Injured. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

A story has been published in London to the effect that King George fired a shot that broke up a hunting party at Balmoral yesterday. Lord…

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Canadian Politician Injured. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

The Hon. C. S. Weyman, a former Public Minister for Works for Canada, has been injured, perhaps fatally, in an automobile accident in New York…

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