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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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A Peculiar Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 8

A girl named Mary Florence Murphy, aged 19 years, and a resident of Warwick, was found dead in a bedroom in a Nell-street boarding house, Toowoomba. The police…

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One Man Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 5

While two seamen from the wrecked Minimbah were engaged in salving the cargo they fell onto the sea. One, named Burns, was drowned…

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Quarantined then Drowned. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 5

Two third-class passengers from the R.M.S. Otway, who were in quarantine, were swept off the rocks at North Head while fishing. One man,…

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Sensational Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred in George-street West, Sydney, on Saturday morning last. Herbert Demeres was driving a…

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Terrible Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 2

London, Monday.—The misunderstanding of a signal at Novite, Texas, caused the premature explosion of a number of blasts in a…

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Tram Collision. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 3

Two trams, going in opposite directions, collided near Little Bay, on the La Perouse line. No passengers were seriously injured, but several…

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Latest Telegrams. a Colliery Fatality. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 3

A miner named John McLean, aged 44, was killed by a fall of coal in the Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday, and Peter Broomfield was seriously…

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Remarkable Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 3

A terrible accident, which ended in the death of a house painter, and serious injuries to another painter, occurred at Redfern. A fractious horse attached to a…

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Railway Disaster 3 KILLED. 25 Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

As the result of the collapse of a temporary trestle spanning a ravine 75 feet deep, a train and six cars on the National Continental Railway were…

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Accident near Copmanhurst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

Seven working bullocks were drowned at Lilydale Crossing, Copmanhurst, on Tuesday. W. Volkhardt and J. Sellars arrived at the river that day with teams loaded…

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Wyreema-Currajong Collision. Captain Committee for Trial

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The inquest into the death, of Hans, Neilson, a seaman, who was drowned in the collision between the steamers Wyreema and Currajong in…

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Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 4

We regret to report the demise of the man George Short, in the Bellingen Hospital, on Sunday last, from injuries received last week. He was…

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A Peculiar Fatality. Farmer's Terrible Fate. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 3

J. M. Pattison, a farmer, of Warrenheip (Vic.), was drawn into the machinery while feeding a mill with maize and while trying to free…

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A Fatal-Collision. Civil Servant Killed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 3

Mr. Arthur Gullick, of the Accountant's Branch of the Inspector-General of Police's Office, was driving near St. Leonard's, North Sydney, last…

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The Wyreema Fatality. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 3

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against Captain Meaburn, of the steamer Wyreema, who was committed for trial for the Coroner's…

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Latest Cables. Steamers in Collision. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

Wireless messages received in Boston state that the steamers Legantes and Santuro had been in collision off Cape [?] the north-eastern extremity of…

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Fatal Driving Accident SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

Three ladies, Mrs. E. J. Gregory, Mrs. Pettijohn and Miss Reilly, went outdriving at Murchison (Vic.). The bolt connecting the poll to the…

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Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 3

Mr. Jas. Edwards received a gaping wound above the instep while cutting old timber away one day last week. HIs son brought assistance and Mr. Edwards was…

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A Boxing Fatality. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 3

At the Gaiety Athletic Club last night, C. Robertson knocked out Edward Cleburne, who was boxing under the name of J. Sloane, in the…

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Fatal Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 3

On Saturday last a Norwegian, named George Johnson, aged about 40 years, fell from a cart he was driving on to the Alumny Creek…

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