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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Accidents in Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 9

In the House of Commons, Mr. Enoch Edwards initiated the debate on accidents in coal mines. Mr. Winson Churchill paid a tribute to…

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An Aviation Fatality. Champion Cyclist's Fate. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

Ro[?]l, the famous German pace-follower, who in 1902 won the hundred kilometre bicycle championship of the world, was killed in Stettin during an…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 2

Mr. J. G. Phillips oh Saturday received a letter from his eldest son, Percy, who is employed on the railway as porter at Werris Creek,…

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Shocking Railway Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Paris-Grenville express collided with a train standing in a station west of Versailles. The carriages were telescoped, and the…

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Drowning Accident. a Coraki Sensation

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 3

A sad drowning accident occurred at Coraki on Monday, a young man being the victim. The young fellow who was about 21 years of age,…

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Vessels in Collision. One Sunk. 10 Men Drowned. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 3

A collision occurred at Liverpool between the Steamers La Rochelle and Yewes. It resulted in the sinking of the latter, while ten of the crew of the…

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Burning Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 2

While cleaning gloves on her hands, with benzine, on Saturday, night, Miss Dahl, of Victoria Street Grafton, had the misfortune to have…

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Another Aviation Fatality. British Expert Killed. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Captain Cody, the British Army aerial specialist, was dashed to the ground and killed during an experimental aeroplane flight at Aldershot…

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Ranadi-llma Collision. Case Sent to Marine Court. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Captain Hacking, Acting Superintendent of Navigation, has completed his preliminary inquiry into the matter of the recent collision off Barrenjoey…

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A Nasty Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. E. F. Ferguson, manager foe Fraser and Co., Ltd., Grafton, met with a painful accident yesterday which might easily have resulted in…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 9

Mr. E. F. Ferguson, manager of Messrs. Fraser and Co's. sawmill, met with a pasty accident on Thursday. He was engaged in measuring a load of pine logs at Alipo[?] Creck, when the…

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Russo-Japanese Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Reports have reached Tokio to the effoct that Russia is mobilising a division of troops at Kiakata on the Mongolian border…

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Motor Car Fatality. President Taft's Son Concerned. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 3

Beverley Robert Taft, the eldest son of the U.S. President, while riding in an automobile at Washington this afternoon, ran down Michael…

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Latest Telegrams. Ranadi-llma Collision. Court Powerless to Enforce Verdict. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 5

The Marine Court a inquiry into the recent collision between the Fijian Government steamer Ranadi and the barquentine Ilma, off Barrenjoey, was…

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Fatal Accident at Dorrigo. Tragic Death of a Young Man

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 5

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Tuesday afternoon, June 21, when the gail news was circulated that a young man named John Arthur…

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Shocking Mining Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 4

A shocking accident took place at the copper reduction works of the Mount Morgan G.M. Co. Two young men, William McDonald and Christopher Beyer were at work on a slag…

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Steamers in Collision. One Unknown. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

A New York message last night states: -- The White Star liner Baltic, which Passed Firiesland inbound at…

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Terrible Railway Smash. 50 Killed. Many Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

A dreadful railway smash occurred at Dayton, Ohio, this evening when the Twentieth Century Limited Express was wrecked. Fifty persons were…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Lighthouse-keeper Killed. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

The lighthouse-keeper at Tacking Point, near Port Macquarie, was killed through being thrown from a buggy while driving down a steep…

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Drowning Accident. in the Tweed River

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 6

A sad fatality occurred at Mu[?]mpah on Monday night, when a man named Sam Heat[?] fell into the Tweed river and was drowned…

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