Shooting Fatality
A great shock was caused throughout West Maitland and the district when it became known that Mr. H. H. Capper, one of the principals in the firm of E. P. Capper…
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Accidents, 1911
423 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 22
Accident to Mail Train
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Sydney-Brisbane mail train arrived at Brisbane last night over an hour and a half late. As the train was running into a siding at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Barges Wrecked. 34 Men Drowned. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
Three coal barges, bound from New York to the East, in tow of a tug, were driven ashore at Peaked Hill Bars and went to pieces in a few…
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When the Sydney" to Melbourne ex- press was passing Bethungra railway station, between Cootamundra and Junee this morning, it crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatality on the Tweed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—On Monday night Laurence Anderson, the boatswain of the steamer Duranbah, was drowned at Chinderah, Tweed River. The ship was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Motor Car Fatality
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Auckland, a motor car driven by Dr. Fullerton crushed into a train on a level crossing. The car was thrown by the engine into cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Barren Jack
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A telegram from the Barren Jack weir works states that an accident has occurred. No particulars are available, but it is believed that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Peculiar Accident
A peculiar accident, which had its amusing phases, happened in High-street, West maitland, at the drapery establishment of Compton and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Steamer Delayed. a Chapter of Accidents
The R.M.S. Ophir arrived at Fremantle on Wednesday morning 24 hours behind schedule time. She was delayed on her voyage owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Wires Accident at Barren Jack. Passenger Cage Collapses. Sydney
A telegram from the Barren Jack Reservoir Works states that a cage which runs across the valley, at an altitude of 300ft., collapsed, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murdered By his Mother. Accident at Police Station. London
A woman named Serafina Donato murdered her son with a chopper, while in church, at Severcha, Italy, believing that he had murdered his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barren Jack Accident
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The accident at Barren Jack is not as serious as it was at first thought. It appears that a train drawing a load of sand was running, to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Torpedo Accident
In Connection with the disaster to the Kiel submarines, out of the crew of 30, 27 were saved. They crept through the torpedo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Moonee Drowning Cases a Sidelight
"Weary, and battered, and screwed, of course, Yet when I noticed the old grey horse" So runs Banjo Paterson's lines in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tram Derailed Passengers Injured. Vancouver, Thursday Night
The Canadian-Pacific train was derailed on the Open Sound Branch, Vancouver, and a number of the passengers were seriously injured…
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Dr. Gatenby sustained a painful accident one day last week. He was leaning over from the sulky seat, when the horse kicked and its hind caught the doctor full in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accidents
LONDON, Thursday.—A train was derailed on the Canadian-Pacific railway, and a number of passengers were seriously injured. A gang of convicts who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest Wires Railway Collision at Sydney Station. Brave Fireman Injured. Sydney, Saturday Night
A smash occurred at the Central Railway Station early this morning, when two runaway engines coupled together crashed into a set of ten…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision at Redfern
SYDNEY, Sunday.âA serious collision occurred at Redfern railway station on Saturday morning. Two coupled run[?] away engines crashed into ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at the Baths
The District Coroner (Mr. A. J. Piesley) held an inquiry at the local Court House yesterday on the body of Henry Crosby, who met his death at the…
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