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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Surfing Fatality New Arrival Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

A surfing fatality occurred at Curl Curl Beach, Manly, yesterday. A young man named Stanley Wilkinson, aged 19, who only arrived…

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[?] Comedy to Tragedy. [?]Ta Performer Drowned. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

[?]men were performing in the [?]at the Lyttleton (N.Z.) Regatta [?]ay, when one of them got into [?]ies. A second man went to…

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[?]Test Wires [?]le Holiday Tragedy. Three Boys Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

[?]errible drowning fatality occur[?]t Como, George's River, yester[?]orning. It appears that four [?]men named Edwin Austenfeld,…

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Motor Cars Collide. REV. E. F. Waddy Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

The Rev. E. F. Waddy, the well-known [?]keter, while riding in a motor car along [?]Randwick Road yesterday, collided [?] another motor car and was rendered…

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Engine Derailed. Result of a Collision. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

Owing to an engine being derailed [?]ile shunting at Flemington sale [?]s to-day, traffic was held up for [?] hours the stock sales delayed…

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Peculiar Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

A boy, two, years of age, named Colin Cox, son of R. Cox, of Casterton (Vic), was the victim of a peculiar and serious accident. Mrs…

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Shocking Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 10

A shocking railway fatality occurred between Tamworth and Moonb[?] on Monday night, the victim being Mr. Albert Burton, [?] Limbri. Word reached Constable [?]…

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Fatal Collision. Captain Committed for Trial. Sydney. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

The inquest into the death of Ernest Hutton, who was drowned through the capsizing of a cutter from the training ship John Murray,…

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Drowning at Casino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred in what is known as the Big Hole, Cusine, on Sunday. A young man named Robert Dunlop, aged 23 years, went with a…

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Deadly Level Crossings. Another Accident. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

An omn[?]s caught in the rails at a level crossing in Adelaide. The engine ran over and killed the horses, and just grazed the…

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A Sportsman Fatally Injured

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. J. H. Hitchcock, a well-known sportsman, was fatally injured, last night, through a motor car in which he was driving coming into…

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Sad Drowning Affair Three Lads the Victims. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

William Butler, 14, Ernest Butler, 11, and James Conoll, 11, were drowned at Lake Cope Cope, Victoria…

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Collision in the Harbor Sailing Crew's Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

A collision occurred oil Bradley's Head (Sydney Harbour) yesterday between the steamer Brighton and a sailing boat…

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A Mine Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A mining disaster occurred on Saturday in the Barrier Gold Mine at West Wyalong, resulting in the death of five miners. The…

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Collision at Sea

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The British steamer Strathalbyn, bound for Australia, collided with the Hawaiin steamer Virginian in Puget Sound. The Strathalbyn's…

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The Injured Australians. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

At Adelaide two doctors saw Trumper last night, and they warned him against taking the risk of putting too much strain on his…

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Remarkable Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

There are many interpretations given to dreams (says the " Tweed Times "), but the experience, of Mr. Percy Byrne, of Stoker's Siding, is…

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A Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. Archie McDonald (son of the iate Capt. McDonall) met when a serious accident yesterday morning which resulted in a…

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Maclean Mems. Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

Whilst Mrs. Freeburn and Miss Lizze Carr were "driving at Yamba. on Wednesday, the horse bolted down hill from Mrs. Anderson's…

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