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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Corsican Accident. Arrival at Liverpool. LONDON, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

The steamer Corsican, which was damaged by a collision with an iceberg off the American coast, arrived at Liverpool to-day. Her…

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Battleship in Collision. Steamer Rammed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 3

In the early hours of yaaterday [?] ing information. [?] actions [?] which had [?] [?]…

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Motor Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 2

MR. W. PHEMISTER, who, a couple of weeks ago was called to Kyogle where his infant son was lying seriously ill with pneumonia, returned…

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Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

WHILE felling scrub one day last week Mr. W. Biddle had the misfortune to gash his foot. He immediately came in to the doctor and…

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A Jockey Injured. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 3

Albert Scowen (23), the jockey, was injured internally when riding Acquittal in the Hurdle Race at Moorefield yesterday…

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A Motoring Disaster. Two Killed. Four Injured. LONDON, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 3

A party of English tourists were motoring near Vienna when the brake failed and the car fell over a…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

An accident which might have had serious consequences occurred on the Glen Innes-Grafton road, five miles out of South Grafton yesterday after…

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Latest Wires. Railway Smash. Collision at Melbourne Two Killed. Nearly 40 Injured SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

A disastrous railway collision occurred just after five this evening between Spencer-street station and North Melbourne, when a special…

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Hart's Close Call. Aviator Badly Injured. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

W. E. Hart, the Australian aviator, was trying a new machine at Richmond yesterday, when the engine went wrong and he fell a…

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Eighty Injured. Full Inquiry Promised. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

Inquiries at the Melbourne Hospital show that all the persons injured in last evening's railway, smash are progressing favourably…

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Sad Picnic Sequel School Children Injured. SYDNEY. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 3

The children from the Jubilee Ragged School, Surry Hills were returning to Artarmon Railway Stations North Sydney from a…

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Accidental Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Wollongong an inquest was held as to the cause of the death of MacNamara, whose body was found last month in Otford Tunnel. The…

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Little Boys Drowned

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 3

Two boys, aged eight and three respectively, sons of a local resident named McNatosh, were drowned in Narra Creek, near Gosford, on…

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Eighteen Injured. Two Dead LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 3

Later particulars of the aeroplane accident at Gray, France, when Biard's machine dashed among [?] spectators, show that eighteen…

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Injured List Still Growing. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 5

There are now 342 people reported to have been injured in the Melbourne railway collision. The Department is beginning to admit that…

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Scaffold Collapses. a Boy Injured. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 3

A big scaffold used in the construction of the new building at the corner of Nithsdale and Liverpool streets, city, collapsed yesterday…

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Collision in Mid-air. Another Airman Killed. VANCOUVER Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 3

Aviator Howard Gill collided in mid-air with George Mestash (France) and fell to earth at Chicago…

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Perilous Motor Trip. Young Man Nearly Drowned. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 3

Julius Devalencia, aged 19, had a sensational experience yesterday. He was hound to Sydney from Nowra in a motor launch but, when a…

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Belfast Football Riot. Sixty-five Persons Injured. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 3

During a football match at Belfast a [?] occurred. The Roman Catholic supporters hoisted a green [?]and the Protestant partisans…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Harold Clithero (23), a recent arrival from England, was a passenger on the crowded platform of a Campsie train. When near Hurlstone…

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