A Remarkable Fatality
A peculiar fatality occurred the other day at the Adelaide City Baths. A number of young fellows were in the water, and when closing time…
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Accidents, 1912
355 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 18
Lighthorseman Drowned
SYDNEY, Friday.—The light-heartedness among the officers and men of the camp at Liverpool was damped by the drowning of Private Witten, attached to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collision at Sea. Flare Signals Unanswered. Sydney, Sunday Night
The ship Inveravon, while on her way to Melbourne, and when only a week out from Liverpool, collided in mid-ocean with another ship…
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On Saturday last we received the following telegram from our correspondent at Nana Glen: "A youth named Thomas, a nephew to Mr. R. Playford, of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The ship Inveravon, winch has arrived in Melbourne from Liverpool, reports that when a week out from the latter port, she collided in mid…
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A visitor from Homebush near Sydney, lost his life-ander painful circumstances on Saturday last. With a number of others. Frank…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two men driving a sulky from Burilda to Werris' Creek were thrown out through the sulky striking a stump…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aviation Accident. a Lucky Escape. London
A gale wrecked the biplane on Grahame White, the famous aviator, during the course of a low flight at Hendon, but White and his two…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Cairo correspondent cables that a crowded ferry steamer sank in the Nile on Saturday. It is believed that 200 persons were…
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An accident of a sedrious nature is reported from Glenreagh, the victim of which is now in the General Hospital, Grafton. Tuesday last the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Randwick Fatality. Purely Accidental. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
An inquest on the jockey Matthews, who wad killed by a fall in a race at Randwick on Monday was held to-day. Evidence was given…
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According to Ald. W. Hensce, o[?] Macrickville, Dick Arnst, the world's champion s[?]lier, who is at present en route by the Otway to England…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fishermen Swept Away. Man and Boy Drowned. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
While a man whose name is as yet unknown and two Boys, named Frederick Allen and Gordon Brown, were fishing off the groin at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to Sam McVea
SYDNEY, Friday.—Sam McVea has met with an accident which is likely to cause the postponement of the forthcoming fights. He was attending to a car, when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Housewives' Accidents. Upset Kettle.—arm Badly Scald[?]—"i, Always Keep Zam-buk Handy Now," Says a Grateful Woman
Accidents will happen, and every housewife should always, keep handy a pot of Zam-Buk. Mrs. May Forrest, of Mag[?] Road, St. Peters, Adelaide, says:—"I upset a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Robert Chapman (22), fireman on the Cavanba, and employed on that vessel for the last 18 months, went into the engine-room to…
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On Saturday at Lismore the Deputy, Coroner, Mr. J. Barrie J.P., held an [?] into the death of Thomas William McTag[?] whose dead body was found floating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams a Shocking Railway Accident. Four Men Killed. Sydney
A shocking railway disaster occurred on the Melbourne-Lilydale railway line early this morning. The news of the disaster so far is…
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Mr. Harry Thompson, of Stuart's Point, shooting in the vicinity of Warrell Creek on Monday afternoon, met with a shocking accident to his…
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Mr. Hugh Pattemore, while driving to the North Beach last Saturday, met with a nasty accident Mr. Pattemore get out of the vehicle to…
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