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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

355 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 18

Unfortunate Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last, whilst going to Church, Mrs. Fordham, wife of our popular postmaster, had the misfortune to meet with an…

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More Floods. 200 Persons Drowned. VANCOUVER

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 3

Further great floods have occurred in the Mississippi Valley. A report states that 200 persons were drowned by the bursting of the…

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Peculiar Buggy Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

Yesterday morning, Mrs! H. F. T Bode, wife of the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, was being driven to church in a single-seated…

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Buggy Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Mrs. Bode, her eight-year-old son, Miss McDougall and the groom [?] thrown out of a butty on Sunday morning while drying to church While turning the…

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Taxi-Cab Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Several members of Lord Chelmsford's family and household were in a taxi-cab accident. The taxi-cab collided with a cart, and all its…

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Fishing Boats Sunk. The Crews Drowned- LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

By the sinking of six fishing boats in the Caspian Sea, the crews were drowned…

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32 Women Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 5

In New York it is definitely stated that 32 women are drowned among the first and second-class passengers. Not one of the engineers was saved. A…

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Accident to Jack Johnson

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.—In Los Angeles (U.S.A.) an automobile truck collided with Jack Johnson's motor. The pugilist was badly hurt in the back. His clothes were…

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Riding Fatality. Mr. de Lissa Killed. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 3

Mr. Horace De Lissa the Well-known barrister was riding between Gordon and Killara, North Sydney, when his horse stumbled and Mr…

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American Steamer Sunk. 140 Persons Drowned. LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

The American s[?] Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyrna, Asia Minor, and the 140 persons on board were drowned…

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Famous Aviator Injured. Verdrine's Terrible Fall. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

Verdines, the famous French airman, fell 700 feet while flying in France, owing to a sudden gust of windf In attempting to avoid the…

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Latest Wires. Big Fire in Brisbane. Sailor-Fireman Killed. Another Severely Injured. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

A fire broke out early this morning in the top storey of a large warehouse in Brisbane occupied by the Queensland Agency Company,…

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A Fatal Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 5

sydney, Wednesday.—In recording a finding of accidental death, in connection with the fatal accident to James Doyle at Sutherland dock, the Coroner…

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Kyarra Injured

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 5

Whilst Mr. Alfred Barnier's untried three-year-old Kyarra, by a Fortunatus colt, out of a Tridentine mare, was being exereised on Wechesday…

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Oceana-Pisagua Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Co., owners of the Oceana which was recently, sunk off Beachy Head through a collision with…

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Accident on Racecourse

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

Kyarra, Mr. A. Barnier's 3-year-old colt (by a colt of Fortunatus out of Tridentine), met with a nasty accident the other day on the Grafton racecourse. It was…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

On Thursday, May 2, Mr. George Scambary, while driving a bullock team attached to a timber truck, met with a nasty accident. He was…

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Fatal Accident at Karangi

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

An accident occurred on Monday night to Mr. J. Cassidy, Karangi, which had a fatal termination. It appears that Mr. Cassidy left…

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A Tram Explodes. Passengers Injured. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 3

A tram accident occurred in Wickham street, Brisbane, last night. Several persons were slightly injured and a car damaged…

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A Driving Fatality. Man Found in a Greek. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 3

A man named Hayes, left Breadalbane (near Goulburn) on Sunday to drive to Yarra. On Monday the overturned sulky,…

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