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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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29 DROWNED. 4 Saved Vancouver, Thursdav

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

Four persons were saved and twenty-nine drowned in the wreck of the Rosencrans. One clung to a plank and was washed ashore…

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Railway Collision. Four Lives Lost. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

At Terrehauts, Indiana, four were killed When the Keystone express collided with a fast mail train. Many were injured…

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Sydney's Deadly Trams. Another Collision. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

Two trams collided at Flinders-st., Moore Park, this morning, with the result that two men, a woman and a little girl were injured…

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Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

On Saturday last Mr. J. Rawlings was killed by a falling tree on his selection at the Dorrigo. It appears he was standing near by while a…

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A Serious Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

Mr. Asher, a visitor from Sydney, was the victim of a somewhat serious accident on Friday night last. In company with Mr. Harold Raymond,…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

Young Pat (Mervin) Murphy, son of Mr. J. Murphy, of Ryan-st., South Grafton, was shot through the calf of his right leg, owing to a pea-rifle…

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Two Women Drowned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Wright, a farmer's wife, and a Miss Parkinson were bathing in a creek at Henderson, N.Z., when Miss Parkinson stepped into…

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Fell into a Well. a Baby Drowned

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

A little child, eighteen months old, named James A. Ingledew, was accidently drowned near Swan Creek, and five miles from Ulmarra, yesterday…

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A Shocking Disaster. at Deadly Level Grossing. Two Killed. Three Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

A shocking motor accident happened at Millswood railway crossing, near Mitcham (S.A.) on Saturday night. A car containing Mr. A. H. Pad-…

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Drowned in a Water-hole

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two brothers, John and Andrew Donovan, aged to and 11 respectively, were drowned in a water hole near Ballarat. The police were…

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A Surf Victim. Boy Drowned. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 3

Three little boys, aged ten and twelve, entered the heavy surf at North Fremantle (W.A.). The younger boy, William Pope, was swep…

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Another Motor Smash One Killed. Several Injured. SYDNEY,Wednesday

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 3

A motor car collided with a railway engine at Helensville (N.Z.) and the car was smashed to atoms. Mrs. Frank Gordon, one of the…

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Sad Drowning Case

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wedneday.— Eustace (aged 13) and Adrian (II) Connolly, sons of Sergeant M. Connolly, at Charleville (Q.), were accidentally drowned on Saturday…

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Mining Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday,—Another mining fatality occurred at Broken Hill, where Robert Karles, a laborer in the Junction North Mine, was suffocated by a…

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Two Youths Drowned. a Plucky Mate. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

Four lads, only one of whom could swim, were bathing at St. Kilda (Melbourne) last night, when two of them, Clyde Stevens, sixteen, and…

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Peculiar Drowning Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clarke, who reside in D[?] on the Roma (Q.), railway line, was [?] in peculiar circumstances. The [?]en,…

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A Bathing Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Four lads, only one of whom could swim, were bathing at St. Kilda, when two named Clive Stevens and Ewart Parker, got out of…

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The Accident to Mr. Sharp

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

The recent accident to Mr. VV. H. Sharp caused his friends no little anxiety, but they will be pleased to hear that the gentleman…

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Accidental Spurt in Potatoes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

The advance in quotations for Clarence potatoes by Monday's boat was just one of those accidental fluctuations which areas familiar as southerly bursters after a hot…

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A Motor Smash. Two Men Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 3

While returning to Albury from Jindcra on Tuesday night in a motor car, James Colguohoun and the driver James Davey, were seriously…

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