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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 16

Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 4

Master Carlyle. McCallum. an employee at the local post office, was the victim of an unfortunate accident on Tuesday. He was riding down the street, and in the effort to dodge the…

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Murphy's Creek Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 6

The Commissioner of Railways, Brisbane, announced details of penalties imposed on Lloyd and Carmody, following upon the fatal accident near Murphy's Creek. Mr. Evans said Lloyd…

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A Painful Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. John Miller, who is in charge of the Dobie-street punt, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. He was oiling the cogs of the chain…

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Seaman Drowned. Captain's Narrow Escape, Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

John Johnson, an able seaman on board the steamer Cooloon, was washed overboard and drowned in Byron Bay. The Captain had a narrow escape. He…

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A Surfing Fatality. Died After Being Rescued. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. John Pollack were surf bathing at Kiama yesterday when a strong undertow carried Mrs. Pollack out. Mr. Pollack reached his…

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Fatality on the Cooloon

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 5

On Friday, while the captain and one of the crew were engaged doing something over the side of the s.s. Cooloon, one of the steamers that took refuge in Byron…

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Collision in Air Kills Aviators. Two Aeroplanes Crash to Earth As Result of Fatal Error Made in Fog

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 3

Two French military aviators, Captain Dubois and Lieut. Peignan, lost their lives recently at the aerodrome of La Bragelle, near Doual…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

Mrs. Smith,. an elderly lady living in Hacon-street, near the Public School, had the misfortune to fall and break her hip last week. She was removed to the public…

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Fearful Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 11

A terrible accident happened during a chopping match at the Jumbuk (Gippsland) sports last week. Albert Deltrich, one of the competitors, was chopping opposite to William Blucher. He…

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Motor Smash. Lady Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 3

Mrs. Kelly, with two others and a driver, was motoring to Albury from Melbourne yesterday to see her son, who had met with an accident at…

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Late Cables. Mining Disaster. Shaft Cages Fall. Five Killed. Nine Injured. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

At Butt, in Montana, five miners were killed and nine injured by an accident in an old shaft of the Leonard Mine, belonging to the Anacorda…

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A Hotel Brawl. Man Shot Another Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

A brawl occurred in a hotel at the corner of Yurong and Liverpool streets, city, shortly after ten last night…

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Railway Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible railway accident occurred near Nagpar, India. A goods train was brought to a standstill by adverse signals. A passenger train…

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Accident at South Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 3

Wednesday evening, when Master Jack, son of Mr. George Rowles, of South Grafton, was engaged in exercising a young racing mare named Uneta, the horse took fright, throwing the boy…

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Motor Car Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 8

A telegram from Perth gives the following particulars of the car fatality referred to in Saturday's issue. A chauffeur named Donald Gillies was killed…

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Serious Motoring Accident. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

The Rev. [?] Watson, whilst riding a motor bicycle, collided with a motor car in rounding a sharp bend near Uraigurra, on the…

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Motor Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, about halfpast three, Mr. J. Le Petit, in his powerful 33 cwt. motor car, four passengers aboard, going upriver…

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Accidentally Shot

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 4

On Monday last Mr. Howard Piggott was attempting to extract an unexploded ballet from a breachloading gun at his home on the…

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Shooting Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. Jas. Martin, an old New England resident, and upwards of 20 years resident at Hillgrove, aged 48 years, was fatally wounded by a gunshot on Sunday…

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Another Steamer "Wined," 120 Persons Drowned London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 3

The steamer Nevada, flying the American flag, while leaving Smyrna, in order to prevent a collision with another steamer had to quit the…

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