Gored by an Elephant. Circus Man Injured. Sydney, Wednesday Night
During the performance of Wirth's circus at Moree, the elephants refused to go through their usual tricks and one rushed an employee named…
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Accidents, 1913
301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 16
Railway Collision. Express Runs Into Train. Sydney, Saturday Night
Another railway collision occurred this morning. This time it was the Melbourne limited express which ran into a goods train…
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The sensational collision between the express and a goods train at The Rock is believed to have been caused theough something being…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.— Another railway collision occurred this morning. It appears that a goods train was run into a loop at the Rock to allow another…
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Another serious accident befell Mr. E. H. Moses similar to that which happened to him a month ago and almost at the same spot…
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A serious accident happened to one of the employees of the B.A.T. Company on Friday. Whilst riding in one of the empty trucks,…
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We left New-York on the Saturday for Havre, with nearly eight hundred people on board, and of that great crowd nearly two hundred formed the…
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Last night Thomas O'Donohue, aged about 40, was drowned at Grafton. Deceased had been cane cutting at Harwood, and came up by the Clarence, arriving at Grafton…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—It was reported that drastic punishment, has been inflicted on the officials held culpable in connection with the recent accident on…
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Mr. Thomas Donoghoe, aged 33 was drowned, from the stem of the steamer Clarence, moored at the wharf, Grafton, on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Drowning Fatality. Colonial Inquiry
Mr. J. G. Phillips, Deputy Coroner, opened at the Town Hall, Grafton, on Monday afternoon, a Colonial inquiry into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aviation Accident. a Lucky Escape. Sydney, Tuesday Night
Jones, the Queensland aviator, started in a biplane to-day to fly from Maitland to Newcastle. When he had gone 200 yards and was 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shot His Bride. a Shocking Accident. Sydney, Tuesday Night
At Cowra yesterday, Frederick Pratt, a railway employee, accidentally shot his wife dead with a pearifle. They had been married only a…
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Dorothy Watkins, a resident or Sydney, was riding a horse at Bundaberg (Q.) yesterday, when the animal bolted. The girl was thrown and…
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The steamer Clan Urqubart arrived this morning from New Caledonia and reports the death of its commander, Captain Sommerfelt,…
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A girl named Dorothy Watkins, a resident of Sydney, was riding a horse at Boundsberg (Q), yesterday, when the animal bolted. The girl…
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JONES the Queensland aviator, started in a [?] on Tuesday to [?] from [?] to New castle. When he had gone 200 yards and…
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An accident occurred at the Grafton gasworks at about 10 o'clock last night, whereby Miss Carter, eldest unmarried daughter of Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Barque Wrecked Twenty Sailors Drowned. Vancouver
The barque Ville de Dijon, bound from Newcastle to Talcahuano, Chili, has been wrecked at Papudo Bay, Chili. Only three out of the crew of…
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The first fatal railway accident since the construction of the North Coast railway line occurred at Paterson on Monday night, when the…
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