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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Schooner Sunk. All Hands Saved. Captain Injured. Fremantle, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

Another wreck is reported, the schooner Grace Darling having been lost near Fremantle on Tuesday. Her crew of five were brought into…

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Late Cables. a Wall Collapses. Football Crowd Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 5

During a football match between Sheffield and Wolverhampton when a huge crowd was present a wall collapsed and the spectators were…

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SPORTING Swimming. Annette Kellerman Injured. Swimming Tank Bursts. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 5

At Hamilton. Bermuda, while giv-Annette Kellerman and Herbert Brennan sustained severe injuries, owing[?]ing a performance in the Aquarium,…

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Shocking Fatality. Girl Killed by Train. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 3

A shocking fatality occured at Brighton yesterday. Alice Morris, 11, with a number of other girls, was returning from a picnic at Brighton…

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A Fatal Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Alice Morris (11) was killed while returning from a picnic. She placed one arm out of the window of a railway car, and the open…

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Nantucket-Moa Collision. Charges Against the Captain. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

The trial of Captain Beery, of the Nantucket, on a charge of negligence in connection with the collision with the steamer Moa, has…

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Drowning Fatality. Young Girl's Rash Act. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 2

Elsie Dolan, sixteen, residing at Leichhardt, while picnicking at Clontarf yesterday, though unable to swim, plunged into the water, and…

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Late Wires Aviation. Jones Meets with an Accident. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 3

Aviator Jones made two successful flights at Broken Hill. In the third attempt his machine became tangled with a telephone post, which…

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Street Fatality. One Killed, Another Injured. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 2

As the result of a runaway in South Brisbane one man was killed and another injured…

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Driving Fatality. Killed Near Her Home Sydney. Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

Mrs. Susannah Williams, an old resident of Talgarno, while returning from Albury last night with her son, in a sulky, reached a sharp turn in…

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Young Man Drowned. Washed Off Rocks While Fishing. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

While four young men were fishing off the rocks at Coogee this afternoon, one of them William Perry, aged about twenty-eight, went…

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Surfing Fatalities. New Zealand's Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 3

While surfing at Wellington (N.Z.) J. Galloway, 34, physical instructor of the Education Department, and Cyral Soar, 17, of Southland, were…

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Late Cables. Shipping Disaster. Seven Drowned, Others Missing. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 3

The Norwegian vessel, Mexico, was stranded on Salter Islands, on the Irish coast. Three lifeboats vent to the [?]…

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A Street Fatality. Carter Killed at Manly. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 3

James Hines a carter, fell from his cart at Manly to-day and was killed…

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Railway Fatality. a Widow Run Over. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

Harriet Richards (60) a widow, residing at Artarmon on the North Shore line, fell under a train at Antarmon last night and was killed…

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Motor Accident. an Exciting Adventure. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

Thomas Henderson, a member of a well-known cycling firm, was motoring from the mountains, when his car got out of control between…

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Fatal Accident at Rappville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 4

Quite a gloom passed over the neighbourhood when the news that Mr. William Hedley was thrown from his horse and killed. It appears that deceased was in company with Henry…

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Shocking Fatality. Sad Affair at RAPPVlLLE

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 4

The inhabitants of the little township of Rappville on the Grafton-Casino line were rudely shocked on Thursday, when a young and generally…

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Racing Fatality. His Last Ride. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 2

Ernest Bronard, owner and trainer of the racehorse, was riding Alembar in the last race at Pinegrove (Victoria) Picnic Races on Saturday,…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—This morning six men were pushing a truck at Redfern station when an engine shunting ballast waggons dashed into it and drove it…

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