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Accidents, 1910

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Collision Between Trams

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

A collision occurred between two trams at waterhole loop near Marouba Bayroad, Sydney, on Saturday. A tram was on its way to La Perouse, and had pulled…

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Horse and Rider Killed. Collision with a Tram

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 1

Herbert Harding, aged 18, bought a horse on Friday afternoon at the Camperdown saleyards. He led the horse along Parramatta-road towards Sydney…

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Mob Rule in Paris. Police and Strikers Injured. London, March 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 5

Two hundred strikers in a paper factory at Clichy la Gerenne, a suburb of Paris, infuriated by the refusal of 50 co[?]rades, chiefly women and girls, to cease work, lay…

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The Wambool Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

The railway accident which occurred at Wambool, near Bathurst, on Friday morning, when the western mail from Nyngan came into collision with the…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 5

The steamer Manapori, which arrived this morning from Newcastle, collided with the tug Gratitude off Terrigal last night, causing the latter to founder a few minutes later. The…

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Dreadful Railway Accident. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 3

Vancouver particulars of a disastrous railway collision and loss of life have been received. It is announced that 42 persons were killed and 80 injured,…

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Wambool Railway Collision. a Guard Suspended

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The report of the departmental board which Investigated the circumstances of the Wambool railway collision has been forwarded to the Minister for Railways,…

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S.S. Manapouri in Collision. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Manapouri last night collided with the tug Gratitude when 30 miles north of Sydney. The Gratitude was engaged in…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 5

Two men, named Holcombe and Gray were hauling up goods by means of an exterior goods-lift in a building in Pitt-street when the platform suddenly collapsed and both were hurled to the ground, a…

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Railway Fatality at Cessnock. Man Cut to Pieces. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 14

John Williams, 64 years of age, was run over and killed by a passenger train on the Aberdare line a little after 8 o'clock on Friday evening. The spot where the…

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Mob Rule in Paris. Police and Strikers Injured. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Two hundred strikers in a paper factory at Clichy la Garonne, a suburb of Paris, infuriated by the refusal of 50 comrades, chiefly women and girls, to cease work, lay…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Cardiff. Young Woman's Death. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

A fatal railway accident occurred at Cardiff this morning, by which a young woman named Mary Johnson, aged 24, was cut to pieces. It appears that deceased, who worked at Scotts,…

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Remarkable Chapter of Accidents. Ship's Run of Bad Luck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 10

A letter received in Newcastle from Mrs. Wood, wife of Captain Wood, of the ship Ladye Doris, a vessel well-known here, recounts a long list of misfortunes that befel that vessel…

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Sensational Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 7

The second division of the Western mail train which left Bathurst on Thursday, 17th inst., at midnight for Sydney, met with a sensational accident at Wambool, 15 miles from Bathurst. [?]…

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Accidents at Shows

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

A man named Albert Edwards was leading a bull out of a pen at the Royal Agricultural Society's grounds on Wed nesday, when the animal threw its head…

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Military Mishap in South Africa Four Soldiers Drowned. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

A company of 600 men of the Wiltshire Regiment accompanying Lord Methuen left Pietermaritzburg, to surprise a militia camp. A storm caused a spruit to rise…

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Kankool Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

As the result of a joint inquiry held into the railway accident at Kankool, near Murrurndi, on 18th instant., it has been reported to the Chief Commissioner for…

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Pathetic Drowning Cases

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 1

Two young men, sons of Mr Alexander Campbell of Coolamon, farmer, were drowned in a tank on Kindra, near Coolamen. The younger, John Edwin,…

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Mountaineering Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3

Mr. Leonard Salt, son of a Burton brewer, was killed while climbing Snowdon. He led a roped party of five. His end broke and he fell 200 feet…

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Railway Collision on the Continent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3

A passenger train collided with a military train at Multhesin, Rhine province. The passengers were uninjured, but twenty soldiers were killed, and 100 injured, 40 seriously, and…

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