A Costly Collision. Helvetia-empress of Britain Accident. Montreal, July 31
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5
The approximate estimates of the loss, in connection with the collision between the liner Empress of Britain and the collier Helvetia, which resulted in the sinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Collision. Boston (Mass.). July 31
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5
The excursion steamer City of Kockiand, with 300 persons abroad, was struck by the collier W. M. Chisholm during a fog. The steamer was badly damaged but no lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Fatality. Suffocated in a Puddle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 4
The Hay Coroner held an inquiry [?] the death of Albert Stewart, 67, [?] who met his death on Wednesday [?] Hay—Boolingal-road. The evidence [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Train Collision. Rio De Janeiro, Aug. 1
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 5
A collision occurred between two suburban trains on the Central Brazilian Railway yesterday, as a consequence of which 100 persons were either killed or injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battleship in Collision. Steamer Rammed
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5
In the early hours of yesterday morning information reached Dover of a serious collision which had taken place eastward of Dungeness between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Collision. Rio De Janeiro Aug. 2
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5
It now transpires that the collision which occurred between two suburban trains on the Central Brazilian railway on Wednesday resulted in ten persons being killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Liner and Collier. Montreal, July 28
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2
The Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Britain (14,198 tons) collided with and sank the British collier Helvetia, ten miles west of Fame Point, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2
Mr. A. Gibbs, manager of the local skating rink, met with a nasty accident on Thursday night. It appears that he was assisting a lady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Accident Relief Bill
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 10
(a) Acts to apply to mines where number of persons employed is temporarily reduced below 15. (b) Power for an officer of the board to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Fatality. Stationmaster Killed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 4
When an express engine was returning to the railway sheds at Junee on Sunday blood was noticed on the wheels. A closer examination revealed the fact that portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alpine Climbing. a Peculiar Fatality. Parts
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 4
Mmlle. Van Goethen has died from congestion of the brain. She fell over a, precipice on the Dominion Glacier, and was suspended for eight hours, her brother holding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passenger Train Derailed. Accident at Parramatta
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 7
A serious railway accident occurred at Parramatta on Sunday night which, fortunately, was unattended with injury to anyone, when a fully-loaded passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowning Accidents. Thirteen" Hoys Lose Their Lives. London, Aug. 4
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 5
A cutter, containing 23 lads and five adults connected with the Dulwich Scout Mission encampment, at Sheerness, was caught by a gust of wind, and capsized. As a consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at Parramatta. Engine Over Embankment
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2
On Sunday evening, as the 5.50 passenger train from Mount Victoria to Sydney, reached an accident occurred at one of the dead ends,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aviation Fatality
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 5
At the inquest upon the body of Mr. Lindsay Campbell, the Australian aviator who was killed while monoplaning, evidence was given that deceased was most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Stationmaster Killed
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 3
While an express engine was returning to the railway sheds at Junee on Sunday blood was noticed on the wheels. A closer examination reveal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Holiday Traffic. Excursion Train Accident. London, Tuesday evening
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 5
An excursion train, during shunting operations at Lombardstown, came into collision with a pair of fixed buffers. The engine was derailed and capsized and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Accidents
Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 4
London, Monday.—A cutter, containing 23 lads and five adults connected with the Dulwich Scout Mission encampment at Sheerness, was caught by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident in Ireland. Many Passengers Injured. (By Cable.) London
Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 3
An excursion train, while shunting at Lombardstown, Ireland, collided with some buffers. The impact was so severe that the engine was derailed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. Drowned Sea Scouts. London, Aug. 7
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 5
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, agreed to the bodies of the sea scouts who were drowned at Sheerness on Runic Holiday being brought to…
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