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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

24 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

In Case of Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 6

If a child has got burnt or s[?]ded immediately cover the injured part with cotton wadding, day on this some salt, and pour whisky over…

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Deaths by Drowning

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

Deaths by drowning in the case of good swimmers after present some degree of mystery. The popular view is that the swimmers are…

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Six People Drowned. Story by a Survivor

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 7

The pretty little village of Sand ride, on the banks of the rivers Kent and Bela, at the top of Morecambe Bay, was on Saturday afternoon,…

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Collision with a Comet

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 3

It appears that at one time a large comet did collide with this earth, doing, however, no particular damage. Geologists have…

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Shooting Accident at Thirlmere. Boy Seriously Injured

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 4

On Saturday lust n shooting accident occurred at Thirlmere, when Bertie East, 12 years of age, was seriously injured…

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Drowning Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 8

Intimation was conveyed to the police last Sunday that Sven Theodore Carlson, a young foreigner, who was employed by Mr. F. L. Cranfield, of Cawdor, was drowned in a dam…

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Just by Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

A romance that led to the making of a fortune is the following :- The head of a French printing firm was one day walking through a room in his…

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Collision with an Iceberg

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 4

The great White Star liner T-itanic, the largest vessel in the world, has been in collision with an iceberg on her…

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Preventing Lift Accidents

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 5

An automatic safety installation, designed to prevent the numerous accidents liable to occur in using passenger lifts, is being placed on the…

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Ocean Accident

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 3

The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention on the [?]port of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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A Rum Collision

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 2

Sympathetic' OKI Lady (to cabby): "Is the poor man much hurt? Been run into by one of those nasty taxi-cabs, I suppose?"…

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Shooting Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 9

A very sad accident occurred at Menangle on Saturday last. Five young follows were starting out for the holidays rabbit hunting and shooting. They had just arrived by…

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How to Keep From Drowning

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 7

Temporary lack of nerve on the part of the swimmer is the real cause of the great majority of accidents in the water, and cramps have little or nothing to do…

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Battleship in Collision. Steamer Rammed

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 3

In the early hours of yesterday morning information reached Dover of a serious collision which had taken place eastward of Dungeness between the…

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Accidents

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 4

Mr. Hiram Hines met with a painful accident on Wednesday last. While coming from the quarries with a load of about five tone of stone on…

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Drowning

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 3

A long distance swimmer correcting, popular errors states that accidents to swimmers are seldom due to cramp, but to apoplexy resulting from…

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Baroness Burton. Injured in Motor Smash

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 3

Baroness Burton, wife of Colonel Bruce Balllie, of Dochfour. Inverness, was severely injured in a motor collision at the Marble Arch on Monday…

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Tragedy of Heroism. Drowned While Trying Rescue

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

A youth named Howard Smeal, used seventeen, lost his life at Kilereggan, Dumbartonshire, yesterday, in attempting to rescue a girl named Madge…

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Tornado Wrecks Town. Fifty Lives Lost. 200 People Injured. Path of Destruction

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, was devastated on Sunday by a tornado. which tore through the heart of the town, causing a loss of at least 50…

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Motor Car. Runs Into Troops. Territorials Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 3

Four London Territorials were injured last week-end through a heavy motor car rushing into the rear of a column returning to Camberley camp…

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