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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Railway Accident. Eight Persons Killed. Many Seriously Wounded

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—A terrible railway accident occurred at Richmond, near Melbourne, this rooming, when the engine of the Elsternwick train…

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Collision

Nambucca News · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 3

ON Friday of last week the Cervic, one of the largest cargo boats that visits Sydney, collided with the North Coast Company's steamer Brundah in…

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Train Collision in Victoria. Ten Killed and Over Sixty Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

ABOUT 9 a.m. on Monday the Windsor express collided in a fog with the Brighton train, which was leaving Richmond Station. Three cars were…

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Mining Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

While sixteen miners were being lowered in a cage down a shaft at the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh this morning the gear of the engine…

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The Victorian Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

The Coroner's inquiry into the Richmond (Vic.) railway disaster was opened this morning. All the jurors called acted in a similar…

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Victorian Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

All the injured persons m the Richmond railway disaster are progressing favorably with the exception of three. Up to yesterday morning…

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Train Collision in Victoria

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

About 9 a.m on Monday the Windsor express collided in a fog with the Brighton train, which was leaving Richmond Station. Three cars were…

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Runaway Railway Cars. Collision in Ireland

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 9

An alarming accident occurred on the railway at Roscrea, King's and Tipperary counties, Ireland. A portion of an excursion train standing in…

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Railway Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

A railway accident occurred at Melbourne on Monday morning almost equally disastrous in its effects to the catastrophe at Braybrook on Easter Monday, 1908…

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Sulky Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 3

ON Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Hoffman senr. met with a nasty accident near the Missabotti turn-off on the Bowra-road. She was in a sulky with Miss Mattie…

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Nasty Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 4

WHILE Mr. Brooks (of the Harbors and Rivers Department) and his son were being driven from Kempsey to Port in a buggy, coming down Cooperabung hill, at a sharp…

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Another Shooting Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 10

Mr. Charles Tyler, a young man, 17 years of age, was brought in to town from Barrington, on Wednesday suffering from a severe gunshot wound…

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Accident Insurance

Nambucca News · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 2

Persons who insure their lives nowadays are apt to forget that the conditions contained in the policies are made to be observed, and in the…

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Serious Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 4

AN accident of a very severe nature occurred to Jack Toms, a youth of 17 years, on Tuesday last. It appears that the young fellow was engaged with L. Richardson in…

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Railway Collision. Narrow Escape of Sir Wilfred Laurier. Shocked, But Not Seriously Injured. a Minister Hurt and a Fireman Killed

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 5

Sir Wilfred Laurier (Prime Minister of Canada) has had a narrow escape from death in a railway accident while touring in the western…

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Flying Machine Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 11

Walter Brookins, a pupil of Wright Bros., was fatally injured and two men and a boy were also killed by the fall of an aeroplane at…

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Inspector Edwards Injured

Nambucca News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

Word was received in town on Wednesday night to the effect that Sub-Inspector Edwards of Kempsey had met with a serious accident. Very few particulars…

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Peculiar Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

Early this week a young fellow named W. Colbert working on Mr. Alex. McKay's farm met with a very painful accident. He was in a…

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Accident Insurance

Nambucca News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

Persons who insure their lives nowadays are apt to forget that the conditions contained in the policies are made to be observed, and in the event…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Coach Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 11

Whilst the driver of the Nimitybelle to Bemboka coach was taking off the mails at Bemboka last night the horses made off and galloped for…

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