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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 11

A disastrous railway accident occurred in California yesterday. The Partalinga and Santa Rosa train left San Francisco last night carrying…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught in Deluge

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 12

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a "Herald"…

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German War Vessels in Collision

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 11

The German torpedo boat S72 collided with and rammed the torpedo boat S32. Both boats sank, but fortunately the crews were saved…

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Injured Mayor of New York

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 11

News from Hoboken states that several officers of the city government of New York were summoned to St. Mary's Hospital this afternoon…

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Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 3

EARLY on Saturday morning a man named James Greenan, employed at Guidoux's mill in clearing away the debris, met with a painful accident. He was climbing over…

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Driving Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 3

Mr. M. Fleming of the South Arm met with a serious accident on Wednesday afternoon. In company with one of his boys he was driving a sulky along the…

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To Restore the Nearly Drowned

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

The following method of resuscitating the apparently drowned has been adopted by several life-saving societies. Promptly loosen clothing and…

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Found Drowned a London Mystery

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 8

On 13th March a young public-house manager named, Leonard Saught, left his lodgings at Battersea to meet a young woman to whom he was engaged…

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Driving Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

AN accident, which might, have been attended with very serious results, occurred to a party of our townsmen while returning from the cemetery on Wednesday afternoon…

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A Boating Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

Three brothers (Reginald Ritter 27, Leo 14, and Ray 10) and Rupert Motteram 26, left Melbourne yesterday morning in a small dinghy on a sailing…

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Recent Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Nambucca News · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry touching the circumstances surrounding the death of Michael Fleming, which occurred at Dr. Thomas' Private Hospital on…

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Shocking Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 11

A terrible accident occurred in Main-street, Lilydale (Victoria), yesterday. Accompanied by her son, aged nine years. Mrs Atkinson was…

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Accident at Knorrit Flat

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 4

On Saturday the district Coroner (Mr. H. Malone) held on inquest at Knorrit Flat as to the cause of death of Thomas Augustus Jones…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 11

The Rev. G. T. Hart and Mrs. Hart were driving down a steep hill near Gin Gin, Bundaberg, Queensland, when the horse sidled into a…

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Railway Accident in Victoria

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 11

A serious railway accident occurred at Coleraine (Vic.), yesterday. Two cars of a mixed train fell 10ft over a bridge. Fortunately the…

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London's Moter Accidents. Five Lives in One Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 14

Motor 'buses and taxi-cabs on Saturday last ran over and killed five persons in the streets of London…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Tram Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 10

A shocking tram fatality occurred in Elizabeth-street near Belmore Park this morning. It appears that three boys were coasting down…

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Ferryman Found Drowned. Need for Appointment of Resident Coroner

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 14

MR. Christopher Felten, a well-known resident of this district and for seven or eight years ferryman at Greenhill, has met his death-- presumably by…

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Shocking Burning Fatality Two Boys Perish. Like Rats in a Trap

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 14

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Longford on Monday afternoon, two boys, sons of Leslie Cooper, a painter and decorator, losing their…

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The Greenhill Fatality. Coronial Inquiry

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 8

THE inquiry into the death of the late Mr. Christopher Felten was held at the Court House on Saturday last before the Hon. E. Pery, P.M. and Coroner…

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