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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Double Drowning Fatality. Fate of Two Brothers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 3

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Inverell on Sunday, whetv Talbot Scott Dunhdm (29) and Purvis James Dunham (31), brothers, lost…

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Sensational Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 3

An accident of a sensational and singular character happened on the ferry punt at Jersey ville last week? It appears that Mr. W. Robinson took his traction engine…

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Fatal Accident. LAURIETON

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 4

Arthur Oxley [?] employed in a quarry, was killed this evening a large stone rolling our him, exceeding his head. Death was [?]. A magisterial inquiry will be held…

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Tunnel Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 10

Walter Smith, who was run over by a trolly and shockingly injured at the Wallarobba tunnel works on Wednesday of last week, underwent an…

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Shocking Accident at the Avon. Death of Aline Repairer

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 8

Word was received in Gloucester on Wednesday afternoon that a terrible accident had occurred at the Avon. It appears that Mr. P. Morgan, line…

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Stanford-Merthyr Mine Fatality

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

At the close of Mr. Watson's evidence at the inquiry into the death of Mr. Watson's mate, Eichard Evans, the coroner eulogised Mr. Watson's…

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Laurieton. the Quarry Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur Oxley Crossing ham at the Lauricton quarry on Thursday last, was held here on Friday before the nearly appointed…

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Railway Accidents in Victoria

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 11

A statement from the Railway Commissioners giving the findings of the Board of Inquiry into the recent railway accidents has been…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Fatal Lift Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 11

A shocking fatal accident happened in Sydney to-day. A plasterer named John McEwen, aged 60, was crushed by the goods lift in the new…

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Washed Overboard. Series of Fatal Accidents. on a Voyage Round the Horn

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 2

The South American steamer Perimmon had three sailors washed from a mast, and drowned during a gale, On her outward voyage from German…

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Mining Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 11

A cable from New Zealand has been received to the effect that two men named John Moor and James Bowers have been killed by a fall of…

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College Student Drowned. Gallant Rescue Efforts

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 8

Information was received at Newcastle on Wednesday of a drowning fatality at Dora Creek on Tuesday evening. John Clarke (29), a student…

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Famous Detective's Death. Injured in a Fight

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 4

Inspector Sexton—the man who arrested more murderers and notorious foreign-criminals than any other detective at Scotland Yard—died…

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Serious Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3

William Stevenson was brought to Dungog Hospital on Saturday night suffering from injuries through being knocked over by a trolly loaded with…

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Collision in the Harbour

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 11

There was a collision in Sydney. Harbour yesterday between the steamer Kyarra (7000 tons) and the Federal trawler Endeavor. The…

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Driving Fatality. Struck by Falling Trees

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 9

A fatal accident occurred at Myrandle on Tuesday night, Charles Johnson was driving a waggon of hay, and Frank Brown was riding on top of…

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Duel at Berlin. a Curious Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 10

It has become, known that Herr Joachim von Bethmann-Hollweg, of Runowo, cousin of the Chancellor, fought a duel in the Grunewald forest,…

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Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 5

On Tuesday evening Mr. William Byrnes, a shire maintenance man, met with a nasty accident near Macksville. He Was riding a horse, which…

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A Runaway Balloon. Carried Over North Sea. a Passenger Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 10

A party of German balloonists, who endeavoured to proceed from Munich to Switzerland n Saturday last were cau4ht in a gale and driven out of…

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Accident to Tommy Burns. Permanently Incapacitated

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 9

Tommy Burns, formerly heavy weight boxing champion, has been seriously injured in a collision between suburban railway trains near Seattle,…

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