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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Fatality at Boambee Beach

Nambucca News · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

James Colvin add a fishing party were proceeding along the beach Wednesday night last (says " Colf[?] Harbor Advocate"), when they saw…

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Accidents

Nambucca News · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 4

A peculiar accident, fortunately not attended with any serious results, occurred in High street, almost opposite Mr. W. Evan's blacksmith shop…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Mangled Body Found Near Redfern

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

Shortly after midnight on Saturday the mangled remains of a man were on the down fast railway line at the western end of Redfern Station. One…

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A Remarkable Smash. Four Engines in Collision, the Crews Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 5

A remarkable railway accident occurred at Anderson, on the Powlett line (Vic), in the early hours of Sunday morning…

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Fatal Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

One of those dire catastrophes which come altogther too suddenly and too unespectedly, and cast a period of [?] and pleasure into one of gloom and [?] happened at the Hatch…

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Unhappy Mexico Earthquakes and Floods. Another Volcanic Outburst, Twenty Persons Drowned by Floods

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 7

Following close upon the disastrous earthquakes of last week, when immense damage was done to property, and a number of lives were lost,…

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Another Fatal Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

LAST week we had to record the painfully sudden death by accident of a promising tad of 16 years, and again it in our sod duty to chronicle the death of a little boy named Arthur Wright Andrews,…

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Accidents

Nambucca News · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday morning while the jockey Selby was having a race horse attended to at the blacksmith's shop, the animal kicked out and…

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Serious Motor-car Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 6

A serious car accident happened last night at 7½ mile railway diversion. It seems that Mr. George Mulvey who left Gloucester on…

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Shocking Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. Les. Clarke, son of the late Mr. M. Clarke, we are sorry to state, met with a shocking accident at Hennessey's Sawmill on Friday afternoon…

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Shooting at Coogee. Girl Seriously Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 3

A serious shooting case occurred at Little Coogee last Friday night, the victim being Lily Davis (20). It was stated by the police that…

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Queer Cause of Death. the Fatality on H.m.s. Superb. Caused by Diseased Potatoes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 9

In connection with the fatality which occurred on board the battleship Superb, by which three seamen mot their death by suffocation, first…

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A Serious Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 6

A young man named Thomas Kelly was present at the School of Arts ball at Wingham on Thursday night, and left the town about 3 a.m. on Friday…

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Slashed to Death. at Sixty Miles an Hour. Frightful Railway Accidents. on American Lines. Terrible List of Casualties

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 7

The express leaped an enbankment at Brideport (U.S.A.) on Wednesday, when it struck a switch, while proceeding at the rate of 60 miles an hour…

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Accident to Sir Greorge Reid

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 6

Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner, and his sun and daughter, met with a motor accident on Sunday afternoon. They were motoring at Broadstaire, London, when the car in which…

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Wo Sulky Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 6

There were two sulky accidents this week near the Barrington Post Office. On Wednesday last, Mr. Queenan, employee' of Messrs. Bird…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Two Me Killed at Newtown. One Man Recapitated

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 5

A shocking railway fatality occurred near the Newtown railway station, Mr. Joseph Frazer (50), a ganger on the permanent way, and…

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Motor Disaster. Three People Drowned, Car Topples Over River Bank Driver's Miraculous Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 5

A terrible triple fatality occured on Wednesday night near Denman, a small town 15 miles north-west of Muswellbrook. While travelling…

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Shocking Motor Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 7

A terribly shocking accident occurred a few miles outside of Muswellbrook on Wednesday night, when a motor car ran over the bank of…

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Freemantle Boxing Fatality. Criminal Proceedings Abandoned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

Those concerned in the recent boxing sensation at Fremantle, as a sequel to which eight men were committed for trial at the August…

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