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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

116 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 6

Bellincer Bar Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 4

At Uranga, Sunday morning, bent on fishing at the north beach, Will Bennett, of Newee Island, and Athol Swayne, bookkeeper at Ellis & Co.'s…

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Double Drowning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 15

A BELLENGER Heads correspondent writes us as follows :-- A very sad drowning fatality occurred at Bellinger Heads on Sunday. Two…

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Sad Fatality. Mr. Fred. W. Gill's Little Boy Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 6

IT was with extreme regret that we have to report this week that a sad drowning accident occurred at East Kempsey between 5 and 6 o'clock on…

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Local and General a Separator Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Neilson, of the Bowman, met with a painful accident on Monday last. He was separating milk when something went wrong with a spring…

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Fatal Cycling Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 11

The inquest on William Bearpark, aged 30, the motor cyclist who was killed whilst circling the Sports Ground track at 40 miles an hour…

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Accidentally Killed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 7

ON his arrival in Sydney to attend the sessions of the Methodist Conference, the Rev. T. Huggart received a severe shock to hear of the sudden death of his aged father, Mr. W. J. Huggart, J.P., who…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

A fatal motor-car accident occurred on Sunday morning last at Bankstown, when Mr. John Sands, the senior member of the firm of Messrs…

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Buccy Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 4

On Monday morning, while driving to the Jerseyvillo Regatta in company with his wife and daughter and Miss Holtz, Mr. F. Sanders met with an…

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Accident on the Illawarra Line

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 11

The first workmen's train on the Illawarra line was derailed at Hurstville this morning. The Illawarra train service was in consequence…

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The Randwick Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 11

At the inquest on the jockey Matthews who was killed at Randwick on Monday, evidence was given that the occurrence was a pure…

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Fire Panic Seven Killed, 15 Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 10

At a concert, of the Women's Patriotic League at Houdain (Pas[?]de Calais), a lamp fell and the oil burst into a blaze…

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Never Had an Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 10

Captain Alexander McKay, at one time commodore of the Cunand Line, whose death is announced, commanded some of the company's famous…

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Shocking Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 4

Mr. Harry Thompson, of. Stuart's' Point, shooting in the vicinity of Warrell Creek on Monday afternoon, met with a shocking accident to his left hand, by the explosion of his…

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Mother and three Children Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 19

A TERRIBLE drowning case occurred in the Brisbane River at Whitton's Flat, near Indoorowilly, on Monday, when a mother and three children…

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Shocking Railway Disaster. Four Men Killed. Twelve Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 9

A shocking railway 'disaster occurred on the Melbourne. Lilydale railway line early on Thursday morning. The news so far is very…

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Local and General An Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 8

Mr. Finlay McInnes had a heavy fall from his horse on Thursday last He was riding in the paddock when the horse placed a foot in a hole and…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 11

A dreadful burning tragedy occurred at East Fremantle, West Australia, last night when Mrs. Eliza Ptolemy, aged 42, and two…

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Shocking Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 8

Mr. Harry Thompson, of Stuart's Point, shooting in the vicinity of Warrell Creek on Monday afternoon says the "Macleay Chronicle" met…

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No Panic After the Collision

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 3

The "New York Herald " says that Mr. Charles Stengel, of New York, describes the impact as terrific, tons of ice falling and killing men. The bows, he declares, were…

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Accidental Inventions. Original of the Bayonet, the Lamp Chimney, the Telescope, and the Art of Lithography

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 2

The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact [?] it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb,…

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