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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Disastrous Gas Explosion. One Man Killed. Two Injured. Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 4

An explosion of gas at Homebush resulted in the destruction of two shops and injury to three men who were in the building at the time…

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Fatal Accident

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. Horace de Lissa, the wellknown Sydney barrister, was killed on Sunday in a rid ng accident. In company with some friends he was…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 11

Whilst out hare shooting near Tamworth, a lad named Percival Charles Vial, aged 17, stumbled over his gun. The shot entered his…

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Five Men Injured

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

Shortly before noon on Saturday right men were working on a new theatre being built at the corner of Darling and Roundtree streets…

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Fatal Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 4

The youth, Jas. Lawrence, jnr., who tends the lamps in East, came cycling down the hill past Mr. Godwin's on Saturday night, about eleven, and ran…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 11

MR. ALBERT LAWRENCE, who was accountant at the Commandant Hill sawmills, met with an accident on Saturday night last, which caused his death. Accompanied by…

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Terrible Rail Wreck. Eleven Killed ; 39 Injured. Collision Near Paris. Pleasure-seekers' End

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 9

A disastrous railway collision, in which 11 passengers were killed and 39 injured, occurred last night on the Maccadet Bridge, near Paris…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 14

A young man named Joseph Aggett was killed instantly while engaged in shunting at West Maitland yesterday. The train ran over…

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Left Behind Passengers Swim After Vessel One Man Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 8

Just as the R. M. S. Orvieto was about to resume her voyage to the eastern States early on Tuesday evening, several belated passengers…

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Terrific Explosion at Kiama Quarry. Five Men Killed Many Others Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 8

Minnamurra, a peaceful little hamlet, a couple of miles from Kiama, was shocked with a sudden and terrible tragedy early on Tuesday…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

This day week Mrs. Edward Benson of Pola Creek working at a washfire had the horrible misfortune to get her clothing alight when do one was near…

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Found Fatally Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 4

Sunday afternoon there was taken to the District Hospital by Constable Cameron a man who Was found in a distressed and injured condition on…

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Burning Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 4

Mr. Cyril Page, brother of Dr. Page, met with a very severe burning accident at the garage on Friday last. The unfortunate young gentleman was…

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Sad Fatality

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Not only Brierfield, but the whole district, was horrified on Thursday evening last, says the 'Courier' when the news was spread hurriedly that Mr. William…

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Coronial Inquiries. the Racecourse Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 13

AT the Court House on Saturday morning last, the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M. and Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the death…

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Fatal Accident. Killed by a Fall From a Horse

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

ON Sunday afternoon a man who was known as Sid. Dawson was accidentally killed owing to a fall from his horse. The accident…

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Cooma Youth Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 4

On Saturday morning shortly after eleven Mr. Harold W. Doney, whose arrival to spend a holiday in Kempsey we mentioned in our last issue, was…

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Drowning Fat[?] Sad Death of a Promising Youth

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 9

IT is with sincere regret we are compelled to record this week the sad death by drowning of Harold Waine Doney, which occurred in the…

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An Exciting Time. Two Men Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 14

FOR some time there has been trading between the Clarence and Brisbane the s.s. Timaru. She would probably not be AI at Lloyd's; but she was filling a useful…

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Aeroplane Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 4

Seeing there's nothing to block the , view up-over 'twas thought that aviation would be free from collisions but an accident at Douay by which…

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