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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

153 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 8

Fatal Gun Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

ON Monday last, 30th ult, a distressing and painful accident happened at Stoney Creek to Mr. C. J. A. Wallis, of the Bulga, a son of Mr. John Wallis of the same…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

On Monday, the 30th ult]., a distressing and painful accident happened at Stoney Creek to Mr. C. J. A. Wallis, of the Bulga, a son of Mr. Jeha Wallis of the same…

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Double Drowning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 14

A cable from New Zealand states that a girl named Mabel Highet was bathing in the River Avon and got beyond her depth. Her…

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Motor Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 14

A cable from New Zealand states that a motor car with a party of visitors aboard collided with a train to the north of Auckland, and Mrs…

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Motorists in Collision

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

On Sunday evening two motorists--on motor cycles--doing the trip overland from Brisbane to Sydney called in art Bowraville. Next…

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Fatality on the Murray

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 14

News has just been received in Sydney that the paddle-wheel river steamer Invincible was navigated too close to an overhanging tree on the…

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Accidents. Driven Over an Embankment

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

On Monday morning while Mr. James Reynolds, of Bellingen, was driving to Bowraville he met a team of bullocks at a sharp turn on the…

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Sulky Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

ON Thursday morning last, when Mr. Jack Campbell was on his way to Kempsey in his motor car, he met Mr. William Newberry on the Blackmans Point road, driving to…

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Accident at Lorne

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 8

While employed at work at Lawrence's sawmills, Kew, on Monday, Mr. Lawrence had the misfortune to have his left hand severed at the…

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Pilgrims Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 11

Over 350 Mahommedan pilgrims, travelling from India to Mecca, were drowned in a flood in Egypt, which overwhelmed an entire caravan…

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Tinonee Ferry Motor Accident. To the Editor of the "M. R. Times."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

Sir,--In justice to my Principals (Messrs. G. A. and W. T. Robinson) I wish to contradict a report that has been circulated through the Northern River Districts that it…

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Shocking Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

A shocking fatality has occurred at Lake Bolac (Victoria), where Mrs. Archer, her daughter, Mrs. Petersen, and the latter's child aged 12…

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Drowned at Taree. Railway Worker's Body Found in the Manning. the Inquest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, the relieving P.M., held an inquest at Taree on Friday morning, into the death of James Canole, whose body was found in the Maiming River, near…

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Painful Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 4

Mr. W.J. Hall, a selector about five miles out of Macksville, was engaged Monday morning splitting a tough stump on his ground when…

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Accidents at Sea. Always Tragedies

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

Sometimes a captain, after meeting with misfortune, drops completely out of sight, and no one knows what his fate has been. Captain Frederick…

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Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

In response to the numerous kindly inquiries after the welfare of Lindsay Noonan, who on Wednesday last on finishing his paper round, had a fall…

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A Fortunate Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

The working of motors at long distances from the source of electric supply was discovered by an accident. Soon after the opening of the Vienna…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

The publication of the figures of the Miners Accident Relief Fund is causing some comment, especially among those who are interested in…

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Another Tram Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 11

In Harris-street this morning a tram crashed into a cart. It was bad for the cart as it was completely wrecked. The driver of the cart, a…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 11

At Paddington last night a lad named Arthur L. Fiddich, aged 14 years, was run over by a tram in Oxford-street and killed. His back…

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