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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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A Canine Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 6

On Wednesday last a dog had his leg cut off by a passing train and was otherwise severely injured. A revolver shot put him out of his misery…

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The Later Antarctic Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 11

Details relating to the deaths of Lieutenant Ninnis and Dr. Mertz, of the Mawson expedition, have been received by Professor David…

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Accidents. Overturned Motor Car

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

Several of the motor cars running for hire at the Show last week came to grief While being driven down the bridge hill the…

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Burning Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

Meagre news of a sad and shocking accident has come through from Bowra that Mrs. Partridge, the wife of Mr. E. J. Partridge, and…

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Car Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

It is reported that a motor, oar conveying Miss Bundy, Miss Jeffreys, Miss Popple, and others from Kempsey to Taree, to catch the, Sydney…

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Waggoner Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 14

William Page was driving a waggon across the railway line at Chelsea (Victoria) last night, when he was run down by an engine. Page…

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Dreadful Burning Fatality

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 4

One of the most tragic events on record occurred at Buccrabendinni on Friday morning last, when Mrs. Partridge, wife of Mr. Edward…

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Station Manager Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 14

Mr. Bennett, manager of the Moarburie Station in Queensland, was drowned whilst swimming his horse across a flooded creek…

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Two Aviators Drowned Monoplane in the Thames

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 13

Long Reach a be[?] between, Green[?] and Erith was the scene recently of another of the already long list of double aviation…

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An Accident Preventer

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 3

In view of the long roll of accidents caused by motor cars, an experiment tried recently with a device for safeguarding the public is of special…

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A Serious Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 8

Mrs. Herbert Laurie, of Gloucester, had the misfortune to have her leg broken on Tuesday night last. It seems that she with Miss Bell…

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Racehorse Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 13

At Randwick yesterday the hurdle racer Paisona brake his fetlock and had to be destroyed…

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Graphic Accounts Succouring the Injured Omaha, March 25

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 11

Passengers on the Chicago Burlington-Quincy train saw the tornado strike the city while the train was stationary. A building was hurled…

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Collision in Air Kills Aviators. Two Aeroplanes Crash to Earth As Result of Fatal Error Made in Fog

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Two French military aviators, Captain Dubois and Lieut. Peignan, lost their lives recently at the acrodrome, of La Bragelle, near Douai…

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Random Readings. Some Happy Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

Some of the most celebrated discoveries in the world of science and art have been the result of a happy accident. The worker, striving…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mrs. James H. NIXON

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

A sad accident happened on Saturday forenoon last, in which Mr. Jas. H. Nixon of Glenthorne, met with injuries which caused her death on…

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Fatal Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 8

It is with deep regret that we record the sudden death or Mr. Duncan McRae, one for the oldest, and a respected resident of the Gloucester…

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Sad fatal Accident. Mrs. Jas. H. Nixon Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 8

An accident of a peculiarly sad nature happened on Sunday morning last at Glenthorne, by which Mrs. Nixon, aged 54 years, wife of Mr. Jas. 11. Nixon, lost her life…

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Bellingen Show Fatality

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

The "Courier" regrets to report that after lingering for over three weeks, at times at death's door and at other times giving hopes of…

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Squatter Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 11

Mr. Frederick Gibson, the well-known squatter and owner of Tirranna Station, was yesterday drowned in a creek near his residence…

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