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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 6

A train at Sudbury, Ontario, becoming derailed, struck the Spanish River bridge. Several of the cars plunged into…

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A Shocking Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 10

A terrible accident, attended with fatal results, occurred on Monday morning at Bowral on the second division of the Melbourne express. One…

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Street Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

Mr. Edward Richardson met with a nasty accident on Tuesday morning. He was driving a young horse in Grev-street, and when near the Town…

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Railway Accident at Goulburn. Railway Accident at - a Exprexpress Train Strikes Two Men.,, _ j Drover's Feabfuleath.1

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

As the second division of the express train, which left Albury at 10.46 on Tuesday, wa. dahiing into Goulburn Statio.shortly.after…

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Swimmer Beaurepaire. Saves Man from Drowning

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Frank Beaurspaire, Victoria's groat swimmer, jumped off the pier at Queenscliff (Melbourne) on Thursday, and saved the life of a picnicker from…

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Railway Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

Early on Wednesday morning a line of carriages which were being shunted at the Central Railway Station gathered too much way and crashed into some…

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Railway Accidents

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

An official inquiry into the railway accident at Katoomba resulted in finding that a stone was placed on the line by some children…

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A Foundry Fatality. Young Man's Terrible Death

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

A terrible accident, which resulted in the almost instantaneous death of a young man named Horace Reed, occurred on Thursday afternoon at Brisbane…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 9

Two girls, aged 18 and 16, were drowned near Gosford on Tuesday, when the younger got out of her depth The elder went to her help, but became…

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Bathing Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 3

The backwash at Manly was ex-exceedingly strong yesterday afternoon, and life-savers were kept busy in effecting rescues. Nine bathers got…

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Double Shitting Fatality. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 3

Despatches from Teneran state two hundred passengers and members of the crew of two unnamed steamers were drowned owing to the vessels…

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Accident Narrowly Averted. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 3

Another railway smash was narrowly averted at Beaufort on a mixed train which left Stawell for Ballrat yesterday. The strain in…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 4

Mr. Robert Cralgie of Bruce Lea Walchs was thrown from bus horse on Sunday and killed. The decreased was born in Maitland and came to…

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Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

A resident of Waverley, named Charles Knight, was drowned early on Sunday morning while surf-bathing at Bronte Beach…

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Coach Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

Through the overturning of a four horse coach near Manly yesterday several persons were more or less seriously injured. The vehicle left…

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Motor Cycle Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 7

Geo. Smith v. Herbert Smythe, claim; £50 damages, caused through being run over by a motor cycle, ridden by defendant…

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Railway Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A collision occurred outside a tunnel near Central Station. A brake van and one track were derailed…

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Shooting Fatality. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Inglewood yesterday, when Mrs. Pockey, 72 years of age, was accidentally shot by her son Alfred, aged…

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Escape From Drowning. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Two young women, bathing in the surf at Newcastle yesterday, were carried out by the undertow and rescued with great difficulty. Both were…

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Shocking Fatality. Entire Family Perish by Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 7

A disastrous fire, resulting in the loss of six lives, occurred at Lisburn, County Antrim, during the second week of January, the…

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