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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Four Boys Saved From Drowning

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 6

A number of boys were swimming in the Murrumbidgee River after school was over. when one of boys were swept away by whirlpool through…

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Painful Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

A short time ago Mr. Ewen M'Master was mustering stock at Kingstone. when his horse, which he had been accustomed to ride Quietly for…

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Sydney Harbour Collision

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 7

The steamer Currajong (collier) in ward bound from Woollongong, collided with the outward bound passenger steamer Wyreema on Tuesday…

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5000 Drowned in Mexico

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

The flood at Monterrey, in which 5000 people were drowned on the 27th of August last, was caused by the using of the Santa Catarina. usually a…

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Railway Accidents

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 6

The holiday traffic was at its height. Platforms were piled with passengers, portmanteaux, and packages; porters were pocketing…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

Two miners, O'Malley and White, were killed in the Waihi Mine, New Zealand, through falling down a shaft…

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Sydney Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

The body of a woman, discovered on the rocks, has been identified as Ann Mercer, a resident of Kensington, who has teen missing once Sunday…

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Mining Fatality London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 5

Seven miners were killed in an explosion at Lelrigh coal mines. The cause is unknown…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

Three men were drowned while trying to cross the bar at Greymonth, New Zealand, in an oil launch…

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Drowning Mystery

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

Gordon Sheriff, a plumber's assistant on the warship Pioneer, was found drowned in the Sobroan baths last night. The affair is shrouded in…

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Double Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

Percy and Edith Noarch, aged l5 and eight respectively, were found dead on their father's farm, near Pingelly, West Australia Both had a…

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Fatal Automobile Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 7

While riding in an automobile, Herr Goiger, the Argentine Consul at Munich, Bavaria, was killed owing to the car crashing into a tree. His wife,…

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Accident to a Bi-plane

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 7

The motor of Siemus-Schucker's biplane, while carrying an engineer and two pasengers, failed when at a height of 50th at Bornstedterfed. A Side…

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Armstrong Injured. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

W. W. Armstrong, captain of the Australian cricketers now in New Zealand, snapped one of the muscles in the region of the heart. He…

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Steamer Accident. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

The whaling steamer Orion, six miles south of Ucla[?] tonied the cable of a [?] which the captain is of opnion is the…

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Train Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 5

The second division of the Western mail train, which left Bathurst shortly before midnight for Sydney, met with a sensational accident at Wambool, 15…

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Chair Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

Mrs. Allen, of Rose Valley, fell off chair on Friday, and fractured her right arm…

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Accident with an Umbrella

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

At inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the death of Robert O'Fa[?]rell, an old age pensioner, who fell down in…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Floods in Queensland. Rivers Rising. Man Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 4

Reports from Rockhampton state that all railway communication with the south and west is still interrupted. Low lying positions at Rockhampton…

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The Supposed Drowning Case

The Inverell Times · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The supposed drowning case of the man named Vaughan on the 15th of this month at Byron Crossing is still shrouded in mystery. The police…

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