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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

283 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 15

Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Harnessing a horse to a sulky, preparatory to going for a drive, Arthur Had low Baker, of Mount Kokeby, West Australia, omitted to…

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Motor Car Fatality. Four Persons Killed. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 4

While a [?] of [?] students were proceeding down a street in [?] in a motor car the tyre burst. The motor [?]…

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Blasting Accident at Hillgrove

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 7

On Friday afternoon a serious blasting accident occurred at the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine, Hillgrove. It seems two men, named C…

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Serious Scalding Accident

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 3

THE three year old child of Mr. Bailey, of Steinbrook, met with a serious scalding accident yesterday afternoon, by which it sustained…

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A Serious Collision. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 5

As a result of a collision between a tip-dray and sulky at Newtown four persons were Injured, and two seriously…

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Burning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon last a little girl four years of age, daughter of Mr. William Cross of Gilgai, received fatal injuries through her…

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A Terrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4

WALTER OSHINGTON, aged 32, was out shooting on Thylungra Station, near Charleville (Q.). He stood his gun against a bush, and, mounting his horse,…

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Shooting Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 2

A sad accident occurred near [?] on Saturday week, the victim being a man named Philip Stanley, who had been camped with his wife…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 4

The body of Mrs. M'Intyre, who has been missing from North Sydney for a week, was found in the bar. hour: It had evidently been in the…

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Drowned in a Well. Desperate Struggle for Life

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 6

Two brothers named Oalvert, who, were ploughing On Thursday at Klora (Vic.), were surprised to see no sign of a team at work, on the fans of…

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A Pandemonium. Opening of Parliament, Unparalleled Scenes. Mr. Meehan Falls Down Stairs. Badly Injured

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2

PARLIAMENT met on Wednesday last. The customary formalities was not in evidence on this occasion, the session being opened by commission…

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Motor Car Fatality. Ten Persons Killed. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 4

Ten Pera[?] both killed on the result of a motor car retting out of control when going down a hill in Durham…

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A Cycling Mishap. Four Ladies Seriously Injured. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 4

A cyclist dashed into a party of ladies near B[?]ong (Vic.), four of m latter being seriously injured. The cyclist was also badly hurt…

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Injured Knee Causes Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 3

Wm. S.CHRISEIE 59 chief officer on the s.s. Nardoo who when in port resided with his wife at Stockton near Newcastle was attempting to alight…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 4

LONDON Sunday—A motor char-a-banc conveying 32 choristers ran away near Consett (Durham) yesterday owing to the brakes failing to act. The vehicle dashed…

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Three Men Seriously Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 4

A terrific explosion occurred at the Orange gasworks on Tuesday morning, by which three men were seriously injured. Their names are A…

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Accident in the Mines. Miner Severely Crushed

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 2

Our Copeton Correspondent writes as follows :--A serious accident occurred at the Old Farm…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

A serious and painful accident befel the six-year-old son of Mr. C. J. Egan on Tuesday afternoon last. It seems that the little fellow was playing with some of his…

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An Awful Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 5

George Miller, aged 18, while working in a sawmill at Parkes, was caught by a belt and drawn into the engine. The right leg was badly…

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Learn to Save the Drowning. These Are the Newest Methods

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

So many lives have been lost in the water this summer, that we feel a description of the latest method of restoring the apparently drowned…

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