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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Another Surf Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 7

At about 2.30 on Sunday afternoon Dr. W. B. Silverwood [?] a well-known medical man at Cangai, on the upper [?] (Grafton)…

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Mexico Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Thirty-five persons were drowned through the sinking of a barge on Lake Lanchuan, Mexico. STRONGLY-WORDED…

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Shocking Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 7

A SHOCKING fatality occurred in Elizabeth street, near the intersection of Market-street, Sydney, shortly after 1 o'clock on Wednesdsy afternoon, a…

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200 Bogus Claims. "Accidents" As Living

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 6

When Ernest Pendrieh, of Scales road, Tottonham, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday (says the "News" of November 20) to three…

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Accidental Inventions. Origin of the Bayonet, the Lamp Chimney, the Telescope, and the Art of Lithography

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 8

The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb,…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at Tarro, near Maitland, on Wednesday morning. when Stanley Asher. a young man employed as a railway…

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A Farmer Killed. Shocking Fatality Near Manilla. Woman and Young Man Seriously Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred late yesterday afternoon whereby Mr. Henry Wilkinson, a small farmer, of Mountain Well, near Somerton, lost…

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Telegraph. Fatal Motor Car Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fatal motor car accident occurred yesterday morning at Bankstown, when Mr. John Sands, Sep., a member of the firm of Zollner, Ltd., residing at…

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A Dreadful Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 7

JOHN STALZER, 41 years of age, caretaker of an orchard at Hnon Park, about three miles from Turramurra, met with a serious accident. He was…

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Two Persons Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 6

When returning from a fishing trip on Friday morning, Stanley and William Parrott, two brothers, found the bodies of a young woman and a…

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Accidental Inventions

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 8

The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb,…

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THURSDAY, 28th March. Motor Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 10

P. Ryan v. W. Whitby, claim £20, damages allegedly due on accident caused by defendant's negligence. Mr. De Liesa, instructed by Mr. Claverie,…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 6

An immigrant, Alfred Fisley, who came to Victoria by the Maunganul was drowned in the Yarra on Sunday afternoon last. He and three…

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A Sail Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 8

A shocking fatality occurred at Manilla late on Wednesday afternoon, Whereby Mr. Henry Wilkinson, of Mountain Well, near Somerton, a…

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Collision at Sea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.—Daring a dense fog the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Syria, bound from London to Japan, came into collision with the French steamer…

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Surf-bather Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man named. Johnson was drowned while surf bathing yesterday at Tweed Heads…

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Serious Shooting Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

A BATHER serious shooting accident happened at.Thornton about 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, the victim being an orphan boy named Edward O'Bryan,…

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Serious Accident to a Young Girl

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 6

ON Easter Monday Miss Mary Solman had a somewhat sensational experience while out at the Terrace gathering ferns with some companions…

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Motor Plunges Through Ice. Imprisoned in Tonneau. Five People Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 8

Two young men and three young women plunged to death early in the morning when a large automobile in which they were speeding over the…

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Horrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

Robert Chapman, 22 years of age, a fireman employed on the steamer Cavanba, was caught among the vessel's machinery the other afternoon, and shockingly injured…

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