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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

223 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 12

Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 4

Further particulars in respect of the four men injured by a fall of earth near Friezland, Queensland, state that two named Wilson and…

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Housewives' Accidents. Upset Kettle—arm Badly Scalded.—"i Always Keep Zam-buk Handy Now," Says a Grateful Woman

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

Accidents will hapen, and every housewife should always keep handy a pot of Zam-Buk. Mrs. May Forrest, of Magill Road, St. Peter's,…

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Football Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 4

Whilst playing football on the local showground yesterday afternoon, a youth named Lance Deiralse got a nasty spill resulting in one of the…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.—A woman and her two children were burnt to death at Freman[?]le on Tuesday night, under most tragic circumetances…

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Fearful Lift Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday,—Yesterday afternoon a man named James Murray, 50, a carpenter, who, ft is thought, resided at Bondi, was effecting repairs in a lift well at the…

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A Pitiful Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

London, March 15.—When the British submarine A3, which was sunk whilst carrying out an attack on H.M.S. Hazard, was raised and opened up…

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Peculiar Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

Leighton M'Kolvie, aged 17, of Creswick, near Ballarat, loaded a gun to shoot a sparrow. Meeting a girl, he playfully struck her with the butt…

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Sulky Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

John Morgan was killed instantly, and Jon Bain badly injured, through being thrown out of a sulky on the Molong road, near Wellington…

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Scalding Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

During the week, Kenneth Woodbury, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Woodbury, was unfortunate enough to capsize a…

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Shooking Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 5

A shocking railway fatality occurred on Monday night at High-street station, West Maitland, when a young man named Horace Langford…

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Railway Accident at Quirindi

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 1

A RATHER serious accident occurred at Quirindi on Friday morning at about 1 a.m., owing to some irregularity in the points. A special stock train…

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Ocean Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 3

The succession of disasters at tea should rivet extra attention on the sport of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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Shocking Railway fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 9

FROM time to time narrow escapes have been recorded of persons crossing the railway line-at High-street station, and it has long been regarded as a…

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Scaffolding Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 9

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Balmain on Saturday morning, when a scaffolding collapsed at a new building in course of construction at the corner…

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Serious Tram Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 2

A tram smash occurred at Bondi Junction this morning, as a result of which three passengers were injured and two cars seriously…

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Ocean Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 4

The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention, on the port of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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Tram Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 4

Sydney, Monday Afternoon.—A tramsmach occurred oil the Bondi Junction line during the busy traffic hours this morning. The near bogey of the hindmost car jumped the…

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A Student Fatally Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. —Cyril Gordon, a student at St. Patrick's College, Manly, was fatally injured in a sulky accident at Muswellbrook…

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Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on the Mungindi railway line on Friday morning. It appears that a man named John Richards was…

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A Sulky Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 27 May 1912 · page 2

What might have resulted in a serious accident happened to Mr. E. Ferris, of this town, on Sunday night. Whilst returning home from…

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