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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Fatal Accident. Boy Killed Near Rockvale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 3

The young son of Mr. Henry White, near Rockvale, met with a serious accident, which subsequently resulted fatally, on Wednesday afternoon. The…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Trams in Collision. SYDNEY,Monday

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

Two trams collided in [?] yesterday for passengers were slightly injured whilst the conductor of one of the trams was pitched on…

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Old Man Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 4

Thomas Furdess, aged 70 an oldage pensioner, was found at the back door of his residence in Surry Hills, clad only in pyjamas. He was…

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Man and Boy Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 4

A sad double drowning fatality (says a wire from Gilgandra) occurred on Saturday afternoon, whereby Mr. A. Craig, a well-known fanner…

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German Naval Mishaps. Two Men Drowned

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 5

Telegrams from Konigsberg report a sad accident to the second squadron of the High Sea Fleet, which, at the time, was anchored off Niden (said the Berlin…

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Local News. Accident

The Inverell Times · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. C. Hatcher, of Oakwood, was coming to Inverell on Tuesday morning, bringing his son to school. Whilst passing over an…

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Railway Accident Roll

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—In the Queensland Legislative Assembly, yesterday, it was stated that for the last twelve months 13 employees were killed, while 26 were…

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Local News. Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. Catell, the Inverell drover, met with a painful accident near Graman last week. In rounding up a mob of cattle, which he was…

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Fatal Moror Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. Matthias Koina, a very old resident of Inverell, died yesterday as a result of a motor car accident on Friday evening. Some weeks ago…

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Serious Motor Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. M. Koina at present lies in a critical condition at the Iuverell Hospital, the result of a motor car accident on Friday last. It appears Mr…

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Serious motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

INVERELL, Saturday. — A bad motor car accident happened three miles from Inverell last night. It appears a retired farmer named Mr. Koma, aged…

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Sawmill Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

One man was killed and another badly injured by an accident at a sawmill at Lismore yesterday…

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Tram Accident. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 2

A pecullar tram accident occurred at Double Bay yesterday, when the [?] of the car blew out. There passengers taking fright jumped from…

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A Fisherman Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 5

Sydney, Monday.—A party of three fishermen capsized off Long Bay yesterday afternoon, and were in the water for an hour. One of the…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 5

Sydney, Monday,—A peculiar tram accident occurred at Double Bay yesterday, when a fuse blew out. Three passengers, taking fright, jumped…

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Another Mining Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 4

Three miners named [?] R. Haydon, and James [?]…

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Serious Shooting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 4

On Monday two sons of Mr. J. M. Hutton, of Beaufort, aged eight and twelve years respectively, were out shooting, and by some means or…

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Shocking Accident at Lismore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 3

PARTICULARS of tne recent stocking accident at the B.A.T. Company's Timber Mill, Lismore, in which Albert Reis, a single man, 32 years of age,…

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Terrible Mining Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Three miners, named Michacl Martin, E. Haydon, and Jas. Fraser, were buried by a fall of earth in Broken Hill lProprietary…

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Soldiers Killed in Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 10

The Canadian-Pacific express from Chicago collided bead-on, near Streetsville, with a train bringing Canadian troops home after the…

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