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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Indian Bomb Outrage. Explosion at Umballa. a Servant Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

A packet containing a bomb was sent to the house of the Deputy-collector at Umballa, in the Panjab. While a servant was unwrapping the…

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Distressing Accident. Boy Shoots His Sister. Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

An extraordinary fatality occurred on the Casino-road, South Lismore, yesterday afternoon, the victim being a three-year-old girl named Ethel Jane Roney…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Arcadian Sunk. the Ayrshire Beached. Twelve Lascars Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

A collision took place off the Tuskar Rock, seven miles to the north-east of Carnsore Point, Wexford, between the Ellerman steamer Arcadian of 6000…

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Wreck Off Cape Hatteras, British Steamer Johanna. Twelve Men Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

The British steamer Johanna has been wrecked off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The mate and eleven seamen were…

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Railway Collision. New York Banker Killed. While in His Sleeping Car. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. Spencer Trask, a New York banker, has been killed in a railway collision at Croton, in the State of New York…

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The Steamship Collision. Damage to the Ayrshire. Three Holds Flooded. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

The Federal-Houlder-Shire liner Ayrshire, which was beached at Holyhead after her collision with the steamer Arcadian, has listed…

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Train on Fire. Five Persons Killed. Several Others Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

A disaster has occurred on the Rock Island railway line in the State of New York. A special train from California was…

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Drowned at Cockle Creek. a Deputy's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

At an early hour yesterday morning, the body of John David Treharne, a deputy at Aberdare Colliery, and who had been living since the strike at home at Boolaroo…

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Accidents in Germany. New Year's Day Disasters. Epidemic of Suicide. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Many ice accidents occurred in Germany during the new year's festivities and 12 people were drowned. There were 20 suicides, or…

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Collision in a Fog. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

It is reported that the French barque Marechal do Tur[?]nne, which arrived in the bay yesterday, collided, in a fog after leaving New York, with some unknown…

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Train and Cart Collision. Man's Miraculous Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 4

The level crossing at Tarro railway station was the scene of a collision between a passenger train and a milkcart on Saturday morning, resulting in the…

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Unpleasant Incident. Candidate Under Fire. Possible Accident. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

While motoring near Cardiff, Mr. Marlay Samson, Unionist candidate for Pembrokeshire, was shot at. The bullet penetrated the…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest concerning the death of Jacob Knudsen, whose body was found in…

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A Gunnery Accident. Mishap at Point Nepean. Several Men Injured. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

The operations at Point Nepean, to-day, were marred by a sensational accident. A 9.2 inch disappearing gun, which carries a shell weighing 380lb, with a…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Off the Oregon Coast. Thirty Sailors Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Czarina has been wrecked in Coos Bay, Oregon. The crew clambered in the rigging but the waves swept over them, and…

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Wee Waa Flooded. a Sad Fatality. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 5

The Telegraph Department received word this morning from the Brewarrina office that the lagoon at Wee Waa over-flowed this morning…

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Floods in Gunnedah. a Man Drowned. Gunnedah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 5

The flood-waters continued rising until yesterday morning, and by 2 o'clock they were over the 1908 level. All the lower parts of the town were flooded, and all…

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Largs Bay Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

A diver has examined the ketch Napperby, which was sunk off Large Bay (S. Aus.), on Saturday as the result of a collision with the Bronzewing. Efforts will…

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Collision in Brisbane River. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

While the steamer Mallina was proceeding down the river this afternoon on a voyage to Suva, she was caught by the tide rounding Kangaroo Point, and…

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Wickham Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 6

An inquest was held at the Wickham Police Station yesterday morning by Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, into the circumstances of the death of Jonathan…

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