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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Florida-republic Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 4

Judge Hough has filed in the United States District Court, New York, the final decree in respect of a limitation of liability arising out of the collision between…

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Pelaw-main Fatality. Manager Prosecuted. Charges Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardigo, P.M., Robert Scott was charged, on the information of John T. Tennant, District…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

A boy named Clarence Wright, aged seven years, and who lived with his parents at the post-office. Charlestown, was killed in a shockingly sudden manner yesterday…

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Accident to a Cruiser. Collapses in Dock. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

H.M.S. Invincible, of 17,250 tons, was docked at Portsmouth on Tuesday for a complete overhaul. When the full weight of the cruiser…

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Fatality on the Beach. a Shipmaster's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

A sad fatality occurred on the Newcastle beach yesterday. Captain will[?] Robert Kidd, master of the steamer of Ireland, was bathing in the surf…

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Captain Kidd's Death. Caused by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 6

Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Captain Kidd, master of the steamer Belle or…

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Railway Accident. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

A railway accident occurred at Mile End early this morning, which resulted in considerable damage to rolling stock. A goods train was being shunted to…

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Tornado in the Congo. Thirty Soldiers Drowned. Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 5

Advices received from the Congo on Saturday report the occurrence of a tornado at Lukaudu. Two boats were sunk and thirty…

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Drowned by His Money

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 15

The bodies of two well-dressed people, a man and a woman, were found in the river near Brunoy, a charming little country town just outside Paris. There…

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German Airship. Bursts in Collision. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 5

[?] airship Parseval II. was [?]tt a hanger at Bitterfeld, [?] It burst and Collapsed. [?]eval it was a vessel of the…

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An Aviator's Death. Another Seriously Injured. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 5

While Lieutenant Paul Dupuy and M. Pierre Marie were making a flight at Rheims yesterday in a monoplane, the machine fell from a height of 220…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday concerning the death of Alice Wilmore Lawson whose body was…

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Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

An accident occurred in the Eclipse mine on Saturday morning, causing the death of two men, Harry Angwin, a shift boss, aged 35, and Ben Williams, a miner,…

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Tramway Fatality. Mr. Arthur Bearby Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. Arthur Bearby, of Mary-street, Smedmore, met his death in a shockingly sadden manner, at about a quarter past seven o'clock on Saturday night…

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Aviation Fatality. French Minister Killed. by a Falling Aeroplane. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

Twenty aviators started in a race from Paris to Madrid, which commenced to-day. Nine military officers also started,…

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Tramway Fatality. Mr. A. A. Bearby's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the death of Mr. Arthur Alfred Bearby, which…

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Mining Disaster. One Man Killed. Others Seriously Injured. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at the Sons of Gwalia mine this morning, one man killed and nine others seriously injured. While the nine o'clock shift was going…

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Accident at St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 5

An aeroplane fell among a crowd of spectators at Kursk. Many were injures, and it is feared [?]t five will succumb…

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Who's Who and Why? London, April 20. an Actress by Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 9

Very few people are aware (says "M.A.P.") that Miss Elialine Terriss became an actress by accident. Although her father was celebrated actor. William…

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Harbour Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 4

The tramp steamer Natal Transport and the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's cargo steamer Archer came into collision abreast of the company's wharf…

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