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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Lane Cove Fatality. Letter From Governor-general. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

Mr. Hawkins, the deputy coroner held an inquest to-day on the remains of the unfortunate man, James Edward Murrumbidgee Morgan, who was killed by a…

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Submarine Sunk. Crew Suffocated. Collision with a Cruiser. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

Submarine A3 has been sunk in a collision off the Isle of Wight. It appears that preliminary to the assembling of the fleet to welcome the…

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Tramway Accidents. Youth Severely Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

Hubert M'Lellan, a youth, 17 years of age, living with his parents, near Hamilton, met with a serious accident last night…

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Sydney Passenger Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

Charles Edward Brownrig, 57 years of age, a civil engineer, living at Campbelltown, met with a serious accident at the Central Railway Station this afternoon…

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Fatality at Niagara. Ice Bridge Breaks Up. Niagara Falls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

The ice bridge which formed over the Falls during the winter season has broken up. The ice collapsed very suddenly…

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Railway Accident. Trucks Derailed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

A derailment took place at Glenbrook, on the Blue Mountain, this morning. The official report shows that between 30 and 40 trucks, some loaded with goods,…

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Collision at Sea. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 4

A collision occurred at about half-past two o'clock this morning, near Cape Otway, between the steamer Georgic, 9603 tons, inward bound, and the Potomac,…

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Drowned at Swansea. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 4

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner held an inquest at the Swansea Hotel, Swansea yesterday, into the death of John Joseph Bassett, Constable Cullip…

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Dangers of the Surf. Fatality at Freshwater. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 6

Cecil John Wilson, 29 years of age, lately living with his parents at 69 Corunna-road Petersham, was drowned about four o'clock this afternoon while bathing in the surf at…

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Accident Insurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

Compensation and insurance are matters that are causing mine-owners in Europe and America some concern at the present time. Speaking of accident…

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Death of Father Kelly. Drowned at Glennie's Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

The Rev. James Kelly, of Singleton, was drowned in Glennie's Creek yesterday morning, while driving across the creek on his way to celebrate mass at one of…

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Collision at Sea. Seven Men Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

The steamer Wychwood collided with the Norwegian steamer Torbay in a fog, off Caistor, on the Yarmonth coast…

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Scaffold Collapses. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

A serious scaffolding accident occurred at the premises in course of erection for the Bank of New South Wales in Pitt-street, between Market and Park…

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Collision at Sea. Much Loss of Life. Tokio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

A collission has occurred between the two Japanese steamers Royha Maru and Mori Maru, and both vessels sank. Forty-six passengers were drowned…

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Railway Accident. Several Carriages Wrecked. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

A railway accident occurred just outside Sutherland station this morning, when an engine and three cars dashed into a set of standing carriages, telescoping two and…

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Railway Collision. Wreck Gang Killed. Fort Wayne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 5

Four men were killed and eleven injured in a collision between a Pennsylvanian express and a wreck train. All on board the latter last their…

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Railway Collision. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

About three o'clock this afternoon a railway motor came into collision with a luggage train near Newnes Junction, on the Wolgan Valley line…

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Motor-car Collision. Several Persons Injured. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

An excursion car, travelling along the coast at Nice, came into collision With a motor-car, in which Lord Dudley, formerly Governor-General of…

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Treating the Injured. Ambulance Appliances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

The development of humanitarian ideas in connection with the industrial relationships of life have during the last half century or…

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Railway Collision. Men Burned to Death. Forth Adams (Mass.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

A freight train collided midway in [?] Hoosac tunnel was a crowded Bos[?] express. The wreckage of the freight train…

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