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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Motor Omnibus Accident. Driver Seriously Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 5

The brakes of a motor omnibus travelling on Highgate Hill failed, and the vehicle, travelling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, collided with an…

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Aeroplane Accidents. More Deaths. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 5

M. Dureuil, with M. Visseur, a passenger, while aeroplaning, fell a distance of two hundred feet. M. Visseur was killed, but M…

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Timaru Springs a Leak. Two Persons Drowned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 6

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association to-day received the following message from Tweed Heads:— "Steamer Timaru anchored close…

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Accidents at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 3

Sometimes a captain, after meeting with misfortune, drops completely out of sight, and no one, knows what his fate has been, Captain Frederick Watkins is—or, perhaps,…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

An Inquest into the death of John Moore, of the ship Naiad, whose body was found in the water at Stockton on Wednesday morning, was held at the…

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Sensational Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

An accident of a highly sensational character took place near High and Church streets yesterday afternoon, between four and five, o'clock, but…

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Railway Collision. Twenty Persons Killed. Stockholm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 5

An express train travelling from Malmo to Stockholm, collided with a goods train at Malmslaett Station, near Linkeping, through a signalling…

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Heavy Damages. Motor-car Accident. Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 5

Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.I.E., the celebrated chief of the British political expedition into Tibet, and a well-known writer and explorer, has been…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Toowoomba (Q.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 5

While two brothers, William and Edward Wanke, both married men, were out shooting wallabies in the scrub four miles from Bowenville to-day. Edward's…

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Collision in the Air. Between Two Biplanes, Both Aviators Killed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

Details regarding the disaster at Douay, by which Captain Dubois and Lieutenant Peignan were killed, show that their aeroplanes collided…

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Found Drowned. Ship's Quartermaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Couthouse on Saturday concerning the death of the man whose body was found floating in…

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Murder in Italy. a Man Drowned. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 5

A murder of an unusual kind has occurred in Italy. A man was bound to a wheelbarrow and burled into the sea at Savona and…

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Railway Disaster. Four Persons Killed. Many Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 5

An express train from Liverpool to Leeds in Yorkshire yesterday jumped the rails when approaching Hedben Bridge, and three carriages telescoped…

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Explosion in a Shaft. Fatality at Bendigo. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Alfred Streader and Thomas Lane, who lost their lives in the Central Rod, White and Blue Mine, has been opened…

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Shooting Accident. the Merewether Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the death of a young man named James…

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Motor Boat Sunk. Rescued Passengers Drowned. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 5

A motor boat, with 37 persons on board, came into collision with a steamer on the Havel River at Potsdam…

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Sewer Gas Explosion. Three Men Injured. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 5

Three employees of the Metropolitan Board of Works were seriously injured to-day by an explosion in a sewer in Nicholson-street, city…

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Automobile Racing. Fatal Accident. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 5

The French Automobile Club's Grand Prix began yesterday. Dieppe was the starting point, and the course was a circuit of 956 miles…

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Motor Car Fatality. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

Mrs. A. Bower was killed as a result of an accident which occurred in the Adelaide hills this afternoon and three of her companion were badly injured…

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Explosions on a Cruiser. Many Men Injured. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

Two explosions have occurred on the French armoured cruiser Jules Michelet while engaged in gun practice at Hyeres on the south coast of France…

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