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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 19

New Zealand Railway Smash. Thirty People Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 5

A passenger train, containing seventy people, collided with another train at Newlynn Bridge, near Auckland, this morning. The impact was terrific…

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Accident on Battleship. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

A shell weighing 31lb exploded prematurely on H.M.S. Colossus while in the North Sea. Several bluejackets were injured by…

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Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1913 · page 6

A. Grossenis, a miner, a single man, died in the hospital on Friday night as the result of a scalp wound, a fractured shoulder, and several fractured ribs,…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Six Men Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 4

As a result of a collision between a motor lorry and a train at the corner of Castlereagh and Park streets, city, early this morning, six men were injured and…

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Another Accident. Jockey Injured, Horse Killed. London, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

In the Stewards' Mile, the race immediately following the Derby, at Epsom, the three-year-old colt Eelizardo, by Kunstler—Utica, fell…

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Condition of the Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

It has been ascertained that Jones, the jockey who was riding Amner, has sustained a facture of the ribs. His condition is improving…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

The hospital and ambulance authorities were kept busy yesterday attending to the victims of a number of accidents which occurred in different parts of the…

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Accident at Hexham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

Alfred Fairhall, 66 years of age, a resident of Hexham, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital on Saturday sufforing from an injury to the loft leg, which…

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Motor Car Accident. Stockbroker Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. Englebert, a member of the London Stock Exchange, was motoring to Tonbridge, in Kent, 28 miles from London, when he crashed into a fence…

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Shooting Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. John Richards, son of Mr. Frank Richards, of Bolwarra, was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering with a badly lacerated arm,…

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Aviation Fatality. Come for a Joy Ride. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 5

Andrew Drew, a pupil of Orville Wright, fell two hundred feet in a burning biplane, and was killed in the wreckage…

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Aeroplane Disaster. Another Fatality. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 5

Gordon Bell, while monoplaning at Brooklands with Lieutenant Kennedy, a naval airman, as passenger, reached a speed of eighty miles an hour…

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Tram Accidents in Sydney. a Woman Killed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 5

For some time Sydney has been comparatively free from tram accidents. Yesterday the spell was broken, and the chapter of accidents reported must be…

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Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 4

A collision occurred in the Newcastle harbour on Saturday night between the coastal steamers Novelty and Belbowrie. Both steamers entered the harbour…

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Aerial Fatality. Aviator's Mistake. Lisbon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 5

While Senhor Manio was monoplaning he took a sharp turn when at a height of 8000 feet, and was thrown out and killed…

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Mining Accident. Eight Men Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 5

A sudden inrush of water occurred at the Carr House Colliery Rotherham. Eight men were drowned, and…

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Collision at Sea. Six Men Drowned. Boston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 5

The liner Sagamore rescued eight of the crew of the schooner Olympia, which was sunk in a collision off Sable Island, on the coast of Nova Scotia…

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Maitland District. Tramway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 6

A man named James Archer, aged 54 years, was killed an the Maitland tramway, near the courthouse railway crossing, East Maitland, at about six o'clock…

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British Suffragists. Attempted Outrage. Incident at Ascot Races. Man Fatally Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 5

The Ascot Gold Cup was run for yesterday. The King and Queen-were among the spectators, and there was a great crowd of visitors, including…

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Steamer Capsizes. Nine Men Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

NEW MADRID (Missourl), Monday. The United States survey bout Re[?]ver capsized in a storm. Nine engineers were drowned…

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