Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

97 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 4

A carrier named Mark Williams together with his wife and family were proceeding to Curragundi station for wool on Tuesday about 50 miles…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

'Bus Accident

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

Picnic parties do not always end with pleasure, as was exemplified on Sunday night. During Sunday a couple of 'bus loads of young men and women were driven…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accidents

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

On Saturday night a lad named Edward Norman Yates, 14½ years of age, was standing in front of a shooting gallery in Peel-street, when a man took up the rifle and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 2

An accident occurred on the southern approach to the town bridge on Monday afternoon. Mr Middleton, commercial traveller,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 2

A boy named Raymond Bourke was run over in Peel-street during the week. The lad was taken into Mr. Punch's chemist shop close by, and one of his legs being…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 2

William Dick, a cyclist, injured in a motor accident, died last night…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

(W.A.) Friday. Racing Fatality

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

At the Freemantle race meeting yesterday two horses fell, and a jockey name England sustained a fractured…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sad Drowning Case

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 2

A sad drowning case, and also a happening with peculiar surroundings, occurred on Mr. G. H. Dunn's farm at Calala on Friday. It appears that on Friday morning an…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Terrible Railway Collision

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Latest particulars of the railway disaster at Illinois state that among the 37 killed, are 12 women. The trains…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Burning Fatality at Attunga Creek. Children Severely Burned. Death of One of the Victims. House Totally Destroyed

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 4

A fire entailing terrible consequences occurred at Attunga Creek on Tuesday night. The residence of Mr. Grayson Dyson Ware was destroyed by fire, involving loss of life…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Shooting Accident

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 2

All accident happened to Mr. Thos. Cameron of West Tamworth, yesterday. It appears that he was carrying a loaded rifle and was getting through a fence when the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Fatality

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2

In the shunting yard at Werris Greek during the week, a shunter named A. D. Hicks, was run over by trucks and killed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Sad Fatality. Death of Mr. John Carroll

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred this afternoon. It appears that at about 4 o'clock Mr. John Carroll was employed by Mr. S Marker in repairing work in Raglan-street. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 2

An accident happened on the Nundle road on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Arthur Wilson was proceeding home to Dungowan, and when near the 10-mile peg met a mare…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mail Boat in Collision

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2

The mail boat Brighton was seriously damaged off Beachy Head (on the Sussex coast), in a collision with a five-masted German ship, Preussen. The crew of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Collision and Subsequent Wreck

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 2

The mail boat, Brighton, was seriously damaged off Beachy Head by a collision with the five-masted German…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 2

As Mr T. E. Boland,of New Mexico, was driving home on Saturday afternoon, the horse swerved when the thunder clapped overhead…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatality at Currabubula

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

Mr. Henry Larden, an old resident of Tamworth, met his death through a sulky accident near Currabubula. From information to hand, it appears that Larden and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Injured in a Boxing Contest

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

A boxing contest took place at Attunga on Saturday night between two young men named Walsh and Oliver Roach. In the 13th round Roach sustained a fall and was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Boxing Fatality. Melbourne

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 2

J. Fogarty, who collapsed after the bout with H. Walsh last night, died to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →