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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Mother and Three Children. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

A terrible burning accident occurred at Glenmaggie,Victoria. Mrs. Thomas Carmichael and her three children, whose ages range from nine months to 7 years, were…

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Lively Scene at a Wedding. General Riot in Town Hall. the Bride Taken to the Hospital. Constable Severely Injured. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

There were lively proceedings at a wedding party gathering in the Ashfield Town Hall last night. How the trouble commenced is not…

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Lively Scene at a Wedding. General Riot in Town Hall. the Bride Taken to the Hospital. Constable Severely Injured. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

There were lively proceedings at a wedding party gathering in the Ashfield Town Hall last night. How the trouble commenced is not…

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"Never Such a Tragedy." America's Appalling Disaster. 7000 People Drowned or Killed. New Catastrophes Hourly. Blizzard Adds to Horrors of Situation. New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Further details of the tornado in America place the number of drowned or killed at 7000, and the damage at twenty million sterling…

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"Never Such a Tragedy." America's Appalling Disaster. 7000 People Drowned or Killed. New Catastrophes Hourly. Blizzard Adds to Horrors of Situation. New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Further details of the tornado in America place the number of drowned or killed at 7000, and the damage at twenty million sterling…

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Ran into Hand Barrow. Man Fatally Injured at Werris Creek. Quirindi

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

On Sunday night, at 10 o'clock, Robert Coulton, a blacksmith, from West Maitland, died in the Quirindi Hospital through injuries received at Werris Creek, on the…

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Ran into Hand'Barrow. Man Fatally Injured at Werris Creek. Quirindi

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

On Sunday night, at 10 o'clock, Robert Coulton, a blacksmith, from West Maitland, died in the Quirindi Hospital through injuries received at Werris Creek, on the…

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A Nasty Accident

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, while turning an engine at the Narrabri West shed, Mr. McMurtrie, aged about 30, an engine turner, met with a very painful…

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Sulky Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Grantham, accompanied by a young man, started out for the country on Monday morning. They had only proceeded a hundred…

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Iron Foundry Accident. Collapse of Travelling Crane. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

While a number of men were engaged lifting a big iron castling out of n pit by means of a travelling crane at the Paragon Foundry, Pyrmont, this morning a number…

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Iron Foundry Accident. Collapse of Travelling Crane. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

While a number of men were engaged lifting a big iron casting out of a pit by means of a travelling crane at the Paragon Foundry, Pyrmont, this morning a number…

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German Airship in France. Descends and Occupants Arrested. Accident or Design? London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 2

A sensation was caused at Luneville yesterday, a French town of some importance, in the province of Meurthe-et-Moselle, which is just across the German frontier…

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German Airship in France, Descends and Occupants Arrested. Accident or Design? Lodnon

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 2

A sensation was caused at Lunevillo yesterday, a French town af some importance, in the province of Merthe-et-Moselle, which is just across the Commit frontier…

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Lad's Terrible Fatality

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred last week at the kiln of the Kingsdale Lime Company, Goulburn, resulting in a lad named Joshua Hogan, 16…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Thirty-three Persons Killed. Vienna

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

Thirty-three passengers were killed and 70 Injured in a collision between an express train and a goods train at Budapest, Hungary…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Thirty-three Persons Killed. Vienna

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

Thirty-three passengers were killed and 70 Injured in a collision between an express train and a goods train at Budapest, Hungary…

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Sulky Collision. Cr. M'keon Seriously Hurt

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

A serious accident happened about three miles from Manilla, on the New Mexico road on Wednesday night, when as the result of a…

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Floods on the Tweed. Crops Destroyed and Cattle Drowned. Steamers Barbound. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

The Tweed River is in flood. Miles of country along the North Arm are under water. Corn crops have been destroyed and dairy cattle drowned. Carcases of rattle…

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Floods on the Tweed.. Crops Destroyed and Cattle Drowned. Steamers Barbound. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

The Tweed River is in flood. Miles of country along the North Arm are under water. Corn crops have been destroyed and dairy cattle drowned. Carcases of cattle…

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Accidental Death

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 4

A groom, employed on Mr. Chas. Capel's Gorian station, and who is known by the names of D. Dwyer or J. Harding, was accidentally kicked by a horse last Friday…

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