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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Fatal Sulky Accident. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

A sulky containing three men toppled over a bank on the roadside at Helensburg. Ono of the occupants, Walter Spearm, aged 20, was killed, but the others escaped…

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Fatal Sulky Accident. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

A sulky containing three men toppled over a bank on the roadside at Helensburg. One of the occupants, Walter Spearm, aged 20, was killed, but the others escaped…

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A Doomed Vessel. Sixteen People Drowned. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Eighty-four passengers have already [?] saved from the steamer Verones which ran on the rocks on the Portuguese coast. Sixteen were drowned owing to the cable…

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A Doomed Vessel. Sixteen People Drowned. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Eighty-four passengers have already been saved from the steamer Verones which [?] on the rocks on the Portuguose coast. Sixteen were drowned owing to the cable…

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Cyclist's Narrow Escape. Collision with Motor Car. Singleton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A cyclist named William Coates (18)collided with a motor car last, night and had a miraculous escape from fatal injuries. Coates was turning the corner of…

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Cyclist's Narrow Escape. Collision with Motor Car. Singleton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A cyclist named William Coates (18) collided with a motor car last night and had a miraculous escape from fatal injuries Coates was turning the corner of…

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Serious Coaching Accident Horses Bolt While Driver Opens Gates. Inverell

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to the Inverell-Ashford mail-coach about six miles from Ashford. It appears that the driver, Morton, came…

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Serious Coaching Accident Horses Bolt While Driver Opens Gates. Inverell

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to the Inverell-Ashford mail-coach about six miles from Ashford. It appears that the driver, Morton, came…

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Motor Car Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Whilst motoring from Tamworth the other day, Dr. Scott, of Scone, ran the car into a gully, doing serous damage to the motor (says the…

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Shocking Accident near Aberdeen

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

In reference to the shocking accident to the young man, H. Oakes, of Muswellbrook, a correspondent writes the…

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Serious Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

While travelling from West Narrabri to Werris Creek, on Friday afternoon, on a stock train, a young man named Alfonso Henry Irwin…

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Gould not Swim. Farmer's Sons Drowned. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

James, Alfred and Charles Cunningham, Sons of a well-known Albury farmer, were swimming in a small tank. James got into difficulties and Alfred went to his assistance…

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Could not Swim. Farmer's Sons Drowned. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

James. Alfre[?] and Charles Cunningham, sors of a well-known Albury farmer, were swimming in a small tank. James got into di[?]culties and Alfred went to his assistance,…

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Accident to Engine Fireman. Struck on Head While Passing Under Bridge. Narrabri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A fireman named Alfonso Irwin, on a stock train running from West Narribri to Werris Creek, met with a serious accident on Friday afternoon, He had occasion to…

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Accident to Engine Fireman. Struck on Head While Passing Under Bridge. Narrabri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A fireman named Alfonse Irwin, on a stock train running from West Narribri to Werris Creek, met with a serious accident on Friday afternoon, He had occasion to…

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Boy Injured at Somerton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

Perey Woolaston, aged 14, son of Mr. wm. Woolaston, of Samerton, was chasing a horse. The horse he was riding tripped on an old wire fence and fell on the lad. He…

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Boy Injured at Somerton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

Percy Woolaston, aged 14, son of Mr. Wm. Woolaston, of Somerton, was chasing a horse. The horse he was riding tripped on an old wire fence and fell on the lad. He…

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A Painful Accident

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

On Monday morning last Mrs. Jas. Hinds met with a very painful scalding accident. She was boiling water on a primus stove when her attention…

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Accident at a Sawmill

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

Yesterday at Mr. Ben Lawrence's sawmill, Killarney, Joseph Illingsworth had the misfortune to lose the middle finger of his right hand,…

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Mining Accident. PERTH

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A cage containing ten miners dropped 300 feet in the Golden Horschoo Mine at Kalgoorlie. Several of the men were injured…

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