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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Bathing Fatality. TAREE

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

Albert Warren, aged 21 years, son of W. Warren, of Lansdown, died in the hospital at noon to-day from injuries received while bathfng yesterday at Harrington…

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Injured Brought to Naples

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2

Hundreds of the injured at Messina have been brought to Naples…

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The Advance-Iverna Collision. Survivor's Thrilling Narrative

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 4

Alfred Thomas Wills, the sole survivor, when interviewed, gave a very graphic account of his thrilling experience durling the twelve hours he was in the water…

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Accident While Bathing. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

Whilst indulging in some fun in the breakers at Tweed Heads during the holidays, a bank official named Witherby had his nose broken…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

As Miss Alice Fortescuc, a member of a picnic party at Kentmore, near Goulburn, on Monday, was bending down to examine a box of sweets, she was struck in the…

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Trains in Collision. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

The Adelaide express and Buniyong train collied near Ballarat last night. The guards van was badly damaged and several passengers are suffering greatly from…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

A motor car containing eight persons swerved at Sheep Station Hill near Manly and went clean ever the embankment. Four of the occupants suffered severely…

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A Double Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

Dorothy Board, 16, and stephen Smith, 17, were drowned at Lowood on Saturday. The girl got into difficulties while bathing, and Smith was endeavouring to…

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Flucky Rescue From Drowning

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Herold Taylor, son of a Peak Hil resident, had a narrow escape from drowning on Friday. While bathing at the weir he got beyond his depth and sank twice. A…

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Girl Drowned. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

Elsie Pope aged 14, was drowned at Ten Feet Falls, near Mittagong, while attempting to rescue Mrs. Lowe and her daughter. Mrs. Lowe fell into the water, when…

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Burning Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

Ellen Kead, aged 17, was lighting a copper fire when her dress became ignited. The Somes quickiy enveloped her, and before assistance arrived her clothing was almost…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Brave Attempts at Rescue

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 4

Further particulars are given of the drowning fatality which occurred at Lowood on Saturday evening, in whcih Miss Dorothy Ellen Board, 16 years of age…

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Double Drowning

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

A telegram from Brisbane on Saturday 'states that a double' drowning case occurred on Saturday afternoon in the river at Lowood. A number of…

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A Disastrous Collision. Man-o'-war's Boat Run Down. Fifteen Men Drowned. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

A torrible accident occurred in Sydney Harbour this morning, as a result of which 15 bluclackets lost their lives. It appears that a party of 80…

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Further Relief to the Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

Other British ships landed 70 men and four doctors at Scylla, and 50 men and three doctors at Cannatello. The latter is the most sanitary camp of all…

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Fifteen Sailors Drowned Terrible Collision in Sydney Harbor

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 10

ACCORDING to a wire received by the R.R. HEARALD on Tuesday last a terrible accident occurred in Sydney harbor that morniong, as a result of which 15 British sailors lost…

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How to Avoid Railway Accidents. Coloured Signals Must Go

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

Good colour vision under the present system is of vital importance to railway servants, and Professor George Stratton has just, pointed out the dangers of…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 7

Morris Lynch, aged 61 years, was thrown out of a buggy near Goulburn and fatally injured…

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Drowned in the Surf. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

A man named Dees reported to the police this morning that he saw the body of a boy being tossed about in the surf at Bondi beach. He afterwards found a…

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Sensational Collision. Tramcar and Sulky. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred near the Central Railway Station to-day between a sulky and a tramear. The driver of the vehicle and his…

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