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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Collision of Steamers. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

During a dense log off the Tuskar Rock yesterday, the Ellerman steamer Arcadian. London for Glesgow and Basra, foundered three minutes after colliding with the s.s…

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The Recent Bathing Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. M. H. Fitzharainge, as Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Stephen Charles Reeves, who was drowned in the river last Wednesday…

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Yachting Fatality. Boys' Perilous Experience. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

A 16-footer capsized near Green Island, in Moreton Bay. Four youths named William Quaill. Maurice Harvey, Bert Dibble, and William…

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Railway Collision. a Banker Killed. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. Spencer Trass, a New York banker, has been killed by a railway collision at Croton. He was sleeping in his private car at the tail of the Montreal express,…

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Serious Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

A serions accident occurred at the B.A. Timber Company's mill, North Lismore, yesterday afternoon shortly after the operations had been resumed on the close of…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

A very, narrow escape from drowning occurred in the Harwood swimming baths on Thursday. A number of girls were swimming when a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W…

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Sawmill Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

A painful accident occurred at B.A.T. Company's sawmill, North Lismore (says "North Coast Daily News.") Robert Cason, one of the employees, was working…

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Railway Accident in California. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

A Californian Special railway train was deralled on the Rockisland line. The carriages fired, and five people were killed and nine injured, several of the latter fatally…

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Three Jockeys Injured. Sydney, Wenesday

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

At the Bega races on Monday three horses fell in the Nursery Handicap. The riders (Delaney, Ramsay, and Nellson) were all seriously injured…

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Accident to a Senator

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

While Senator E. D. Milien was driving in abuggy at Durren Junction, the vehicle overturned and pinned the Senator under…

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Tragedy in Lismore. Little Boy Accidentally Shoots His Sister Dead

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

South Lismore wan the scene of a most lamentable tragedy on New Year's Day, when a little boy, a mere infant, son of Mr. Robert Roney,…

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Ice Accidents in Germany. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

Many ice accidents have occurred in Germany during the new year's festival. Twelve were drowned and twenty suicides and attempts at suicide in Berlin during…

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Telegraphic News. Accident to a Senator. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

Senator E. D. Millen was driving in a sulky at Burren Junction, when the sulky capsized. The Senator's left leg was pinned under the wheel and broken…

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The Regent Shooting Fatality Cprpmer's Inquiry

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

In the Court House yesterday, the District Coroner. Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., held an inquiry into the death of the little girl Ethel Jane Roney, who was…

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Swept by Water. Damage at Lithgow. Zig-zag Works Injured

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

A Lithgow message, dated Monday, states:—The recent heavy rains caused a considerable amount of damage to roads leading from Clarence to the Zig-Zag…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

At about 11 P M. on Wednesday night a rather serious accident befell a man named Robert Donaldson, a cook in the employ of Mr. M'Callum, surveyor From particulars…

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The Sawmill Accident. a Story of Misfortune

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

The man Robert Cason who was injured in the accident at the B.A.T. Coy.'s Sawmills, North Lismore, on Monday last, was, on inquiry at the hospital yesterday,…

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Wreck of the Waikare. Details of the Accident. an Uncharted Rock. Praise for Captain and Crew. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 3

A later report upon the wreck of the excursion steamer Waikare shows that the vessel struck, an uncharted pinnacle rack about half a made from Indian Islund,…

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Pressman Shot. Accident at Liverpool. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

During the branoeuvres at Liverpool a [?] named W. Somerville, of the "Daily Telegraph" was shot in the leg owing to a gun, which exploded while being…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

Three [?], the [?] of whom was only 11 years of age, were out shooting at Belmp[?]e, when the weapon in use exploded, and the youngest, aged 2, was shot in the…

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