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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Sulky Accident

Northern Star · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

An accident, fortunately not of a very serious nature, befel Mrs. G. Parker, Grafton, on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Parker had been on visit to her brother-in-law,…

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Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

ON Saturday last the Casino-Tenterlield, road at the Range was the scene of a chapter of accidents which, fortunately, resulted in no serious injury to horses or individuals…

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Latest Cablegrams. Blasting Accident. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 3

While blasting operations were being carried on in the tunnel connected with the aqueduct at Fishill, Hudsoni, a premature explosion killed 15 of the…

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North Coast Railway, Blasting Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

As the result of a premature explosion during blasting operations on the North [?]oast railway works at Hooke's Hill, near Dungog, Robert Sharp was buried under…

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Man Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 3

A man named Lamb unwittingly placed three unspent matches on a barrel containing gun powder at Korrumburra, Victoria. The powder exploded, setting fire to a…

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Fatality at Tenterfield

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 2

Daniel O'Leary, livery stable proprietor at Tenterheld, was riding on Monday, when his horse fell and rolled over him, intricting internal injuries. He died the…

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Railway Accident. London

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 3

The Brighton to London Express, while travelling 40 miles an hour, broke a coupling near Stoortu[?] station. One of the carriages was f[?]ng across the…

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Railway Fatality. Train Examiner Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

Robert Jones, a train examiner, met with a fatal accident yesterday on the second division of the Melbourne express. One car of the train had been running…

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Accident to Horseman. Tar[?]

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

On Saturday night, while a young man named John McGilvray, of Keillabah Creek, was cantering along within four miles of Wingham, his horse had the misfortune to…

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Latest Telegraphic News Sydney, Wednesday. Railway Fatality

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

Two drovers, unities unknown, from either Cowra or Grenfell in charge of sonic stock, alighted from their train at Goulburn this morning and stood on the main line…

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Railway Fatality. Two Drovers Knocked Down. One Man Killed. Goulburn

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred at Goulburn this morning. Two drovers in charge of some stock alighted from their train and stood in the…

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Trams in Collision. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 9

A stationary and a moving tram collided at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets this morning, and four persons were more or loss seriously injured, and…

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Dynamite Used. Bridge Foundations Injured. Collery Traffic Interfered With. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 9

Between one and two o'clock this morning some person or persons made a desperate attempt to shatter with dynamite the foundations of the wooden bridge over…

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Accident to Senator Gray

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

Senator J. P. Gray, now addressing meetings in this district, in support of his candidature for the Senate had a nasty fall at Byron Bay while alighting from…

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Railway Accident. Coal Train Derailed. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 9

A heavily laden coal train bound to Sydney from Lithgow left the rails at Katoomba. The engine and four trucks were thrown…

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Railway Fatality. Four Men Killed. Plucky Fireman's Sufferings. Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 3

A railway accident occurred at Bea[?] Station early this morning, resulting in the deaths of an engine, driver and fireman named respectively Coward and Russel…

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Mining Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 3

Three men were badly affected by foul air at the Lightning Ridge opal mine, at Collarenebri, and one collapsed and fell while bei[?] hauled up, sustaining fractures…

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Railway Accident. Narrow Escape. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

The pilot engine attached to the mail train which arrived at Katoomba on Saturday night ran off the rails at the home signal, and went 148 yards before being…

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Missing Sailors. Supposed Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

[?]eaman on watch on the steamer [?]us, lying in Fremantle Harbor, [?] a splash early this morning, and [?]en calling for help. He gave the…

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Blasting Fatality. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

A Reuter message states that, disregarding the warning that blasting operations were being carried on along a private road at Phoenix, Arizona, a motor car was…

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