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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Oars Collide. Severad Persons Injured. Lord Dudley's Narrow Escape. Paris

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

An excursion car used along the coast at Nice collided with a motor car, wherein was Lord Dudley. The excursionists were fiung over the parapet, and several were…

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Driving Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Robinson, of Busby's Flat, met with a driving accident of a very serious nature; in fact, it is…

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Burning, Accident. Victim Not Expected to Recover. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

Mrs. Feint, a resident of Paddington, was carrying on her household duties this morning when her clothes caught fire. She threw herself under a running water tap and a…

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Airman's Accident. Falls on a Frozen Lake. Successful Crossing of Lake Erie. Erie

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

The airman Sandt has reached the Canadian shore safely. He started to return when the engine of the acroplane stopped and the machine overturned. Sandt fell…

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Paniful Accident

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

A painful accident happened to Mr. T. Watson while working at Mr. A. R. Knowles' sawmill. Mr. Watson was engaged removing timber, when by some…

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Street Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

Yesterday a collision occurred between two vehicles very close to the approach to Fawcett Bridge. A delivery van was being driven in the direction of the bridge, when…

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Rappville Fatality. Young Man Crushed to Death. Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

While assisting in shunting operations at Rappville sawmill, on the Grafton-Casino line, this morning, a young man named Roy Hedley, aged 19 years, son of the…

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Shocking Fatality at Rappville. a Youth Caught Between Buffers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

A gloom was cast over the community at Rappville on Friday morning by the tragic fate which befell a popular youth named Roy Hedley,…

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Explosion of Bombs. Two Chauffeurs Injured. Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

Four bombs exploded in different taxicab garages, and two chauffeurs were injured and a number of cabs wrecked…

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Changes in the Royal Household. Collision in the Channel. London

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

Mr. W. Dudlew Ward has resigned the Treasurership of the King's Household for personal reasons. Captain Guest succeeds him, and Captain Haworth replaces…

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"Wreck of the Delhi. Captain Blamed for Accident. His Oertificate Not Dealt With. London

Northern Star · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 5

The Court of Enquiry into the standing of the Delhi has returned a verdict that the Delhi was not navigated with proper seamanlike care and that her loss was due…

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Train Accident. Rafls Maliciously Greased. Salt Lake City

Northern Star · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 5

Greased rails caused the wreck of a train at Bingham, with the loss of four lives. The engine fell over the embankment, landing on the roofs of a bank and other…

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Doctor Drowned. a Nother Victim to Surf Bathing. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

Dr. W. B. Silverwood, a well-known medical man, was drowned in the surf at Manly yesteday. He and his companion swam out into dangerous water without…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Much Ramge Done. Harbcr Collision Narrowly Averted. Church Stkuck by Lightning. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

A terrilic thunderytarm burst over the city yesterday afternoon, causing considerable damage. There were several accidents, and water poured down to the…

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Fatal Accident at Rappville

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

On Friday morning last word was received at this office by telephone that a fatal accident had occurred on the railway line at the Rappville…

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The Rappville Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

Further particulars in connection with the tragic death (as briefly reported in last issue) of Master Roland Hedley at Rappville on Friday…

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Good Train Collision. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 5

A good train, whilst shunting at Clyde this evening, collided with a number of empty-trucks, some being wrecked and others, derailed. There was no injury to life,…

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Thirty-two Drowned. London

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 4

A cable from Brussels states that in the Kemango River the steamer Deliverance with a large number of passengers foundered. A panic…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Killed Under the Wheels. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 5

While a racecourse tram was dashing along Elizaboth this afternoon, an anknown man run across the road and made a jump for the step of the front…

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Killed in Train Smash. One of Eight Miners Injured in Welsh Collision Dies In Hospital

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 11

One Of the eight miners injured in a train collision near Dowlis on Saturday died in hospital at night (says a London paper of November 26.)…

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