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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Hydroplane Accident. Paris

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

A hydroplane overturned near Savre, France. The aviator was rescued, but the mechanic was drowned…

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Drowing Fatality. Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 5

John Dorron, sen., was drowned at Mallacoota (Vic.) through the capsize of a sailing boat. The four other occupants were saved after clinging to the boat for…

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Painful Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

On New Year's Eve, just shortly before going to press last issue, an unfortunate accident happened in the "Courier" office to young Jim Leece, the chief typograph…

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Team Collision. Injuries to Passengers. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 5

Two trams collided at Kensington, last night, each car containing at the time a large number of passengers, who were thrown violently from their seats. Several…

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Motor Accident. Two Men Seriously Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

A motor car overturned at Five Dock this afternoon, and two motorists, named Bates and Wood, were pinned underneath. When extricated they were found…

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Sulky Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

Yesterday, while Mr. A. A. Taylor and Mr. T. Borton were driving, to Corndale in a sulky, the horse fell when going down a hill the other side of the water works…

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Motor Accident. Calcutta

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

Two Bengall jute brokers, while motoring, endeavoured to avoid a buffalo. The car tell into a ditch, both being pinned underneath and incinerated…

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Motor Car Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

An accident occurred on Wednesday at the Wyrallah ferry in which several Casino residents figured. It appears that owing to the pony races…

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Street Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

Yesterday morning, shortly before 9 o'clock, a young man named James Rathborne, a well-known local horse-breaker, met with a serious accident…

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Two Ladies Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

The wife of a farmer named Wright and Miss Parkinson, who is wall-known, were, drowned while bathing at Henderson, New Zealand…

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Run Down by Liner. Thrteen Fisherman Drowned. London

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

The liner Ambrose, with 487 passengers, collided with a hopper and fishing smack, which interlocked after colliding. The accident happened off the Mersey. The…

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Painful Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. E. S. Bond[?] a director of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Company, was, his friends will regret to learn, the victim of a painful accident…

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Riding Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

On Thursday morning James Rathborne, a local horse breaker, was the victim of a serious riding accident. Whilst opposite Mr. Halpin's…

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Gun Accident. London

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

Buring experiments at Shoeburyness, a breach lock was blown out of a large gun, and Gunner Hubard was killed. Captain Deeyer and two others were seriously…

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Saved From Drowning

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 4

Yet another narrow escape from what might have been a fatal accident occurred at the North Creek swimming resort last Thursday morning. The strong current…

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Shocking Lift Fatality. Accident to a Man. Perth

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

A shocking fatality has occurred in the lift well at Viking House, Strelitz Bros. new six-story building in William-street. The building is not quite completed…

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Accidentally Drowned. Child Falls Into a Well. Grafton

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

A child has been drowned in a well five miles out of Ulmarra. There being no suspicious circumstances an order was given for the burial. A magisterial…

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Diving Accident. McCARTHY Seriously Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 4

While giving a diving exhibition at the State championships carnival yesterday Len McCarthy dived from the top tower, a distance of 65 feet, and struck the…

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Mining Fatality. Ex[?]losion at Broken, Hill. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

An explosion in the South Mine, Broken Hill, caused two men named Marshall and Davis to be seriously injured. The former died in the hospital shortly after being…

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Result of Climbing. Small Boy Fatally Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

A small boy named Roy Logan climbed the electric light standard at Erskineville. He was barefooted, and on reaching the top grabbed the electric wire, thus…

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