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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Fatality at a Fire. Madrid

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

A life broke out at some electrical worke in Guadalazara, three of the men being electrocuted and twenty seriously injured…

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Cadets' Outfits Found. Are the Boys Drowned? Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

"A swag was picked up on the bank of the Parramatta River this morning containing two naval cadet outfits belonging to two appendices on the training ship…

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Surfer Drowned. Narrow Escape of Two Others Syddey

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

Edie Williams, aged eighteen, was drowned on the beach while surfing near Sandringham, Victoria. The fatality was witnessed by thousands of people. Two other…

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Accident at the Races

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

Mr. Charles Klaus, official starter, to the Northern Rivers Association, was the victim of a nasty accident while performing his duties at Lismore Turf Club races…

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Bicycle Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 4

Master [?] Cannane, who resides with his parents at Jiggi, while riding home from school on a bicycle met with an accident on Garrard's Hill. There was a bad hole…

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Hunting Accident. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 5

Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood's [?]horse was impaled whilst huntlng at Essau. He kept his seat at the time of the accident, and eventually the animal had to be shot…

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Shocking Fatality. Train Crashers Into Another. Four Passengers Killed Instantaneously. Most Seriour Railway Accient in Queensland. Brisbane

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

A live stock and goods train which left Toowoomba shortly before nine o'clock on Wednesday night was partly derailed on the Toowoomba side of Murphy's Creek…

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Shocking Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

The worst railway disaster that has occurred in Queensland for many years happened on the Toowoomba side of Murphy's Creek yesterday morning…

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Local and General. Painful Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. S. H. Pierce, a director of the Bonalbo Butter Factory, was brought into town by motor car on Thursday evening and admitted to the Kurunda…

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Chopping Wood Accident. Flying Pieces Cut Shin Open. Ulcerated Wound Healed by Zam-buk

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 9

Accidents are bound to happen, so always keep handy a pot of Zam-Buk. Mr. M. O'Regan, of 14 Nash-street, East Perth, W.A., says:—"While chopping…

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Accident to Cyclist

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 4

While having a spin round the Recreation Ground track yesterday morning a cyclist named Arthur Crummer met with a painful accident. He was racing another…

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Sulky Accident

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Snodgrass, his wife and two children, were driving in a milky along the Gundurimba to Coraki road, and when near the residence of Mr…

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Naval Accident. London

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 5

A submarine made a hole in a torpedo boat at Spithead, but the compartment saved the vessel, and the submarine was not damaged…

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Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

On Friday last, Mr. S. H. Pearce, one of the directors of the Bonalbo Dairy Co., and a well-known resident of that thriving centre, was the…

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Man Shot Dead. Accused Says It Was Accidental Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

News has been received at Goulburn that a man named James was shot, dead at a cump of men working on the duplication works, near Marulan. A man named…

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Motor Accident. Car Pashes Into Pedestrians. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

While a party consisting of Mrs. Donald, Nurse Ryan, Miss Culshaw, and Roy Parkinson were taking a walk along the road at Aspendale, Victoria, late last night, a…

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Boat Capsizes. Accident in Hudson's Bay. Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

Two men were drowned in Hobson's Bay, just off Elwood near St. Kilda, Melbourne, late on Saturday afternoon. Four officers of the Federal Statistician's office, J…

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Sprung a Leak. Accident to H.M.S. Psyche. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 5

A rumour was circulated this afternoon that H.M.S. Psyche had sprung a leak, and was being convoyed by H.M.S. Cambrian from Hobart to Sydney. Full particulars…

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Raft Fatality. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

'A raft carrying a number of men at Burrinluck overturned, and George Ford, aged 22, was drwoned, the others being saved. Deceased was unable to swim…

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Heat and Storm an Extraordinary Accident. a Picture Palace on Fire. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

There was intense heat in the metropolitan district again to-day, 97 degrees being recorded. The fire brigarles had a busy time attending small outhreaks. A rain…

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