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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Accident to Mail Train. No Passengers Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 5

While the Northern mail was taking a curve near Inverell yesterday, the axle of the engine snapped, and the wheel flew off sixty yards from the train. Considerable…

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Steam Pipe Burst. Man Badlay Injured. All Tram Traffic Suspended. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 5

A terrifice explosion occurred at Ultimo Power, House this afternoon,when a main steam pipe burst in the upper boiler, room and thick clouds of steam and water…

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Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last Mr. W. H.—Thompson, of Casino, met with a nasty accident while sawing firewood at Sexton's sawmill. It…

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A Series of Accidents

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 7

The Wingham paper relates a sensational series of accidents which occurred at Cundle the other day. Mr. Frank Smith came across from…

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Sulky Accident

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. Irvine Somerville and his wife were returning home,and while crossing the railway line at Tuncester, the horse swerved round, causing the sulky…

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Fatality at Kapunda. All Centres Report Losses. Adelaide

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 7

The latest news from South Australia shows that yesterday's flood was more disastrous than at first thought, and news arriving from all centres report the loss…

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Motor Accident. Four Persons Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 5

A [?]arly of motorists were travelling along the Parramatta road last night, when the oar swerved over a culvert, and was completely wrecked. One of the…

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Indian Frontier Collision. Military Police Attacked. [?]

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 5

A collision took place between, the military police and the Naga tribesmen on the north-eastern frontier of India. The police were inquiring into the massacre of three…

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Shooting Fatality. Strange Incident in a Bank Launceston

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 5

A shooting fatality occurred in the Commercial Bank of Australia at Sco[?]tsdale this morning. Alfred Cyril Northeast, aged 18 years, entered the bank at 10…

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Attempted Suicide. Arresting Constable Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 5

A man reported to the police at Newcastle that his swag had been [?]en, and indicated the supposed thief. Constable Pic[?]ing went to a shop, and was about…

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Heathen Chinee. Sensation in the City. Chinamen and Constables Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 5

Two Chinese created a sensation in Thomas-street, City, this morning, ono firing seven shots from a revolver at the other, and then attacking a policeman with…

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Only an Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 5

Later. The explosion was an accident. Taupin is uninjured, but his foreman suffered grievously…

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Peculiar Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon about 2.30 o'clock Mr. Reg. Road, in company with Mr. W. Cobban, was driving slowly out of the lane adjoining the Canada Motor Agency's…

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Shocking Accident. Engine Driver Badly Scalded

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

A shocking accident happened at Oakland Mill yesterday morning, [?]when Walter Bell (well known in cycling circles) was fearfully scalded. The young man, who is an…

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Motor Accident. Girls Injured at Kyogle

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

Late last night our Kyogle correspondent telephoned that a rather serious motor car accident had occurred there between seven, and eight o'clock. A commercial…

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Dreadful Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

Mrs. Hassall, of Horsestation Creek, was the victim yesterday morning of a painful and serious accident. It appears that while she…

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Shocking Accident. Entangled in Separator. Woman's Terrible Experience. Kyogle

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

A terrible accident happened to Mrs. Hassall at Horse Station Creek. She was separating this morning, when her hair got caught in part of the gear. Before the…

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Strange Shooting Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 5

A shooting fatality occurred in the Commercial Bank of Australia at Scottsdale Tasmania, on Friday morning. Alfred Cyril Northeast, aged 18…

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Grafton Accident. Slaughterman Injured. Grafton

Northern Star · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 7

James Watkins, a slaughterman at the Grafton Dairy. Company's factory, was struck on the shoulder at noon to-day by a carrier conveying a line of "pigs"…

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Boating Fatality. Two Lives Lost. Young Wife and Child. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 5

A shocking boating fatality occurred on the Harbour this afternoon, two persons being drowned and another having a narrow escape. A man named Thos…

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