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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Betrayed by Accident. a Bomb Makers Experiments. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 2

An injured man in a hospital at Oporto, has admitted he was engaged in manufacturing bombs and that while experimenting with time fuses,…

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200 Bogus Claims. Accident As Living

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

When Errest Pendrigh, of Scales road Tottenham, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday (says the "Nervs" of November:30) in three…

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Mother and Child Drowned. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

A shocking discovery was made at St. Kilda, Melbourne, early this morning, where the bodies of an unknown woman and child were found lying in…

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Fatal Burning Accident Perh

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 7

At Capel, near Bunbury, Mrs. Buttman was boiling beeswax at a kitchen wave, when her clothes caught fire. Florizel Lamming, a girl of 16 years…

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Drowning Fatality. Mother and Baby the Victims. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

The bodies of the woman and child found in the bay at St. Kilda yesterday morning have been identified as Mrs. Farmer and her baby…

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Hurricane at Sea. Vessels Swept on North Coast. Crews' Terrible Experiences. Many Men Drowned and Missing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A terrific hurricane swept over the north-west coast of Australia in the region of Roeburne, on the night of the 20th inst…

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Shocking Driving Fatality. Pensioner Killed. Wife Dangerously Injured. Natimuk (Vic.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

A fatality occurred on the Tooan-road yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston, who had come into the township to draw their…

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Drowning Fatality. Man Carried Out at Bondi. Three Others Have Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

A printer named Charles Mothett was carried on to sea and drowned, while bathing in the surf at Bondi this morning. His three companions had…

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Shocking Accident. Boy Run Over by Train. Body Terribly Mutilated. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

On the arrival of the Coonamble mail train at Penrith last night, the engine driver reported that he had felt an obstruction on the line shortly…

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A Soldier Drowned. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

A soldier named Witten, was drowned in George's River, just opposite the camp lines, while swimming. It is believed he was seized…

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Two Children Drowned. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

Two children at Rochester fell into the irrigation channel and were drowned…

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Just by Accident

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 3

A romance that led to the, making of a fortune is the following:— The head of a French printing firm was one day walking through a room in his…

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Accident Near Currawarna

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 2

A middle-aged married man named Samuel Sexon was admitted to the hospital last evening differing from a broken leg. He was working a drill at…

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Occana Wreck. Inquest on Victims. Accident Ally Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

In the inquest into the death of the victims of the Occana wreck, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The captain gave evidence…

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A Tram Accident Amputation of Leg Necessary Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

R. M. Smith, a resident of Wyong, was swept from the footboard of a tram in Elizabeth-street to-day. The wheels passed over his left leg, and…

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Aviator Killed. Twenty-second Fatality in America. Long Beach

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Rogers, the first man to cross the American continent on an aeroplane, was to-day instantly Killed while soaring on a Wright biplane. He fell…

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The Coal Strike. Disturbance in Scotland. Several Persons Injured. Progress of the Ballot. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Two thousand men and women at Glen Craig coal mine, Fifeshire, Scotland, attempted to stop the unionists from working. Wild scenes caused,…

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Tramway Accidents. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Several tramway smashes occurred in the suburbs last night. A number of people were injured and admitted to the hospital in a more or less…

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Serious Rioting. Many Persons Injured. Leaders Condemned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 3

There has been serious rioting at Pendrebury, in consequence of an attempt to cart coal. Excited strikers overturned the lorries and…

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Ferry Steamer Sunk. 200 People Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Cairo telegraphs that a crowded ferry steamer sank on the Nile at midnight. It is believed 200 of those on board were…

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