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Accidents, 1913

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Russian Barque Wrecked. Ten Persons Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

During the recent English gale the Russian barque California dashed on the rocks off Northumberland. Ten persons were drowned…

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Shocking Fatality at Wagga. Well-known Teamster’s End

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 6

A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon on Hampden Bridge, Wagga, whereby , Mr. Angus Donald M‘Kenzie, 25 years…

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Caught in a Sale. Ten Persons Drowned. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

During the recent English gale the Russian barque California dashed on to the rocks oft Northumberland, ten persons being drowned…

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Fatal Accident. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

A sulky containing three men toppled over a bank on the roadside at Helensburgh. One of the occupants, named Walter Spearin, aged 20, was…

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Collision in the Mersey. Steamer Sunk. Crew Saved

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

The British steamers Auchenarden and Labranca collided in the Mersey River during a thick fog. The former sank, but the Labranca succeeded in…

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Wreck of the Veronese. Sixteen Persons Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Eighty-four persons have been saved up to the present from the steamer Veronese, which run on the rocks off the Portuguese coast. Sixteen…

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Wyalong Fire. Petrol Explosion. a Dozen People Injured. West Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

A fire, resulting in severe injuries to several people, the destruction of a motor car, and some damages to premises, occurred in the machinery…

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Accident to Sir N. McLaurin Knocked Down by a Tram. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Sir Normand M'Laurin was knocked down by a Pitt-street tram this morning and thrown right in front of a motor car, and looked as if he had…

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Drowning Fatality

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

About noon on Sunday the community was shocked at the intelligence that a young man named John Dwyer had met his death…

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Drowning Fatality Loss of Life at Albury. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

At Albury to-day three brothers, James, Alfred, and Charles Cunning I ham, aged 18, 27, and 22 respectively, sons of a farmer, and none of them…

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Horse and Tram Collision at Redfern. Conductor and Passenger Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A horse attached to a parcel delivery van, driven by Harry Huret, became maddened at the sight of a tram in Regent street, Redfern, this afternoon,…

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Motor Car Collision. Miraculous Escape. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A motor-car, in which was Mrs Winston Churchill, collided with another car in a fog at Melton Mowbray, She had a miraculous escape, only…

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Acetylene Gas Explosion. a Tumut Lad Injured. Will Probably Lose His Sight

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

Two members of the Phillip Lytton Theatrical Company were seriously injured at Bulli on Thursday night, as the result of a gas explosion…

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Man Becomes Demented. Savage Attack on Fellow-workers. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

About 3 o'clock this afternoon a man employed at Durham Court. Glebe, ran amok and stabbed two other employees, John Fairbanks and…

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Miraculous Escape. Wagga Man Face to Face with Death. Fall Down Waterworks Well Still Alive, But Terribly Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. Peter Spies, a well-known Wagga resident, had a sensational ex perience and a miraculous escape from immediate death at the Wagga…

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Shocking Accident at Young. Caught in Belting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

AN eight-year-old boy, son of Mr. E. A. Cooper, of Young, met with a shocking accident at Clifton station, near Yea Yea, on Thursday…

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An Unreported Accident Hail Train Off the Line. Permanent Way Seriously Damaged. Several Hours Delay. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A passenger on the Glen Innes mail last Tuesday states that while rounding a curve the engine and tender left the track, stripping off the nuts and fish…

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Accident at the Mill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

An accident happened at the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Company's mill on Saturday as the result of which Mr. Robert Coveney, sustained a dislocated…

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Firemen Injured

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 4

While the North Sydney fire engine was rushing at full gallop to an outbreak in a stationer's shop early this morning, the pole broke…

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Drowned at Narandera. Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

A drowning case occurred here yesterday. A party of about nine young men were bathing in the river. and three of them. who were…

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