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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Perils of the Air. Guillaux's Accident. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 2

Guiflaux gave his final exhibition of invention in Sydney this afternoon. He looped the loop several times, but the wind appeared to interfere with the…

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Aeroplane Fatality. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

Two military officers were dashed to death at Stettin, Germany, while aeroplaning…

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A Pathetic Case. Girl Mother Found Drowned. Echuca

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

Shortly after 5 p.m. to-day the body of a girl named Isabel Crockett, 17, was found in the shallow water of the Campaspe River, near the golf…

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Railway Accident. Trolly Run Down by Goods Train. One Man Killed. Five Others Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 2

A serious railway accident, resulting in the death of one man and injury to five others, occurred this morning at Bong Bong bridge, between…

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Floods in New Zealand. Four Drowning Fatalities. Oil Launch Party Missing Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 2

Two men were drowned in the flooded river at Gisborne, New Zealand, and two children were drowned in a creek at Auckland, while three…

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Items of News. Husband Accidentally Shot

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 2

A sad domestic tragedy occurred on Friday night at Corowa. John Maffne, so, an employee of the local council, was cleaning his revolver, and…

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The Newtown Railway Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Wilhelmina Little, aged 65, single, who was found lying on the railway line near Newtown recently, and died…

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Train Fatality. Verdict at Inquest. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 2

The inquest into the heath of Miss Wilhelmina Irvine Little, who was found lying unconscious between the railway lines at Newtown station,…

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Aeroplanes in Collision. Fatalities at Aldershot. Army Officers Killed. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 2

During army aerial manoeuvres at Aldershot two Sopwith bi-planes came into collision while in the air over the golf links. The machines plunged…

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Rescue From Drowning. Lady's Narrow Escape

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

A sensational incident occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock on Sunday night, and which nearly resulted in a drowning fatality. Miss…

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Cutter Run Down. Five Pilots Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 2

As a result of a sensational collision between the steamer Star of New Zealand, bound from London to Monte Video, and a cutter, which…

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Inventions by Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

An alchemist, experimenting in earths for the making of crucibles, found that he had invented porcelain. A watchmaker's apprentice, holding a…

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Railway Fatality. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

A man, whose name is supposed to the William Arthur, a relieving lighthouse keeper, was found dead on the railway line near Sydenham station…

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Railway Fatality Man Terribly Battered on Suburban Line. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 5

A shocking railway accident occurred near Sydenham railway station. It was discovered early this morning that a man named William Smith Arthurs, 37,…

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[?]ram Motor Collision. Three Passengers Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 3

A motor-bus crashed into a cable [?] at the corner of City-road and [?]rendon-street, Melbourne, yesterday. Three passenger in the tram…

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Double Motor Fatality. Man and Woman Killed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 3

A double fatality, under remarkable [?]mstances occurred last night [?] motor car knocked down a won[?] the Parraniatta-road was…

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Bombs From an Aeroplane. American Gunboat Injured. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 2

An aeroplane, manned by Constitutionalists, attacked the Federal gunboat Morelos. The aeroplane dropped bombs, which fired the ship and…

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Shooting Affray. Man and Woman Injured at Botany. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational shooting affray took place at a house in Botany late last night, and as a result, Lottie Huntley, aged 36 is lying in the hospital with…

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Collision in the Harbour

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

The ferry steamer Kiandra, from Mosman to Sydney, at 9.53 this morning, when rounding Cremorne Point, collided with the steamer Courtfield…

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Another Railway Accident Trucks Break Away at Picton Sidney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

The information has just leaked out that another railway accident had occurred at Picton on Friday morning…

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