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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Motor Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

Five persons were crushed to death tonight when the Pennsylvania express dashed into an automobile at Mill Lane crossing, New Jersey…

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Railway Accidents

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

During the years July 1907 to July 1910, mishaps on State, railways numbered 312; accidents to passenger trains 53…

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Curious Motoring Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 6

While holding the rope by which horses were pulling his motor char-a-banc out of some mud, Mr .David Kinder, aged seventy-three, of…

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Shocking Fatality. Death of Mr. Hugh McDONALD

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 3

The community was shocked on Wednesday last week, (says the Shoalhaven "News") by the news of the tragic death of Mr. Hugh McDonald at Cabbagetree…

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Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

Hugh Gluyes, 12. was leading a horse along the street with a halter, the rope of which was tied round his body, when the animal took fright, and…

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Our District Letters. (From our correspondent.) Wolumla. Fatal Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 2

Mr James McPaul junr., son of Mr James McPanl, of South Wolumia, was killed instantaneously to-day by a falling tree. During the heavy gale in…

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Fatal Accident. at Candelo

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over Candelo and district on Friday when it became known that Mr. R. J. McPaul, commonly known as…

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BEACHCOMBINGS. By a Drowned Corpse

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 6

Benjie had talked of going westward that day, after a peck or two of winkles. The weather was joyful, a song played in colour by the sunshine upon…

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Terrible Fatality. Promising Life Cut Short. Killed by a Falling Tree

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

"MAN is immortal till his work is done," says a thinker of the past, and there is comfort in the thought, and, if it is true, some light thrown upon a few…

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Aviators Injured and Killed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

At Havre, Le Gagneux the French tor was seriously injured through his aeroplane going wrong. The machine fell to the ground, burying…

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Fatal Boating Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

Three brothers (Reginald, Roland and Roy Ritter) were drowned through the capsizing of a racing dinghy in Hobson’s Bay on Sunday. The…

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Railway Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 4

W. Keane, shunter, was knocked down and killed by a train at Granville last night…

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Injured by a Train

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred in the main street of Lillydale last night. Mrs Allinson was crossing the line with her son aged 9 years, and both were…

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Victoria. Boxing Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 2

A soldier named Rogers, 24, was Killed in a boxing contest with Alf Copperwaite at Ballarat, after being severely punished. Rogers received a…

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Railway Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred near Coleraine, 2 cars of a mixed train tell ten feet over the bridge. Fortunately the ground was soft. Fifteen…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Railway Collision

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

A railway collision occurred at Ballarat on Saturday, a timber truck being smashed by a shunting engine into the Stawell train. None of the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

Arthur Edwards, popular dancer in the Arcadian Company, was drowned near Manly on Saturday,…

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Motor Car Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

A motor car struck the rock work edging of a plantation in Elizabeth-street yesterday morning. The car was wrecked, and two people were…

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Railway Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 4

The Vienna express dashed into another express while standing at a railway station. Seven people were killed and 31 injured…

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How It Happened. Experts' Opinions on the Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 6

Experts do not differ much as to the cause of the accident. One says: "In this case it is impossible to hold either the machine or the aviator entirely…

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