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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Railway Accidents in America

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

On Sunday night last Mr. R. H. Harvison proprietor of the ("Moruya Examiner") who was on a visit to this town, and Mr. J. G. McLelland of Bomaderry…

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Railway Accidents in America

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 6

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Narrow Escape From Serious Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 5

While Mrs. J. D. Caines, Miss Caines and inthe Miss Armstrong, of Pyree, were driving home from Nowra on Saturday afternoon one of the shafts of the…

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Lad Injured. Thrown From a Horse

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Master Cecil Paine, son of Mr. Win. Paine, was throw from a horse in Kinghorn-street, Nowra, near Tory's [?]errace on Monday last and sustained…

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Dairying. Benovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department’s advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Inventions by Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 7

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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Inventions by Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

An alchemist, experimenting in [?] for the making of crucibles, [?] that he had invented porcelain, [?] watchmaker’s apprentice, holding a…

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Drowned in Their Berths. Difficult Rescue Work. Montreal, Friday, 3.30 p.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 8

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, President of the Pacific Railroad Company, declares that the disaster is the worst in the history of St…

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Serious Accident

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

On Tuesday evening a telegram came through for Mr. William Blacks, of Fairfield, and he received the message with a promptitude which enabled…

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Railway Porter Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Fred. Brown, railway porter at Bomaderry, had a foot badly crushed on Wednesday through a quantity of coil falling upon it from a tender…

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Motor Fatality. Near Jugiong

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 8

Word came to Gundagai on Monday afternoon of a san motor fatality at Berremangra, about seven miles from Jugiong, when a young man…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Lake George, near Collector, on Mon. day, resulting in the death of a boy Donald Ranger, the 17-year-old son…

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Injured Innocence

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. John D. Rockfeller, talking to a clergyman, said one day, with a whimsical out rather sad smile:— "From the stories that are told about…

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Injured Innocence

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 6

Mr. John D. Rockefeller, talking to a clergyman, said one day, with a [?] but rather sad smile :— “From the stories that are told [?]…

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Fell 150 feet. Gaillaux Injured, Aeroplane Mishap at Ascot

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 8

Maurice Gaillaux, the now well known flying man, fell with his machine from a height of about a hundred feet at Ascot racecourse,…

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Man Injured. Admitted to Hospital

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 4

On Saturday night last, a horse driven in a sulky by Mr. Thomas Shepherd, of Cam[?], collided with Mr Jack Collins, brother of Mr…

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Accident to Rev. J. Muir

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 12

An accident of a rather serious character happened to the Rev. J. Muir on Monday, just before the arrival of the mid-day train. The rev. gentleman was…

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Broken Punt Pole. Lady and Solicitor Drowned

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 3

Two lives were lost in a boating accident on the Thames at Pangbourne, five miles from Heading. One of the victims was Mr. Thomas Price Lines, of [?] Queen's road,…

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