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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Accidents

Robertson Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

Mr. D Witling, of Wilde's Meadow, met with a very painful accident while out riding on the 19th instant. The horse he who riding was a very nervous…

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A Rum Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 3

Sympathetic Old Lady (to cabby): "Is the poor man much hurt? Bern run into by onr or those nasty taxi-cabs, I suppose?"…

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A Thrilling Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

Seattle, May 31.—Mr. Turpin, an airman, in avoiding an excited spectator when landing after a flight dashed straight for the heads of the…

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A Simple Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 3

A young son of Mr. E. Rule, plumber, Bowral, sustained a broken leg yesterday afternoon in a very simple manner. While running along the footpath be fell with his…

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A Double Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 6

Miss Harriet Qnimby, who was the fired woman to fly across the English Channel, was killed instantly at the aviation meet at Boston on Monday in…

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Accident to Mr. Hiram Hises

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. Hiram Hises met with so accident on Wednesday which drawing stone from the Board [?] and was extre[?]ly [?] out…

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Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. Bruce Fu[?] son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pen[?] with's service [?] between six and [?] o'clock on Friday evening last, when riding along…

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Battleship in Collision. Steamer Rammed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 3

In the early hours of yesterday morning information reached Dover of a serious collision which had taken place eastward of Dungeness between the…

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Shocking Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 2

Berlin, Aug 2—A great iron scaffolding in the engine-room of a power station at Nuremberg collapsed, causing the loss of several lives…

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Great Earthquake. Many Towns in Ruins Thousands Killed and Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 6

Constantinople, Aug. 10—An earthquake, the chief centre of which was the Dardanelles, lasted for 30 seconds. There is hardly an undamaged…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

At Yattah, on Tuesday night, Arthur John Creamer, son of Mr. John Creamer, was exhibiting the barrel of an old fashioned rifle, holding the…

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Fatality at a Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 6

Two miners, Darcy Tressider and Albert Marks, were buried beneath a mass of stone, which fell from the roof at Wallarah colliery. Catherine Hill…

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Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 6

A special train bringing a load of passengers from the show at Flemington back to Melbourne, collided with a suburban train, which was travelling…

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Baroness Burton. Injured in Motor Smash

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 4

Baroness Burton, wife of Colonel Bruce Baillie, of Dochfour. Inverness, was severely injured in a motor collision at the Marble Arch on Monday…

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A Peculiar Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

A rather peculiar fatality occurred on Tuesday evening at North Wagga. At the time of the rapid rise in the river large quantities of heavy timber were dislodged…

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Tragedy of Heroism. Drowned While Trying Rescue

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 3

A youth named Howard Smeal, aged seventeen, lost his life at Kilereggan. Dumbartonshire, yesterday, in attempting to rescue a girl named Madge…

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Tornado Wrecks Town. Fifty Lives Lost. 200 People Injured. Path of Destruction

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 3

Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, was devastated on Sunday by a tornado, which tore through the heart of the town, causing a loss of at least 50…

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Fatal Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 2

A sad accident, resulting in the death of Mr. Frederick Graham, an old and highly respected resident of Yarranga, occurred at Wilde's Meadow…

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German Naval Mishaps. Two Men Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 4

Telegrams from Konigsberg report a sad acident to the second squadron of the High Sea Fleet, which, at the time, was anchored off Niden (said the Berlin…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a man named Charles Vanderwardern, a tailor employed at W. H. Bladwell's, Goulburn, had a…

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