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Accidents, 1911

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Gosford Train Accident. Another Death

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—William Cook, who with hit male. Patrick Flanagan. was Injured by being run down by a train near Gosford yesterday, died in the hospital last night, without…

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Accident to a Farmer. Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. David Ewin, of Duck Ponds Farm, Blayney was endeavouring to cover a stack on Saturday against a threatened thunderstorm, when he slipped off the stock and fell…

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Fatal Mining Accidents

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

Two fatal mining accidents are reported from Kalgoorlie. Three men were working in the Golden Horseshoe mine, when a stage, which had given way under a fall of rock,…

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Breadalbane Fatalities. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--An inquest respecting the death of Patrick Horan and Richard Flood, who were killed on Sunday morning by being run down by a train While on a tricycle…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Tram and Cart Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

A colision occurred in George-street yesterday between a tram and a horse and cart driven by Martu Defina (34), a carter, residing at Lackey-street, Summer-hill. The impact was…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

The circumstances attending the death of Gordon Foster, 60, a medical clairvoyant, whose body was recovered by the Water Police off M'Mahon's Point on December 30, formed…

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A New Year's Eve Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

COROWA, Thursday.--An inquiry was held today at the Court-house, Corowa, concerning the death of Mr. Thomas Salmon (30), a district farmer, and brother to Messrs. Salmon and J. D. Salmon, auctioneers, of' Corowa, who was…

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The Boolooroo Fatality. Inquest Again Adjourned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 9

MOREE, Thursday.--The Inquest on the bodies of Thomas Joseph Smith, Herbert stapleford, and Henry Savage, who were killed by a fall of gravel in a pit near Boolooroo Bridge, near…

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Railway Fatality. Second Man Dies. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

William Cook, who yesterday received severe injuries by being struck by a train near Woy Woy, died at the Newcastle Hospital late last night. Cook and another man, named…

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Shooting Affray at Camperdown. Two Men Injured

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 6

A shooting affray occurred at Camperdown on Thursday night, as a result of which Peter M'Grath and Huder had an attraction near the Erskineville, and Granville [?] a milk…

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Strong Comments by a Coroner. in an Inquest on a Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--At an inquest hold to-day touching the death of the boy Fatrick Joseph Fitzpatrick. (12), who was drowned in Walls Creek on December 27, the evidence…

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Struck by Lightning. a Farmer Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 7

Alfred Taber, a farmer, residing seven miles from Wagga was out with a team of horses in a storm, when he and the animals were struck by lightning. The horses went down,…

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In the Water. Woman and Child Nearly Drowned. a Prompt Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 7

An exciting incident occurred yesterday morning at White Bay, Balmain, comprising as it did the narrow escape from drowning of a young woman and her five-weeks old child, and…

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Train Falls Over Embank­ment. Fifteen Killed; Many Injured

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

CAPETOWN, Thursday.—A train of holiday makers at Cathcart. 45 miles from King Willam's Town. [?]pphed over na emabankment. Later details state that 18 persons were…

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Shooting Affray. a Scuffle in the Street. Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 7

A street affray resulting in two men being treated at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for bullet wounds occurred in Salisbury-street, Camperdown, last night…

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Train "Hold-ups" in America. an Express Robbed. Mail Clerk Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--Masked men robbed the mail car of the Northern Pacific Express while en route to St. Paul from Seattle. The mail clerk, who intervened, was shot…

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Train Smash at the Cape. Cars Fall Over an Embankment. 15 Killed--50 Injured. Capetown

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 1

Great loss of life was involved in a railway smash near Cathcart, 65 miles from East London. An excursion train went over an…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Lost at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

A private letter received yesterday from the islands states that Mr. Liversey, manager of a plantation on the island or Bougainville, German Solomons, has been lost at sea. He…

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A Boy Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

Richard Robert Brookes, a boy of nine years, was fishing off the rocks near Mere wether, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, when he was swept off by a huge wave…

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Bathing Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 14

Victor S. Finlayson, aged 30 years manager of the Ramsay Estates, Cambooyn and who was only recently married, dived into 6in of water at Sandgate last night. He was…

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