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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Disastrous Submarine Collision

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—Submarine A[?] sank off the Isle of Wight, as a result of a collision this morning. It is understood that eleven of the crew were drowned…

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Found Drowned. Brewarrina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

John Hawley, aged 67, was found drowned in the Barwon River, near the showground. Brewarrina, on Thursday evening,. He was last seen alive at 11.30 a.m. Deceased evidently…

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Accident to Railwayman. Foot Injured by Handcar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 20

"My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was working on the railway, writes Mrs. G. Bowman, Thosby-street Wickham Newcastle, N.S.W. "He had…

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A Lad Injured

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 7

Shortly after 4 o'clock tins afternoon Charles Macpherson aged 13. residing at 30 Ballast Point-road. Balmain. while on a springboard at the Elkington Baths, fell off and fractured his arm. The Civil Ambulance…

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Two Boys Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 18

A drowning accident, attended by particularly distressing circumstances, was reported to the E[?]huca police yesterday, in which two boys Robert Charles Middlemiss, 9 years of…

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The Lane Cove Fatality. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

Sir,--The letter of your correspondent in this morning's paper anent the late deplorable fatality at Lane Cove, whereby poor Morgan lost his life, calls for special comment. So far the different writers have omitted…

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Caught in Belting. Fatality in Railway Shops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday the Acting City Coroner (Mr. H. S. Hawkins) held an inquest on Alexander Burtenshaw, 37, beltrepairer, late of 13 Lawaon-street, Pyrmont,…

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Submarine Disaster. Collision Near Isle of Wight. Feared 11 Lives-lost

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 13

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The submarine A3 was in a collision off the Isle of Wight this afternoon, and was damaged to such an extent, that, she sank…

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General Cable News. Eight Drowned, Berlin Thursday Evening.--During a severe

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 14

blizzard at Hamborn, in Rhenish Prassia, a ferry boat came into collision with a cargo boat, with the result that eight passengers were drowned…

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Submarine Disaster. Eleven Men Drowned. London, Feb. 2, 2.15 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 17

Submarine A3 sank off the Isle of Wight as a result of a collision this morning. Feb. 2, 2.25 p.m. It is understood that 11 of the crew of the…

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Riotous in a Cell. " a Prisoner Injured. Alleged Assailant Charged

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 7

There were lively happenings in a coll at the Clarence- street Police Station last night, and as a result one man was admitted to the Sydney Hospital, while his alleged assailant was charged with occasioning bodily harm…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The A3 Collision. Additional Details. Settled Down Immediately

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.—Additional details of the disaster which overtook the submarine A3 show that the accident occurred during a preliminary assembling of the flest to welcome…

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Shooting Accident. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

A young man. Harry Carmont, while out shooting, had part of a thumb and two fingera blown away through his gun bursting…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Caught in the Belting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 10

The Acting-City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday into the cause of the death of Alexander Burtenshaw (37), lately residing at 13 Lawson-street, Pyrmont, which occurred at the…

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Submarine Sunk. Collided with a Gunboat. Fourteen Men Drowned. London, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 2

The submarine A3 was sunk off the Isle of Wight in a collision with the gunboat Hazard. The submarine was struck while she was partly submerged, and it is…

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Submarine Sunk. Fourteen Officers and Crew Drowned. Collides with Gunboat. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 7

Submarine A3 was sunk in a collision off the Isle of Wight. It is understood that eleven of the submarine crew were drowned…

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Warned by Wire—a "Co" at Sixty—the Landlady and the Lodger. Absconding Lover Becomes Injured Husband in His Turn

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 10

Of all the divorce suits rushed through before the holidays, by means of late sittings and extra judges sitting in divorce, none was stranger than that one in which…

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How the Accident Occurred. Gunboat's Propeller Crashes Through Plates

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 7

Latest particulars of the accident show that the Hazard was steaming at 10 knots. The submarine was attacking her. The Hazard's commander observed A3 dive…

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Yesterday's Accidents. Caught in Belting

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 5

Arthur Fuller (22), corpet beater, got caught in the belting of a of a machine shortly before noon. He was thrown against a well, fracturing his right arm and injuring his head. The Civil Ambulance conveyed the…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 15

KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--The body of the late Walter Long, who was drowned in Hebburn dam on Sunday last, was found floating in the water yesterday morning shortly before…

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