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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
4
Cablegrams report fifty seven deaths from cholera at Funchal. In London a terrible tragedy records a man’s self destruction after killing his wife and two children in Birmingham.
London reports a second death linked to the Wilken Junction collision caused by signal questions. Explain that a fast train struck a slow one during a ticket inspection window. driver claims he was signalled to stop but could not. Also notes broader London floods and a separate freight pit accident with casualties.
Unclear handicaps list shows riders such as Christie Griffiths Boden Tiensy seromdis Bradford Kauwison Harris Scene and others with times ranging from 3 minutes 4 seconds onward. The text mentions New York Monday the 18th and the capital six day bicycle race starting at Madison Square Garden with fifteen teams including the Kanceroos led by Fey Bond Heter and Dr Sheldon's Hew Discovery for Coughs and colds. Price is 1s 6d.
A long garbled text promotes Doan's Backache Kidney Pills claiming relief for kidney ache backache and related symptoms. It includes testimonials, pricing, and distributor details, plus scattered notes on general health and unrelated trivia.
December 6 arrival list from Townville includes Captain He hurts and passengers Mawers Cares, FP J Doyle and De B Cussck. Steerage passengers Philp Con Lid agents Cares and 9ig theme steerage also noted.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions women and a royal grant, with unclear references to a house meeting and a bedy of wena ce rom. Details are unreadable, leaving the main facts and entities unclear and unclassifiable.
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