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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Reading in Bed Fatality. Adelaide

Leader · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Katherine Hannon was reading in bed, when the candle set lire to the bedclothes. Her brother met her at the door of the room in her…

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Injured by Riderless Steeplechaser. Adelaide

Leader · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 2

During the steeplechase at Evanstown yesterday a riderless [?]orse struck a girl named [?] Rowell aged 10. and she sustained concussion…

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Serious Burning Accident. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 6

William Ferrell has working at a eucalyptus me[?]turing premi9 in the city yesterday when a [?] light came into contact with…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Leader · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 2

John Atkinson, 36, when crossing Market street yesterday afternoon, was knocked down by a motor car, and taken to hospital with a fractured…

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Car Falls 30 Feet Driver Seriously Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

While travelling down Willoughby Road. Nahremburn early this morning, a car driven by Louis Golsburg, of Chatswood, lost control owing to…

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Railway Accident Funeral of the Victim Cootamundra

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

Fireman Phitzner, who was killed in a railway collision at Cootamundra on Saturday, was burled this morning. A large number of railway…

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Toongabbie Railway Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 2

A man [?] unknown, won run [?] called by a train between [?] se were…

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Another Train Fatality Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 2

A man whoso name is unknown, about 60 years of age was run down by a train between Toombaggle and Seven Hills at about 10.30 last night…

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Saving His Trolly. Fettler Injured Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 1

A fetter named Albert Gibson had a narrow escape from death on Friday. He was approaching Katoomba from the west, on a hand-trolly, when he encountered a…

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Train Derailed Member of Breakdown Gang Injured Picton

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 2

A goods train from Goulburn was derated at Picton yesterday and did considerable damage to the permanent way as well as causing serious…

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Deadly Pea Rifle Another Accident Wellington

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 2

During the weekend a shooting party, of which Mr. McCarthy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. McCarthy, of Mumbil, was one, went to the Mudgee…

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Mumbil Pea Rifle Accident

Leader · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 4

A young man named McCarthy, of Mumbil is to day slowly [?] from a [?] ballet in the chest. With others…

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Slashed with Razor Brother Attacks Sleeping Sister Father Also Injured Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 2

While asleep in her bedroom in a house at St. Kllda, May Glaysher (19) was attacked at 3. a.m., to-day by a man with a razor and slashed about…

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Recovering From Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 9

It will be remembered that about a couple of months ago Mr. George Boyd, son of Mrs, Boyd, of Grattan, met with a very nasty…

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Wellington Show Ring Events a Serious Accident Wellington

National Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 2

The second [?] Wellington Show was held to-day. The [?]pal ring events were. Wellington Show Trot, 1½ mile:—…

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Accident

Leader · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 5

On Wednesday morning Master Cliff Dean met with an accident which might have proved fatal. If a stirrup leather had not given way at the…

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Accident at Wellington Show

Leader · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 6

During the thread-the-needle race [?] Wellington Show on Wednesday a young fellow named Rlcomfield was thrown from his hor[?] and pain[?]ally…

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Motor Car and Tram in Collision. Sydney

Leader · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 2

A motor car, lorry an[?]ed in Botany Road. W[?] day morning, the car being aged, and the occupants [?]…

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To-day's Telegrams. Motor Car Somersaults. Six Injured. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 11

A motor car capsized on Windsor road, between Castle Hill and Kellyville, yesterday. Six occupants were thrown out, and all were…

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Two Accidents and a Tragedy Trains Collide at Hurstville

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 2

As the result of a collision, four empty railway carriages were smashed at Hurstville on Saturday. The traffic on the Illawarra line was delayed for two hours as a…

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