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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Another Surf Victim. Young Woman Drowned. a Heroic Rescue. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 3

A party of four young ladies, Misses Annie and Susan Miller and Nurses Porter and Kelly, of South Sydney Hospital, went surfing at…

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Serious Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 4

On Friday evening, Mr. Harry Apps, of Alumny Creek, met with a severe accident through the explosion of acetylene gas. He had installed an engine to perform certain…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

Yesterday, South Grafton was the scene of several lively accidents. Early in the morning a horse ran away with a butcher's cart. A spirit…

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Peculiar Railway Fatality. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 5

William Bray, the fireman on the engine hauling the Melbourne Express came in contact with the overhead bridge at Yass Junction early…

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Punt Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

The Brdshgrove-Cowper ferry punt capsized, with a number of cattle on board, on Wednesday, five of the animals being drowned. The…

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Five Players Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 3

Five Rugby League football players were injured in the grade matched yesterday. One, Wm. Kyle, 24, of the Annandale team, was playing…

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Late Wires. Stabber by a Chow. Two Men Seriously Injured Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 3

A serious disturbance occurred at Sandringham last night. Two [?]sh men, William Douglas, 36, and Arthur Hawkins, 41, were standing…

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Late Wires. Mangled by Trains. Porter Seriously Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred at Summer Hill (Sydney) station this morning. Roderick Drayton, a porter, was picking up waste papers off…

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Dropped On by Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

Some of the most celebrated discoveries in the world of science and art have been the result of a happy accident. The workers,…

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Dairying Renovating Paspalum an Accident and Its Consequences

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 2

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and its Consequences

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

According to the inspector for the North Coast District, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Players Injured. Spectator Drops Dead. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 3

Several well-known footballers were injured during yesterday's matches, but none very seriously. While witnessing the match at the…

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Sensational Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational accident happened to Mr. S. Chesterton, of Coff's Harbor, on Wednesday. He was riding across country in the vicinity of Mount…

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English Matches. Accident to Carpentier. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 3

Carpentier has met with an accident. He caught his ankle between a motor car and a kerb and injured the tendons. It is probable that his…

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Football Accidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 8

Football is keeping the surgeons busy. Alfred Cowderoy, a painter, of Erskineville, dropped dead through excitement while witnessing a match on the Sydney Cricket Ground on…

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Another Railway Disaster One Man Killed. Five Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 3

At Bong Bong Bridge, between Bowral and Mossvale, this morning, an express goods train from Goulburn crashed into a lorry load of deviation workmen. Joseph…

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Biplanes in Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Spectators of the army aerial manoeuvres at Aldershot were horrifled at witnessing two Sopwith biplanes coming into collision while in the…

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Motoring Fatality. a Bridegroom Killed. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 5

Elliott Shannon, a member of the Geelong Shipping and Stock Merchants Association, who was only recently married, was motoring with…

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Accident at East End

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

An infant daughter of Mr. R. Roberts, manager of Mr. Doepel's mill, aged 1 year and 8 months, was playing with her little brother near…

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Almost an Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

Exciting incidents were pitiful and almost tragic consequences, occurred on a railway station near Sydney a few days ago. The station master and…

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