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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

331 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 17

Sensational Occurrence. Detonator Explosion a Youth Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 5

Henry Stead, a resident of Corben-street, City, found what he thought might be something smouldering in his yard on Saturday night. As he could not extinguish…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 4

The danger to life and limb through the ineptitude of councils to rigorously prosecute people who persist in turning their animals to stray on public roads at night…

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The Marina. American Passengers Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 5

The American consul at Queenstown (Ireland) received a wire that 51 Americans, aboard the Marina were saved, six were killed and two injured. The Consul…

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Hun Aviator's End. Collision in Mid-air. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

Reports from Copenhagen say that the German aviator, Lieut. Bostoke, collided with another German during a fight with a Britisher and fell 2000…

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The Marina. Survivors Say No Warning. All Officers Drowned. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 3

A Government inspection shows that the A Marina was unarmed and did not attempt to escape. The survivors state two submarines are off the coast of Ireland…

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Racecourse Collision. Valuable Horse Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

As a result of a collision on the Orange racecourse between Phil and Knight o' Reel, the former was killed instantly, while the latter, for whom 1000 guineas is said…

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Remarkable Drowning Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 4

A remarkable drowning accident occurred near Coolamon. A little boy, son of t Mr. C. Jacobs, was dipping water from a post hole where a new fence was being…

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Boston Disaster. Forty People Drowned. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 5

A Boston closed tramcar ran through an open draw in the Summer-street bridge. Forty people were drowned and eight rescued…

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Collision. Motor Car and Tram. Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 November 1916 · page 3

A sensational motor car and tram collision occurred at about eleven o'clock in Flinders-street, Darlinghurst, last night, which resulted in the car being wrecked,…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

On Friday last, 10th inst., a painful accident happened to Austin Rigney, an employee of Mr. J. T. Greer, batcher, of Bellingen. He…

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An Accident. Soldier Seriously Injured

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

Yesterday morning Private Harold Hughes, of Cowper, while riding his motor bicycle into Brushgrove, was run over by some means or other by a…

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Brother Drowned. West Melbourne Fatalities. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 3

This afternoon three brothers, Fred, Lingel Mollar, aged 13; Edmund, aged 10, and Albert aged 12, were playing on the banks of the West Melbourne swamp…

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The Deutschland. Collision with Tug. the Tug Sunk

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 3

NEW LONDON (U.S.A), Saturday. A newspaper launch followed the merchant submarine Deutschland when the craft left here for ten miles. The sun…

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Smash at Bathurst. Three Jockeys Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 3

Three horses fell at Bathurst Races on Saturday, while running in the Spring Handicap. The jockeys, H. Webster, J. Johnson and S. Miller, all…

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Motor. Fatality. Mayor of Braidwood Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 3

Alderman Patrick Coffey, Mayor of Braidwood, while returning from Bodalla by motor-car, accompanied by a number of friends, was killed owing to the car…

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Mexican Train Accident. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 3

One hundred and fifty Mexicans were killed at Vera Cruz, when a train rolled down a cliff…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 4

Mr. G. C. McFarlane, of Ulmarra, had an accident with his motor cycle when about two and a half miles from Coff's Harbor on Saturday afternoon. He was…

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Sunk Within an Hour. Victims Injured by Propellors. No Wounded Men Aboard. Athens

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 5

The Britannic was torpedoed at 8 o'clock in the morning and sank near the shore 55 minutes later. There were no wounded soldiers aboard. The…

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Serious Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

At the East End wharf, Bellingen, on Monday, Mr. Will. Keogh, son of Mr. N. Keogh of Gleniffer, met with a most serious accident whilst…

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Car Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

On Sunday night last, whilst Mr. Hugh Kenny was conveying passen gets from Coff's Harbor to Bellingen by motor car, he met with an…

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