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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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The Drowned. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 3

The Invincible and Defence lost 1792 officers and men in the naval battle off Jutland. The British Admiralty announces that Commander Chiusuke Shieomura, of the Japanese…

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Kitchener Drowned at Sea. London

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the eruicer Hampshire was mined or torpedoed at 8 o'clock on Monday night, and boats were observed…

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A Serious Accident. Women of Three Generations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Collins (92), Mrs. Maria Rees (52), her daughter, and Mrs. Russell (28), her granddaughter, were thrown out of a sulky at Erskineville to-day, as a result of…

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Motor Lorry Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 2

The new motor lorry engaged on the Chillingham to Murwillumbah cream service met with an accident about nine miles from Murwillumbah. While turning a sharp corner…

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Cudgen Headlands Fatality

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

Further particulars of the accident which occurred in the surf at Cudgen Headlands, by which Percy Rogers, a seventeen-year-old lad lost his life, show that about 4 p.m. a fishing…

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Ex-president Martin's Accident. Claim on Shire Repudiated

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

It will be remembered that in December last Mr. Thos. Martin, of Coramba, who was then the President of the Dorrigo Shire Council, while…

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Bomb-throwing Fatality. Wellington (N.z.¾)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 5

While giving a bomb-throwing demonstration at Trentham camp, near Wellington, in the presence of the Governor and Staff Officers, Captain Beckman, instructor, was…

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British Loss. Torpedoer Sunk in Collision. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 3

It is officially stated that the torpedoer Eden was sunk in the Channel in a collision last night. One officer and 30 men were saved…

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Serious Accident at Casing. Jockey Severely Injured. Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 4

An accident occurred to a jockey while working the racehorse Valerie on Casino racecourse this morning. The lad is named Woods and met with a very serious accident. The…

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Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 4

On Tuesday morning Mr. Albert Attwater set out for Glen Innes in his own car, having with him Mesdames C. E. Attwater and Bruce Ross. About eight miles on the…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1916 · page 3

While journeying to Glen Innes on Monday, Mr. Albert Attwater, with his Ford car, met with a serious accident when about 50 miles out from Grafton…

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Accident on the Racecourse

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1916 · page 2

A distressing accident, that it is feared might have fatal results, occurred on the Casino racecourse on Monday, says the "Express," during…

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Accident to Stable Lad

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 4

The lad who was very severely injured on Monday on the Casino course, when riding Valearie, was, when we inquired yesterday, still unconscious, though the report was…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 4

A motor cycle accident, which might have had serious results, occurred recently on the Coramba-road. It appears that a motor cyclist, with an empty side-car, was travelling…

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Naval Collision. British Cruiser and American Training Ship. Only Slight Damage. Vancouver. Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 4

A collision is reported between a British cruiser and the nautical training ship, Massachusetts, fifty miles outside New York. The damage, if any,…

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Railway Accident. Traffic Disorganised for Several Hours. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 5

A combined goods and live-stock train became divided in the Culcairn-Breadalbane section, about 150 miles from Sydney last night. A rear portion collided with a front portion…

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Accident Near Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 4

Nurse Egan, of the Grafton Hospital and Miss Munt met with an accident while driving on the Government road at the back of tho Grafton Experiment Farm on Thursday…

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Accidents at Coff's Harbour. Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 5

Yesterday a man named Walsh was caught in the belting at the Power House of the Breakwater, and was badly injured. A man named Hayter, working at…

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Sydney Telegrams. Accidentally Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 6

Through the capsize of a rowing boat in the Hawkesbury River on Saturday night, two occupants were thrown into the water, and one, a visitor from Tasmania, was…

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Sad Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 3

While Mrs. Mason, of Waverley, was passing a blacksmith's shop, a pair of pincers, which were struck out of the blacksmith's hands by a restive horse, Struck Joyce Mason,…

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