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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Submarine Menace Another Hospital Ship Sunk. Mercantile Cruiser Torpedoed. Destroyer Sunk by Collision. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 5

The Admiralty reports: The hospital ship Dover Castle was torpedoed without " warning at six o'clock on Saturday evening, in the…

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Telegrams. Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3

As the result of a sensational motor accident near Melbourne last night, a discharged returned soldier was killed and two members of the A.I.F. severely…

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Fatality at Glenreagh

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 2

A well-known teamster, named Steve Parker, was accidentally killed at Glenreagh on Friday. It seems that deceased had unloaded a number of pine logs from…

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Commonwealth Ship Injured. Crew on the Way Home. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 5

The Commonwealth Navy Office announces that the Commonwealth cargo steamer Talawa received extensive damage, which will take some time to repair…

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Accident at the Gymkhana

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4

There was a regrettable accident at the Motor Gymkhana at the Grafton racecourse yesterday--regrettable from two points of view. First that patrons…

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The Gymkhana Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

Sir,--Kindly permit me, through the columns of your valuable journal, to reply to a statement which appeared in same to-day, under the heading "Accident at…

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Accident at Gymkhana

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 2

Sir,--As one of the onlookers at the gymkhana yesterday, I would like to draw attention to an article in this morning's issue of your paper headed…

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Motor Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 3

A motor car, containing three passengers, suddenly swerved off the drive at the Willow-tree Pond, Centennial Park, and plunged into the water. The car was…

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Railway Accidents. Forbes Mail and Empty Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 3

Between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, the Forbes mail train dashed into two trucks and an empty carriage at the Bathurst railway station, with the result…

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Strenuous Football. Twelve Players Injured

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6

Plenty of vim was put into two games of football at Dubbo on Monday. During the play the ambulance men were kept busy for about a dozen…

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Floods in Victoria. Several People Drowned. the River Murray Rising. Railway Under Water. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

Serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta district, where three men and a woman and her two daughters were…

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A Dreadful Accident. Man Caught in Machinery. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred at Tremain Brothers' [?]our mill at Bathurst, when Lawrence Beard, 22, received severe lacerations of the body, besides…

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West Australia. Fatal Railway Accident. Foul Play Suspected. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

A locomotive on a timber railway at Jarrahdale, West Australia, capsized. A fireman named McNess was killed. The police report that the points were…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Mother an Eye-witness. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 3

Two boys, brothers named O'Keefe, were playing in a motor boat on the Bremer River, Queensland, when one fell in. The other attempted to rescue…

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Boating Accident. Man's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1

While, the ferry steamer Kuring-gai was proceeding down he harbor to-night, a passenger reported to the captain that behind seen a man floating in the…

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Fatal Accident at Colliery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1

Joseph Leach, employed at the Mount Pleasant colliery incline, was run over by a truckload of coal and practically cut to pieces…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Boy Arrested. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1

An 11-year-old by named Edward Kirchner, has been arrested on a charge of displacing railway points in West Australia, resulting in the death of…

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Queensland. Brothers Drowned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 5

Two brothers named O'Keefe were drowned in the Bremer River yesterday…

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A Strange Accident. Young Woman Shot. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2

At Kangaroo Valley, Annie Tap[?]er, 23, knocked over a dilapidated rifle, which exploded. The bullet went through her wrist, breast and jaw, but…

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Another Munitions Explosion Many Killed and Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Bonar Law announced that a serious munitions explosion had occurred at Ashton-under-Lyne, a number of…

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