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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Serious Driving Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 2

A serious driving accident happened out Rappville way on Sunday, the victim being a well-known resident of Casino, Mr. O. W. Lee, who is in charge of a…

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Motor Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 2

While Mr. J. S. White was learning Mr. W. Knight to drive his new Pullmar. car, on Tuesday last, about l½ miles below Bellingen, on the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 2

As the result of a car accident at Bellingen on Tuesday afternoon two Dorrigo residents (Dr. Gatenby and Miss Overon) are now inmates of a…

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Good Contest Spoiled. Blackburn Injured by Accidental Foul. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 2

Through accidentally committing a foul in the 15th round, Andy Maguire, of Victoria, lost his match with Vince Blackburn (N.S.W.) at the Sydney…

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Niagara Tragedy. Twenty Passengers Drowned. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 5

The electric observation car on the American side of Niagara Falls became derailed on Sunday and rolled into the river Twenty were drowned…

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Motor Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 4

As the result of a car accident at Bellingen on Tuesday afternoon, two Dorrigo residents (Dr. Gatenby and Miss Overon) are now inmates of a…

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Murray Fatality. Captain and Mate of River Steamer Blamed. Wentworth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 5

The Coroner at Wentworth returned a verdict of manslaughter against Geo. Munby, skipper, and Joe Eastward, mate, of the steamer Alfred, which sank in the…

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Another Air Raid. Eight Killed; 22 Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 3

The Press Bureau reports that from 12 to 14 aeroplanes attacked Harwick from the north-east this morning. The latest reports state that eight were…

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Air Raids on England. Harwich Attacked. 8 KILLED; 22 Injured. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

The Press Bureau reports officially:--Twelve to fourteen aeroplanes attacked. Harwich from the north-east this morning. Latest reports state…

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A Peculiar Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

Our Newton Boyd correspondent writes: In the vicinity of Dalmorton, one day last week. Mr. George Lacy, lengthsman on the Grafton road, was doing some…

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A Punt Accident. Car Backs Into River. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

A motor car was on the Ryde punt, containing four persons, when the engine became reversed while the punt was in mid-stream. The car backed…

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Latest Casualty List. 43 KILLED; 197 Injured. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 2

Latest figures of the air raid casualties show that 30 men, 8 women, and 5 children, were killed, and 98 men, 46 women and 53 children were injured…

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Navy Yard Disaster. 6 KILLED; 31 Injured. Portland (Oregon)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 3

A message from San Francisco says six men were killed and thirty-one injured by an explosion in the Mare Island Navy yard…

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Tram Accident. Owing to Lights Suddenly Failing. Several People Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 3

The lights of a double tram went out when the trolly-poles came off the overhead wire near the Cleveland-street junction about half-past 6 this morning…

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Accidental Explosion. "Times'" Correspondent's Opinion. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 3

The Vanguard was recommissioned in 1914 for service in the first division of the home fleet. "The Times" naval correspondent…

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Fatal Accident Near Fine Flour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday last, at about midday, a distressing accident, whereby a promising youth named Verne Williams, lost his life, occurred a few miles beyond Fine…

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Fine Flour Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred near Fine Flour on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Williams. Two sons of Mr. Williams,…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last, while Jack Beat, the five year old son of Mr. and Mri. W. E. Best, was attempting to cross the lane at the rear of his parents' residence in…

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Railway Fatality. Fireman Killed by Door. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1917 · page 3

While John Crook, locomotive fireman, was leaning out of the cab of his engine near Sydney yesterday, he was struck by a swinging door of a passing train. His…

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Kaiser's Life Attempted. Bomb Kills Attendants. Kaiser Said to Be Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 July 1917 · page 2

A Zurich message states that a frontier paper reports that, according to German deserters, a soldier in June threw a bomb at the Kaiser's motor…

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