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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Drowned at Coraki

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

The holiday gaiety of Coraki was painfully, interfered with on Sunday through the death by drowning of a visitor to the town, in the person of a young man…

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Shocking Fatality. Boy Rolls, on Rails. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

William Childs, aged 4, met a peculiar fatality at Bendigo. His father, with the youngster in his arms, stepped out of a carriage, and fell to the ground. The…

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Boy Injured. Run Over by Car. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

Emanuel Salter (15) was hanging on the back of a South' Melbourne tram when the conductor warned him and others off. Salter jumped, and was struck by…

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Late Wires. Tram Car Derailed. Collision with Motor Car. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

An electric tram car was derailed at Ballarat on Wednesday night as the result of a collision with a motor car. Its two occupants received a severe…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Thrown Over Embankment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

A remarkable motor cycle accident happened at Heidelberg, Victoria. A cycle, on which were two men, with a side car attached, containing another man and a…

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Sensational Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

On the main beach at Southport last week members of the Queensland Motor Cycle Club, before the racing in connection with a carnival, were indulging in…

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Sensational Car Accident. Occupants Pinned Underneath. Melbourne, Thrusday

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

A sensational motor car accident occurred on the main Melbourne road, near Pakenham, on Tuesday night. A large touring car, containing eight adults and…

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Late Cables (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Gassed. Peculiar Railway Accident. 60 Passengers Collapse. Paris, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

A passenger train at Lyons ran into a cylinder of chlorine, which had fallen from a goods waggon. The train stopped and the passengers were…

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Mysterious Find. Supposed Surfing Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

The clothing and other property Belonging to a man were found in the surf she's at Manly yesterday afternoon, but whether or not the owner had been drowned the…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee River yesterday, the victim being a daughter, of Mr. M. Bruce, a resident of the district. The little girl…

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Motor-car Accident. Whole Family Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

Alfred McEwan, of Petersham, was driving a motor car along Broadway, near Sydney, when he tried to avoid running into a sulky in front, and swerving his…

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Man Seriously Crushed. Stockton Ferry Accident. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

While endeavoring to rescue Mrs. Craig and Mamie Miller, who fell from the planking of the Stockton ferry steamer yesterday, a man was seriously…

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Serious Sulky Accident. Four People Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Still another must be added to the long list of serious accidents that have befallen the occupants of sulkies when there has been a nervous and restive horse…

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Railway Collision. Incident at Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

As a result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early this morning between a number of railway carriages and a train timed to leave at 2.30 with…

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Boating Fatality. Result of Fishing Trip. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Joseph Snow went out from Carrum, Victoria, on Sunday morning hi a small sailing boat for a day's fishing. He did not return. Yesterday the boat was…

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Another Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

It is fortunate that there are not still more serious casualties to report from Maclean. A horse with an empty sulky yesterday bolted from the butter factory…

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Two Girls Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Two daughters of Mr. Williams, of Seymour (Vic.) were drowned while bathing in the Goulburn River at Seymour…

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Local and General Found Drowned

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

A man named Cawley was found drowned in the Richmond River near Foley's factory, Lismore, on Tuesday afternoon. He was fully clothed with…

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Sulky Accident Victim

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

A report was widely circulated in Maclean yesterday that the little boy, Jack Stephens, whose ribs were broken in the sulky accident on Tuesday, had…

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Ramornie Drowning Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

All inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bert Murray, also known as Matthew Dwyer (38), whose body was found in Main Creek on 7th…

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