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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Petrol Waggon Explodes Soldiers Burnt to Death. Many Others Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that a petrol waggon at the railway station at Ath exploded, six British soldiers being burned to death and fifty seriously…

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Collision on Big Hill. Car Badly Damaged. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

Jack Fletcher, while motoring to Glen Innes on Saturday, had a head--on collison on the Big Hill with the down mail car. The latter was uninjured…

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French Steamer Mined. 650 Passengers Aboard. 500 Drowned. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

Heater's Rome correspondent telegraphed on Saturday:--The French steamer Chaproi, carrying 650 Greek, Servian, and Russian passengers from…

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Explosion at Boston. 30 KILLED; 50 Injured. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

A message from Boston says: Thirty were killed and 50 injured by the explosion of a tank containing molasses. It is stated that a Queensland…

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Two Soldiers Injured. Struck While in Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

Two soldiers were struck on the arm while passing through a cutting approaching Liverpool in the returned soldiers' train yesterday morning…

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Returning Soldiers Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

During the journey of a number of returned soldiers from Melbourne Sergeant Foster sustained a broken arm and abrasions on the forehead, while Sergeant…

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Surfing Fatality. Two Bathers Carried Out. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

Whle bathing at Collaroy on Saturday evening two surfers were carried out in the undertow. One of them, James Frederick West, was drowned, while the other…

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Motors in Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

A serious accident occurred on the famous Sevenmile on the (Grafton-Glen Innes road on Saturday morning (says Armidale "Express"). In broad daylight…

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Port Hunter in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 5

News reached Sydney to-day that the steamer Port Hunter, well known in Sydney, collided with another vessel outside New York Harbor, and had to be…

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Fatal Motor Accident. a Man Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Cecil John Jackson was returning home near Mudgee in a motor car when the latter overturned. Jackson's neck was broken. Two ladies, who were in…

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Telegrams. Mining Accident. Four Men Buried. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

Five men were working in a stope on the 400ft. level in the British mine at Broken Hill when the bottom of the stope collapsed. The rush of slimes…

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Railway Mishaps. Train Leaves the Line. a Shunting Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

At 7 o'clock yesterday morning heavily-laden coal train, drawn by two "T" class engines, jumped the points at Lyndhurst. The permanent-way was…

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A Boy Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

Thomas Jones, aged 12, was drowned in the Lachlan, River near Warroo. Attempts at rescue were made by Bertram Budd and William Bray, the latter…

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Steamer in a Gale. Third Officer Killed. Two Others Badly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 3

While off Danger Point, yesterday the Dutch steamer Houtman, on the way to Sydney from Borneo, ran into heavy seas resulting in the third officer, Marimus…

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Accidentally Poisoned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Joseph Slayter was concluded. The Coroner said the deceased's death was somewhat startling. He attended the…

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The Maclean Fatality. Verdict of Suicide

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

The Maclean Coroner, Mr. F. H. Schwonberg, held an inquiry at the Maclean Court House on Monday concerning the death of Mrs. Robert J…

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Peculiar Railway Accident. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

Five persons were killed on the ParisMetz railway under circumstances puzzling the authorities. Entering a tunnel, two German coaches were filled with an…

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Accident at McKENZIE'S Sawmill, Lower Bucca

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

On Monday last a man named Henry Chas. Rodgers had the fingers of his right hand severely crushed at McKenzie's sawmill, Lower Bucca. The patient…

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20 Deaths in Melbourne. Another Sydney Fatality. Five Cases at Corowa. Troops at the Sydney Cricket Ground. No Restriction on Coastal Shipping. New South Wales . Second Death Reported. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 5

The second death from influenza in Sydney occurred this morning, the victim being a man named Edwards, a member of the crew of the Wyandra…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

Florrie Varley, a maid servant, was drowned at Austinmere while surfing this morning…

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