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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

368 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 19

Accident at Coramba Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

While riding his horse over the jumps at the Coramba Show Mr. E. Fogarty, of Coffs, met with a painful accident. The home fell with…

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Telegrams. Moree Man Drowned. Moree

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. Godden, of Moree, was drowned in the Gwydir River, near Pallamallawa, while duck shooting. He went into the river to recover some ducks, but…

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Boy Shockingly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

A shocking lift accident occurred a Somerset House, city, as the result of which Robert Albin, 15, a messenger employed in the building, had his right leg…

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Accident to a Nurse. Causes Some Sensation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

J. A. Williamson, a mechanic employed at Irving and Mogg's dental surgeries, at the intersection of Oxford and Brisbane streets, city, states that when he arrived…

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Injured While Wrestling. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 3

A man named Ashton, aged 26, was wrestling with several mates on the Bondi Beach this afternoon when he accidentally fell and was severely injured…

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Accident to Island Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

A wireless message was received by Burns, philp and Co. from the steamer Mindini, stating that the vessel had been ashore at Fiama, in the Russell group,…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. Tom McFarlane, of Ulmarra, whilst driving his motor cycle and side-car up Queen street on Wednesday, collided with a cart, near the intersection of Oliver…

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Woman Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 2

Mistaking a tin of blasting powder for sulphur, Mrs. Wicks, of Merriwa, dropped some live coals in the tin. A terrific explosion followed, and the woman received…

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Mysterious Disappearance. Probable Case of Drowning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

An unknown man is believed to have been drowned at Coogee on Thursday evening last. When told there was a dangerous sea running and that the…

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Telegrams. Mysterious Fatality. Man's Body in the River. with Hands and Feet Tied. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

Particulars reached Albury of a mysterious fatality near Bethanga, an old mining settlement about 16 miles from Albury. A well-known farmer, named…

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Returned Soldier's Suicide. Drowned in a Dam. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

At Laen, North Victoria, a returned soldier named William Davison, aged 30, drowned himself after threatening to shoot one of his brothers. He returned…

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Steamers in Collision. Seamen Washed Overboard. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

The steamer Westralia, when changing berths at Melbourne, collided with the steamer Star of Westralia, arid sank in a few minutes. There was on loss of…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Two Returned Soldiers and a Lady Killed. Lieut. J.r. Newman and Pte. Keith Appleby

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

Grafton received a fearful shock this morning when the rumor--this time, unfortunately, only too true-- went round that Lieut. J.R. Newman and…

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Woman Drowned. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 2

A woman was drowned and a man is missing as a result of heavy, floods at Eden…

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Floods in South Coast. Two Persons Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

Owing to flood's the residents in parts of Delegate had to vacate their dwellings twice this week. Great damage has also been done in several parts of…

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Dual Drowning Accident. Another Richmond River Sensation. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

Two persons were drowned at Empire Vale, about two miles below Wardell, to-day as the result of a boating accident. It appears that David Stone,…

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The Motor Fatality. Inquest at Lismore. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

Mr.s A. J. Piesley, P.M., Coroner, held an enquiry at Lismore on Saturday into the deaths of J. K. Newman. Keith Appleby and Mrs…

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Accident to Troop Train. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

The Amiens troop train disaster was due to the breaking of the coupling of a recently-delivered German waggon. A train of twenty waggons ran backwards…

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Drowned at Pozieres. in Flooded Trenches. Australians' Awful Fate

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

The reason so many Australian soldiers were reported missing after the Pozieres battle is explained by Sergeant Curtis Neville, who has just…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 2

A serious collision took place in bright moonlight on the Bellingen Raleigh road on Wednesday night, when Reginald Williams, of Urunga, a returned soldier,…

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