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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

368 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 19

Jockey Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 1

The jockey, Cail, who fell with Percolator in the Hurdles in Melbourne yesterday, is suffering from a depressed fracture of the skull, and his condition is…

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Late Wires Sydney Harbor Disaster. Five Naval Cadets Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 2

A cutter belonging to the Australian Navy training ship Tingira, containing 29 boys and a petty officer, capsised off Dobroyd Point, Sydney…

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A Strange Case. Returned Soldier Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 4

The detectives are inquiring into the case of Bert Warren, of 257 Amess street, North Carlton, a returned soldier, who left homo this morning to draw some money…

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Fall Off Moving Train. Boy Dreadfully Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 4

Jack Purcell, aged S, was getting off a moving train at Canterbury station, when he slipped and fell between the carriages and the platform. Several wheels passed…

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Sydney Harbor Fatality. No Trace of Lost Boys

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 3

No trace has been discovered of the five lads drowned as a result of the overturning of the Tingira's cutter off Dobroyde Point, Sydney Harbor, on…

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Accident on Dorrigo Cutting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 4

At 3.30 yesterday afternoon the offside horse in a team driven by Mr. Bert Hillyer, who was on his way up the mountain to Dorrigo fell over the edge…

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Serious Motoring Accident. One Lady Killed and Two Others Injured. Winton

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

While Thomas Williamson, of Manarva selection, accompanied by his wife, also Mrs. George Graizie and Miss Thompson, was driving home in his own motor car…

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Foch's Serious Accident. What Might Have Been

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

When the censors elect to liberate a lot of interesting and valuable information they succeeded in suppressing in the progress of the war, we may…

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Remarkable Gun Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 3

At a Gun Club shoot at Monteagle, out west, last week, Nicholas Carocherry, of Canowindra, was using cartridges with lighting powder in a…

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Serious Accident at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 4

While the mail contractor, Mr. J. J. Smith, was bringing the mail from Coff's Jetty to Top Town to Thursday morning, the belly-band, of the harness broke and…

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Accidents in Steeplechase. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 March 1919 · page 1

During the running of the Flemington Steeplechase yesterday, Tararu Jack lost his rider, while Gungarlen fell…

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Sixteen Injured. Policeman with Two Bullet Wounds. Later

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 5

Up to a late hour to-night sixteen per sons were reported to be injured, eleven being members of the police force, one o[?] whom received two bullet wounds in the…

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Raid on Russian Club. Rifles and Fixed Bayonets Used. Police, Soldiers, and Civilians Injured. Brisbane, Monday Night

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 5

A very largely attended meeting of returned soldiers and others was held on North Quay to-night, and although many of the speakers, including returned…

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Railway Accident. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 5

One truck of a goods train left the line near Glen Innes this morning, causing the Brisbane mail be be delayed for three hours. There was very…

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Manly Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

Mrs. Elsie Bibb was driving in a sulky at Manly when the horse bolted. The vehicle collided with a barbed-wire fence and Mrs. Bibb was thrown out, striking…

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Here and There. Accident to Marshal Foch

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 4

When the censors elect to liberate a lot of the interesting and valuable information they succeeded in suppressing in the progress of the war…

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Drowned in Sewerage Dam. Overcome by Foul Air. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 2

A married man named James McMillan lost his life at the sewerage works on Breakfast Creek road on Saturday morning. McMillan was descending a shaft…

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Marshal Foch Injured

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 8

When the censors elect to liberate a lot of the interesting and valuable Information, that they have succeeded in suppressing during the progress of…

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Local and General. Sulky Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 4

Towards the closing of the Bellingen show yesterday a horse, driven by Mr. T. Scansbnry, a farmer, of Lower South Arm, bolted and threw, the driver out…

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Telegrams. Kempsey News. Drowned in the Macleay. Fire at a Woodyard. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 4

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of the man Williams, who was drowned in the Macleay on Monday, and whose body was recovered yesterday…

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