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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Floods in New Zealand. Public Works Officer Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

Heavy rains in New Zealand were responsible for widespread damage. Further details of the extensive floods in New Zealand state that Mr. Frank…

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Casualties. a Fall of Gravel One Man Killed. Another Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

A fall of earth at the South Bathurst gravel quarry resulted in the death of Joseph Bourke, aged 25, and injuries to Patrick Stapleton, 40. Bourke was…

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A Woman Suffocated. Motor-cycle Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

About 5.35 p.m. a milkman was passing 22 Shelley street, Richmond when he noticed smoke issuing, and called the Richmond fire brigade. They quickly arrived…

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Casualties. Accident on Dorrigo Road. Team Falls Over the Cliff. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

A horse team, driven and owned by Edgar Hamey, went over the mountain near the fifteen-mile peg yesterday afternoon, endeavoring to pass a car. Two…

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South Grafton Fatality Coronial Inquiry

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

At the Grafton Court House yesterday morning, Mr. E. Avery, J.P., Deputy Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Clarence ("Tom")…

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Casualties. a Family Altercation. Fatality at Petersham. Son Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

A family altercation led to a fatality at Petersham, last night. According to the police report a dispute occurred between an elderly man, Patrick, Spillane, and his…

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Sooth Grafton Tragedy. Accidental Car Capsize. the Coronial Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

Sitting at the Courthouse, Grafton, yesterday, the Deputy-Coroner, Mr. Edward Avery, inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Clarence…

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[?] Fatality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 2

Mr. [?] [?] ("Tom") McFarlane, son of Mr. G. McFarlane of [?] and nephew of Mr Dun[?] McFarlane, of Grafton, on…

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Accident on Cutting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 2

Just[?] we were going to press (says the "Courier") we were in formed that a waggon and team had gone over the Dorrigo cutting about…

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The Result of an Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 5

A young man, William McLaughlin, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having slain his brother, Claude…

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Ilarwill Quarry Fatality. Accidental Death Recorded

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

A Magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of James Seymour, laborer, 60 years of age, who was found lying dead at the flarwill…

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Casualties. Woman Killed; Man Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

A woman was killed and a man seriously injured as the result of the overturning of a motor-car near Delegate…

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A Cairo Crime. Bomb Thrown at Premier. Four Persons Injured. the Assailant Arrested. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 3

At Cairo a bomb was thrown at the Premier's motor car in the street, injuring the chaffeur, two pedestrians and a child. The assailant fled, firing…

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Two Men Drowned

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 2

Frederick Howard and Ernest Ellet were fishing from a small rowing boat at South Fremantle on Saturday. The sea was calm, and the boat anchored…

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Found Drowned. Illiterate Man's Death. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 2

The body of a man named Godber was found in the Wollondilly River fully clothed. One pocket contained a seven…

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Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 2

As the result of a fall on Saturday evening Mr. J. B. Hill, who is on a visit to his son at Korora had the misfortune to break his collar…

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Casualties. Fall From a Window. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 4

While a man was endeavoring to obtain a view of the procession to-day from the window of a building in Pitt street, he leaned too far out, with the result that…

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A Woman Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 1

At Government House grounds this morning, a ladder leaning against a building fell and struck a woman, who received n wound on the back of the head…

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Motor-cycle and Car Collide. Two Policemen Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 2

While Inspector Milne, of the Marrickville police, and Constable Gillis, of Lakehurst, were driving through the city in a motor-cycle and sidecar, they collided…

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Trams in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

Two trams collided last night at Barnes street, Roselle. One passenger was slightly injured…

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