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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Car Accident at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

What might have been a serious accident occurred on New Year's night. A party consisting of Mrs. Reg Vincent and her four children, Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick and…

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CASUALTIES. Christmas Drowning Accidents. Long Reef Boating Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning into the death of Les[?]e Laney (39), married, a butcher, who was drowned near Long Reef on December 26…

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QUEENSLAND. Mr. Con Wallace Disgusted. Triple Drowning Fatality. Depression in Copper Market. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Con Wallace, who forfeited his nomination for West Sydney representation in the House of Representatives in order to provide Mr. T. J. Ryan with a safe seat…

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Caught in the Undertow. Schoolboy Drowned at South Steyne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The death of Reginald Watson, aged 11, a schoolboy, who was caught in the undertow at South Steyne, Manly, on Christmas Day, was inquired into by the City…

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Accident at Chinderah

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

On Thursday last a car from Tweed Heads, owned by Mr. Macrossan, barrister, of Brisbane, was the central figure in an accident at Chinderah. While…

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Kedron Park Course. Is It Dangerous? Club Blames Jockeys for Accidents. Brisbane, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

The safety or otherwise of Kedron Park Racecourse was the subject of an inquiry before Magistrate Harris today. The inquiry was held as the…

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Casualties. Boy and Girl Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The Newtown police were notified this morning that a young boy and girl had been drowned in Spears' brick pit, St. Peter's. The pit is said to be sixty feet…

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Late Wires Accidents and Fatalities the Daily Toll. the Brick Pit Menace. Boy and Girl Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

A boy and girl were drowned this morning in a brick pit at St. Peter's, Sydney…

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Still Another Family Tragedy. Three Sisters Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

A selector named Switzer, driving towards Charleville in a waggonette, in company with his wife and six children, attempted to cross a…

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Motoring Accidents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Two persons were more or less seriously injured through the capsize of a motor-car at Lithgow. A motor-car containing several persons,…

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Another Drowning Fatality. Nepean Claims a Victim. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

A man named Philip Walker was drowned while swimming in the Nepean River to-day, says a message from Penrith…

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Drowned While Bathing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

While bathing in Wallacia Weir this morning Phillip Walker, aged 23, was drowned. It is understood that he was attempting to swim across the weir, when…

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Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

More serious consequences might easily have attended the accident which occurred at Boggy Creek culvert on New Year's Day. when a…

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Local and General. Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a horse driven by Mr. A. Howley put its foot into a hole in the covering of the culvert at the post office corner…

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A Terrible Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

While working on the farm of Messrs. Wheaton and Brown at Eumungerie, near Dubbo, a returned soldier named Christic was shockingly injured. One arm was…

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Death at a Hotel. Verdict of Accidental Death. Wellington (N.s.w.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Frank Holden, who died as a result of injuries received through a fall on the footpath opposite the Club Hotel,…

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A Fatal Collision. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

Edgar Adams, aged 12, son of the railway stationmaster at Armadale, West Australia, was riding a bicycle when he collided with a vehicle and was killed…

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Young Man Drowned. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 1

A drowning accident occurred near Launceston yesterday when a young man named Glover lost his life through the upsetting of a boat…

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Between Train and Platform. Woman Badly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

When Henrietta Wright, aged 50, was stepping on to a train at Milson's Point station this morning the Train moved off. She was jolted off and fell between the…

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[?]Oy Falls From Roof. Injured on an Iron [?]Ence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 4

A boy aged nine climbed on to the roof of his home at Pyr[?]nt to recover a ball with which he had been playing. He lost his foothold and fell a distance of fifteen…

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