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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

527 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 27

Channel Gale More Shipping Disasters. Many Drowned or Missing. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 5

A Paris message says: A trawler was sunk in the gale. Fourteen of the crew are missing. An Amsterdam message reports…

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Here and There. Girl Accidentally Shot

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. Chares Smith, of Glen Alpin, Tenterfield, was picking fruit in his orchard, when his children informed him that they saw a snake close by…

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QUEENSLAND Heavy Wheat Yield. Mount Morgan Mine Resuming. Boy Accidentally Shot by His Brother. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 5

The latest statistics compiled by the Queensland Wheat Board show that the total yield for 1921-2 may slightly exceed 3,000,000 bushels. This season's yield…

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Accident to a Train. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 5

A train from Adelaide carrying passengers to the steamer Largs Bay crashed into two empty trucks both of which were badly damaged. The engine of the…

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Other Assaults. Two Men Seriously Injured. Sydney, Saturday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

William Bailey, aged 49, was knocked down and kicked at Camperdown last night. He was admitted to a hospital, suffering from internal injuries…

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Chimney Collapses Steeplejacks Buried. Four Killed, Two Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

Tennants' chimney stack at Glasgow, 380 feet high, in the works belonging to Mrs. Asquith's father, which was once the highest chimney in the…

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Motor Smash Another Post Hit. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

Three persons were injured in a motor smash at Randwick yesterday. The car struck a post and threw the occupants out. viz.. Lurline Ball, 14,…

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Fatal Accident at Dorrigo. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 3

Thomas Dickson, 60, who was working in Meldrum's quarry, was injured by a fall of stone. He was brought into Dorrigo and died yesterday. The body…

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Accident to Motor Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 3

A motor car containing a man and two women crashed into a post at Randwick late last night. The occupants were…

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Navvies' Camp Tragedy Woman Fatally Injured. a Man Arrested. Sydney, Monday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 2

A Bathurst message says: The eight mile navvies camp, between Oberon and Tarana, was the scene of a tragedy last night…

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Car Falls Fifty Feet Seven Killed, 14 Injured. Nine Others Escape New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 5

An Atlanta (Georgia) message says: Seven were killed and fourteen injured to-day when the last passenger car of a train on the Atlanta-Birmingham…

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Hand Blown Off. Accident at Kempsey. Sydney Monday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 2

A message from Kempsey states that Frank Leuthwaite was using an explosive yesterday, which exploded in his hand. The latter was subsequently…

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A Terrible Accident. Aviator Dashed to Piecer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 5

A terrible accident was witnessed at Turin an the presence of a crowd of 30.000. The Dutch aviator Harris Larson was dashed to pieces in a fall from…

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American Tornado. 12 KILLED, 40 Injured. Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 3

At least twelve persons have been killed and forty injured by a tornado at a town in Oklahama…

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Accident to Motor Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 5

A motor lorry overturned near Wollumla, on the South Coast, and the occupants were all more or less seriously injured. Had the accident Occurred another…

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QUEENSLAND Sensation at Insurance Office Triple Drowning Fatality. Meat and Dairy Encouragement. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 4

A sensational affair occured at the State insurance office this afternoon. A man entered the building and proceeded to the Workers' Compensation…

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Impaled on a Stake Accident at Armidale. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

An Armidale message says: While descending a thirty feet high "slippery dip" at the Hospital Carnival to-day, Ernest Howard was impaled on a…

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Colin Ross' Appeal Argument Before Full Court. Mr. Brennan Attacks Judge's Direction. "Killing Was Accidental." New Evidence Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

The Full Court was less crowded today for the continuation of the hearing of Colin Ross' appeal against his conviction and death sentence on a…

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Boating Fatality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

At Brisbane, Ernest West, with his wife and 2 children, went fishing in a flat bottom boat, near Burleigh Heads. The boat was swamped and…

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Fishing Tagedy. Woman and Two Children Drowned. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

Ernest West, of Toowong, in company with his wife and two children, was fishing from a flat-bottomed boat at Burleigh" Heads, when the boat…

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