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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

527 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 27

Nearly Drowned. Little Girl Rescued. Grafton Boy's Brave Act

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 4

Ronald H. Attwater, the 17-year-old son of Mr. Albert, E. Attwater, distinguished himself on the Bonville Bea[?]l recently by rescuing from drowning Venni[?]…

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Casualties. Acetylene Gas Explosion. Boy Terribly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 5

Horace Fyfe, aged 14, of Glebe, was frightfully, injured trail explosion at his home this afternoon. He was handling an acetylene matchine at the rear of…

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Cattle Charge Car. Motor Drops Off Road. Accident Beyond Bluff Bridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. D. J. Lobban .travelled with his son by .car to Grafton from Mattland at the week-end. They arrived in Graf- ton late on Saturday night…

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Accidents Near Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 3

Louis Stanton was admitted to the Alfred Hospital suffering from burns caused by extinguishing flames at his property at Eltham last evening…

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Casualties. Man Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

As a result of trouble at a party in Surry Hills late on Saturday night Joseph McGrath, 40, was knocked about and is now in hospital with a fractured…

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Tragedies in Victoria. Typist Found Drowned Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

George Leslie Branch, about 17, with his brother, James Alfred, and two other young men went shooting at Arthur's Creek. George Leslie Branch was…

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News of the World. Mine Explosion. 160 Dead and Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Bucharest correspondent says there were 160 casualties, including 82 dead, who were incinerated or terribly mutilated in an explosion caused by fire…

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Fatal Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

On Monday afternoon a railway worker named George Thomas was ran over by the train on the eighth section construction works and his…

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Fatal Accident. Run Over by Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 5

The construction train on the Coff's Harbor-Glenreagh line ran over George Thomas on Monday, completely severing one of his legs below the knee. He was…

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Trains Collide. Four Killed, Thirty Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 3

Four were killed and thirty injured in a collision between a passenger and a goods train between Hirson and Bar-le-Duc…

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Out of Gear. Accident Alters Plans. Prime Minister's Statement. Government's Defence Policy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

Last evening at Walker's Hotel the Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes), who is not yet well enough to meet visitors, released the following statement…

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Casualties. Fatal Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 4

Harry Peyton, aged five years, together with his father and uncle, were driving in a motor car at Belmore yesterday when the front wheel came off the…

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Two Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 5

A motor cycle and side car crashed into an embankment at Prospect yesterday. Two men were injured. One Edward Drummer, sustained a fractured skull and…

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Drowned at Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

Mavis Carrol, of Cessnock, fell over board from the steamer Newcastle while the vessel was off Barrenjoey early this morning. The ship was put about, but no…

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QUEENSLAND. Two Serious Accidents. INHERITED £30,000 and Was Killed. Settlers From New South Walse. Warwick

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

Two serious accidents occurred to-day. Alex Larfield, 19, while working a chaff-cutter on a farm at Jew's Retreat, had both his arms drawn into the machine,…

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Sulky Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 4

A horse aattached to a sulky bolted at Lakemba this morning. Three occupants were thrown out and more or less seriously injured…

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Two Men Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 3

A stack of timber collapsed at Pyrmont to-day and two men were buried. Benjamin Olliver sustained a broken arm, while Martin Heeson was hurt…

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Shocking Injuries. Soldier's Double Accident. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 5

Erie Robinson, a returned soldier, met with a shocking accident at Denmark. A branch of a tree he was cutting suddenly broke, struck another limb and…

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Patal Motor Car Accident. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 5

While a motor car was rounding a curve near Wallaroo, a tyre burst and the machine overturned. A girl named Coad, aged 15, was killed. The driver…

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Local and General. Accident at Ilarwill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 4

While engaged in slaughtering operations at Harwill during the week-end, Mr. Clarrie a Plummer, of the stair of Messrs. Essex and Nipperess, had the…

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