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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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A Train Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 5

Four trucks on a newspaper train containing cattle and empty cream cans went over a bank at Dunstan's cutting, near Kiama, this morning. There was a drop of…

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A Girl Drowned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

While bathing at Lorne, Victoria, yesterday afternoon two girls of a party of seven were carried our by the undertow. One was rescued, but the other, Clare…

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Queensland Floods. Appalling Stock Losses. Hundred Thousand Sheep Drowned. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

A message from Rockhampton, Queensland, states: "There have been appalling losses in sheep and cattle owing to the floods. It is estimated…

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Casualties. Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

Edward Harrop was killed and three other persons were injured through a motor car overturning near Beaconsfield, Victoria…

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Manly Motor Fatality Coroner's Inquest. Driver Committed for Trial. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

A Coroner's inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Annie Davies, a widow, who was knocked down by a motor car at Manly and died from her…

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Injured by Motor Child's Claim for Damages. £100 Awarded. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

In the District Court to-day, Eunice Muncaster, six years of age, by her father, claimed £400 from W. Matthews in respect of injuries received through…

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Supposed Drowning. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 2

The examination of remains found on the beach near Newport (close to Manly) show that they are those of a young man. It is now considered…

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Somnambulist Seriously Injured. West Wyalong

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

Arthur Berman, a solicitor, who was sleeping on the balcony of a hotel at West Wyalong this morning, apparently walked in his sleep and fell over the…

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Awful Surf Tragedy. Hundred Persons in Peril. Six Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

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

An awful tragedy is reported from Greymouth. A big picnic party from Reefton visited the port, and about a hundred…

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Maffra Shooting Tragedy TlRTSCHKE'S Death Accidental. the Nephew Exonerated. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 3

After hearing evidence at the inquest this morning into the death of Charles Henry Tirtsechke, who was found dead in a paddock at Maffra, Victoria, on January…

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Tirtschke Tragedies. Maffra Inquest Concluded. Verdict of Accidental Death. Melbourne. Friday Night

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

The inquest concerning the death of Charles Tirtschke, who was shot at Maffra while out rabbiting, was concluded there to-day, the verdict being…

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Drowning Accident at Kew

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 3

Walter Thomas Dower, 17, a resident or Kemp street, Croxton, was one of a party of eight who went boating at Kew last evening. Some of the party got…

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Man Drowned at Port Hacking. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 3

At a fishing party at Lilli Pilli, Port Hacking, yesterday William Hill man stood up in the boat and began to swing his line for a good throw out. He…

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Boxing. World's Champion Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 1

Jimmy Wilde world's flyweight boxing champion thrown from a horse while hunting and Severed an artery in his leg…

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Fishing Fatality Non-swimmer Falls Out of Boat. Others Had to Be Rescued. Big Shark Cruising Round. Sydney

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

Three men went fishing at Port [?]acking yesterday. The only member of the party who [?] could not swim, William James…

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Accident at Warwick Farm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

The stipendiary stewards found that the accident in the Warwick Farm Handican was caused by Wallisco getting Wisby's heels and colliding with…

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Quarry Fatality Oxygen Helmet Used. Two Men in Critical Condition. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 3

A Goulburn message says: In connection with the quarry fatality, when four men were overcome by fumes last night, an official, wearing an oxygen…

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A Jockey's Death Moorefield Fatality. Too Many Horses in the Race. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 3

At the inquiry into the death of the jockey Renshaw, who fell off Binding at Moorefield racecourse, the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death…

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Aeroplane Fatality. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

An aeroplane containing three British airman crashed into the Quatre Vents aerodrome, and all were killed…

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Fatal Fumes Goulburn Quarry Fatality Two More Men Affected. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 2

Two more of the men who were working at the North Goulburn quarry were admitted to hospital yesterday, suffering from the fumes…

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