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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Jockey Injured. Horses Fall at Kedron. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 6

When approaching the two furlongs post in the Maiden Handicap at Kedron races to-day, Harry Brant fell, bringing down Sunblaze, who was close behind…

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New Zealand Floods. Drowning Cases. Remarkable Rescues. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 5

Flood waters are still rising in many parts of New Zealand. H. Robinson, secretary of the Spring Green River Board, and a lad named…

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Bicycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 4

On Thursday morning Mr. T. R. Mallet of the Lismore High School staff, met with an accident which was attended which was attended with more or less serious results. Mr…

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Casualties. Four Men Injured. Accident in Quarry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 3

A serious accident occurred in a limestone quarry at Excelsior, near Rylstone. A body of 100 tons of limestone came away from the quarry face and caught…

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Tram Derailed. Six Killed, Thirty Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 3

An electric tram-car, crowded with workmen from Morley to Leeds, dashed down the steep Churwell Hill. The car was derailed and collided with a…

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Wound Over Heart. Injured Man Silent. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 3

Perry Dalton was picked up in a street in Surry Hills with a bullet wound over the heart. He refused to state how he came to be shot. The wound is not…

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Little Girl Drowned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

A drowning, case at Blue Knob, near Nimbin, occurred about midday on Wednesday last. Mary, aged 2½ years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McClelland…

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Accident to Vice-regal Car. Collision with Taxi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

While Lady Jeilicoe was driving in the Governor-General's car at 'Auckland it collided with a taxi. The Vice-Reyal party escaped with a shaking, except…

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Three Injured. Bad Motor Accident. Car Over Two Embankments. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

A motor car containing W. T. Baker, a member of a prominent city firm, his wife and daughter, crashed through a fence near Fautconbridge yesterday, and…

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Buried Under Rock. Fatality in Sewerage Tunnel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

A fatal accident happened in a sewerage tunnel between Clontarf and Bluefish Point, Manly, to-day, when Harold Townsend (27), laborer, met his death…

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"Disgrace to Department" Blackheath Railway Fatality, Gatekeeper Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

The inquest concerning the fatality at Blackheath railway crossing was concluded to-day. The Coroner found that death was caused by the negligence and…

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Shooting Fatality. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1923 · page 2

As a result of the shooting fatality at the Geeling drill hall Lieutenant. Wilson, a graduate of the Duntroon. Military College, was yesterday…

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Casualties. Seaman Injured. Hit by Propeller Blades. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1923 · page 5

Caught by the whirling blades of a ship's propeller Benjamin Ramage, 46, a seaman, was badly, injured in Darling Harbor yesterday. Ramage was standing…

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News of the World. Three Drowned Aeroplane Drops Into Sea. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 5

While a naval aeroplane was practising with wireless at Christiania a wing of the plane collapsed and the machine plunged into the sea. Two…

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Harbor Collision. Vehicle and Punt Sunk. Horses Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 5

One of the worst collisions or years, fortunately without fatal results, occurred on the harbor to-night, The steamer Burringbar was steaming up the…

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Ran Into Bridge. Two Injured in Motor Smash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 5

A motor car, containing four passengers in addition, to the driver, struck the end of Jones' Bridge, near Young, at mid night, carrying away the upright heavy…

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Steeplechaser Injured. Breaks From Stall. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 4

The steeplechapser Ha[?]sadoon broke nut of its stall at Kensington racecourse this morning and ran on to the coad. where be fell and hurt himself. In con[?]…

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FERRY v. Steamer. Collision in Harbor. Burringbar Damaged. the Captain's Story. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 5

Details at the collision between the Burringbar and the ferry steamer Benelong were difficult to obtain last night, but now it transpires that the bow of…

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Bystanders Injured. Soldiers and Fugitive. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 3

Five people in Dublin, including a little girl, were wounded while Nationalist troops were firing at a fugitive…

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Goods Train Bolts. Sensational Railway Accident. Crew Jump for Lives. 26 Carriages Telescoped. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 3

There was a sensational railway accident near Lawson, on the Blue Mountains, early this morning. A goods train bolted down the steep grade towards Sydney It thundered…

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