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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Terrific Impact. One Killed, Another Injured. Vehicles in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and sidecar and a tram at Darlinghurst late yesterday…

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Lift Accident. Boy Badly Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 2

John McAdam, aged 16, was badly injured in a lift accident at Dalgety and Company's wool stores this morning. One arm, which was practically…

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Fire in Melbourne. Newspaper Photographer Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

There was a big blaze in Flinders, Lane yesterday afternoon, in the five-storied boot wraehouse of Doery and Tilley. The firemen had a hard fight to prevent the…

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Jack Tars. Attacked by Mob. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

Six navy men were attacked by a mob of men at Circular Quay last night and two of them were so brutally handled that they had to be treated at the…

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Nearly a Smash. Crowded Passenger Train. Red Lights and Detonators. Prevent Collision with De-railed Engine. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

A heavily-laden passenger train had a narrow escape from disaster at Fairfield suburban station on Saturday night, when it was pulled up within…

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An Old Man Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

Arthur Eaton Lee, 65, a boarding-house keeper at Hawkesbury River, left his home to fish on the river yesterday afternoon and his body was found floating in…

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Head On. Trains in Collision. Two Persons Killed. Ten Others Seriously Injured Thirty Passengers in Hospital. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

A fireman and a passenger were killed and many people injured in a railway collision at 9 a.m. to-day just outside North Terrace station…

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Trains Collidf. Two Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 4

Two persons were injured, but not seriously, by a collision last night between a shunting train and a stationary passenger train at Parramatta. Two cars were…

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Surfing Tragedy Two Men Drowned Young Woman Rescued. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

Hundreds of holiday-makers witnessed a shocking tragedy at Hampton, Melbourne, this afternoon, when two men lost their lives and a woman was rescued…

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Fell Out of Sulky. Fatality at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 4

A man named M. Linnegar, aged [?] died in the Maclean Hospital [?] last night from a fractured sku[?] the result of a sulky accident on[?]…

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CASUALTIES. Car and Engine Collide. Three Persons Injured. Young Boy Killed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

A collision occurred between a motor car and a railway engine at Diggers' Rest last night. The engine was drawing a disabled engine, and was proceeding…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

Alfred Peterson, five and a half years of age, residing in Cecil road, South Melbourne, was killed by a motor, in City road, South Melbourne, last evening…

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Two Firemen Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

Two firemen were injured while attempting to extinguish a fire at a house at Fairfield. The outbreak originated in the explosion of a lamp in a bedroom…

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Land Mine Explodes. Two Rebels Killed Seven Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

A curious affair is reported from Newcestow district, near Brandon. A party of National troops, arrested ten unarmed Irregulars, and ordered the…

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Boating Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

On seeing a dinghy capsize and leave two girls and an elderly man struggling in the water off Neilson Park yesterday, Jack Henry Saford. without…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

Mrs. Rebecca Allenfred, [?]ployed as a housekeeper at Cullinlaringo station, died at the Springsure Hospital on Saturday as the result of burns sustained the previous…

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Casualties. Two Men Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 5

A fishing boat capsized in Dyes Lagoon, near Corowa. Two young men Richard White, 30, and Donald Spargo 24, were drowned…

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Boat Capsizes. Two Men Drowned. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

A fishing boat capsized on Dyke's Lagoon, near Corowa, and two young men named Richard Warte (aged 30) and Donald Spargo (aged 24) were…

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Ocean Tragedy. Two Hours of Struggle. Man Drowned at Brunswick Heads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

To fight with death for two hours and conquer in the end was the thrilling experience of Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Arrell, of Brisbane, a visitor staying at…

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A Peculiar Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 5

With a pea rifle bullet in his stomach. William Smith, of Parramatta, was taken to the hospital this morning. Smith struck at a dog with the butt…

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