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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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"You're My Star." Lady Doughty's Love Letters. to Another Woman's Husband Injured Wife Granted Divorce. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

"Come, lay your heart on min[?] lose yourself in an ecstasy that is beyond all the dreams of life. Come to your adoring, restless Tony," wrote Lady Eugenia…

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Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

A t the inquest into the death of Mrs. Humphries, of South Sydney, evidence was given that the deceased took a tablespoonful of spirit poison in mistake for…

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Fatal Car Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day into the death of Mrs. Annie Hunter, who was run over by a motor car on Thursday last and died the same day. The car had…

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Saved From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

C. Miller, 19, rescued a boy and girl, aged 7 and 9 years respectively, children of Mr. D. J. Cherrie, from, the river at Casino. The children were clinging to…

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Motor Car Smash. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

A motor car was proceeding along Canterbury road, Cantenbury, last night when it suddenly swerved and dashed into a verandah post. Three persons…

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Man Seriously Injured. Police Make Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

At Balmain George Illingworth was found lying in the street last night. He was taken to the hospital in a serious state. It is alleged he was set upon by…

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Steel Rod Through Body. Injured Man Recovering. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

After having been admitted into a hospital at Glasgow with a steel rod through his body and protruding four inches from his back, a workman is now…

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Two Men Injured. Refuse to Name Assailants. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

William Power, of Wattle street, Sydney, was at 2 a.m. to-day conveyed to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with a bullet wound in his left breast. The…

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Ammunition Explosion. Verdict of Accidental Death. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death, was revealed at the inquest into the deaths of [?] victims, of the explosion at the Deer Park ammunition factory…

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Casualties. Struck by a Barrow. Woman Badly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

Elizabeth Bracks, 30, was passing under a partly demolished building near the Central railway station this morning when a barrow filled with concrete fell…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

Gordon Cheers, who received serious injuries as the result of a collision by a motor car with a verandah post at Canterbury on Saturday night died yesterday…

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Houses Blown Up. Gas Explosion at Liverpool One Killed, Four Injured London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 5

"There was a terrible roar, followed by a sheet of flame, and two houses went, up in a cloud of dust." is the gra[?]ic description of a gas explosion in Liverpool…

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Motor Driver Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 5

A tram crashed into a motor car Moore Park this morning. The driver of the car, Samuel Southall, was thrown through the windscreen, and then fell…

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Riding Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

Vincent Moran, 15 years of age residing with his parents at Cowper, was thrown from a horse against a tree on Thursday and sustained a severe cut on…

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Nambucca Beached. Collision with Breakwater. Nambucca

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 3

The North Coast steamer Nambucca collided with the breakwater at the entrance to Macleay River and has been beached for examination. The work has been…

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Casualties. Serious Motor Accident. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

A serious motor accident occurred at Tarra, eight miles from Goulburn, last night, as a result of which three persons were injured…

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Old Man Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

An elderly man was critically injure in Elizabeth street this morning, when he was knocked down by a motor lorry .The wheels of the lorry passed over his…

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Express Wrecked. 12 KILLED, 30 Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

The Strasburg express, when travelling at fifty mile's an hour, crashed into a shunting goods train at Pontabinson station, Twelve are reported to have…

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Railway Passengers Injured Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

Thirty-five people were injured as the result of a railway accident at Bontabinson. When the train was delayed…

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Dropped Dead. a Kempsey Fatality. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 4

White working at the North Coast Company's wharf this afternoon George Price, an employee of the company, dropped dead…

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