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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

606 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 31

Extraordinary Fatality. Baby Strangled by Cot. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

Mrs. Reg. Viant, of Lake Cargelligo, was horrified to see her infant daughter, Enid, suspended by the neck between the rail and frame of the cot. The baby…

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Japanese Prince. Killed in Car Smash. Accident in France. Mikado's Brother and Princess. Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Berney correspondent says a motor on the Paris Cherbourg road, containing Prince Kitashirakawa, brotherin-law of the Mikado, Prince Asaka, and…

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Thirty Injured. Communists and Police. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

At Roubaix thirty were injured in an encounter between the. police and Communists. The latter were attempting to intercept a Franco-uelgian trade…

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Motor Cars Collide. Two Women Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

Two motor ears collided at the intersection of Australia street and University street, Newtown, to-day. One car was overturned, and the occupants…

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A Strange Case. Injured Man in House. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 2

A resident at East Malvern early on Sunday morning found a man with blood flowing from his head and in an [?]couscious condition sitting in a chair in the…

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The Irony of Fate. Rescuing Launch Capsized. Four People Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

An Auckland message states that four people were drowned through the capsizing of the launch Lorraine while it was endeavoring to pick up a man named…

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Hung by Whip. Strange Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

At Merriwa, Clen, Pittman was found dead hanging with his neck in a whip in a shed on his father's farm. He was putting a fall on the whip, and owing…

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QUEENSLAND. Fatal Motor Accident. Old Woman and Niece Killed. Ipswich Eisteddfod. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

At the eisteddfod at Ipswich the Grand Madrigal contest, for choirs of between 60 and 80 voices, resulted; Brisbane Eisteddfod Choir, 178, first;…

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Casualties. a Man Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1923 · page 5

A man named Weston lost his life while surfing at Austinmer yesterday…

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Condition Grave. Injured Japanese Royalties. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1923 · page 5

A message from Bernay states that the condition of the 'Princess Kitashirahawa and Prince Asaka, who is a distant relative of the Emperor of Japan, and not a…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

A shocking motor fatality occurred near the corner of Elizabeth street arid Little Lonsdale street to-night. A man crossing the street was knocked down…

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Kirkwood's Escape. in Aeroplane Accident. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

A message from Penshurst states that Kirkwood, the Australian golfer, escaped injury when an aeroplane in which he was travelling made a forced…

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Warships Collide. Accident in the Bosphorus. Constantinople

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

The American destroyer Fox collided with the British light cruiser Ceres at the entrance of the Bosphorus owing to the strong current. Both vessels…

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Sensational Accident. Dashed Into a Rope. Side Car Turns Turtle. -Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

A sensational accident happened on this Liverpool road to-day when a cycle and side car dashed into a rope that was being used to move some, electric light poles…

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Four Killed. Motoring Fatalities. Four Others Seriously Injured Melbourne's Week-end List. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

A number of fatal motor accidents occurred at the week-end. Mr. Sidney Smith, of Brunswick, was riding a bicycle on the Sydney road on…

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31 Lives Lost. Steamers in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 4

News reached Sydney of a disastrous collision 65 miles from Singapore, in which 31 lives were lost. The vessels were the steamers Boribs…

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An Equine Fatality

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 4

The moral of a horse accident in Grey street on Tuesday night is that it is not good policy to tie your horse to the wheel of the trap. The practice is…

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A Lucky Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 4

Many of the most important discoveries in science and engineering have been made almost by accident. There is now in general use a process known…

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Trains Collide. Fireman's Neck Broken. Driver and Drover Injured. Smash Near Cootamundra. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

A sensational railway accident occurred this morning at Bauloora siding, near Cootamundra, and on the branch line to Temora, when a special goods train,…

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Painful Burning Accident. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 3

William Ferrell was shockingly burned all over the face and body while working at an eucalyptus enanufacturing premises in the city…

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