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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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The Show Ring Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 4

The condition of Eric Currie, who sustained severe injuries through a fall in the high jumping contest on the Grafton Showground on Thursday and…

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Boy Found Drowned. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 3

Norman Chaffey, aged eight years, nephew of the Minister for Agriculture, was found drowned in a lagoon near his home late on Thursday. He had been…

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Accident at Chatsworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

While at work last Monday morning in Eastman's' Quarry drilling stone, a man named Samuel Wiblen, of Mororo, had a narrow escape from death, owing…

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Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

The Rev. R. H. Wallis Baptist minister, of Lawrence, was attending to an acetylene gas plant at the rear of the church one night last week, when a…

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Jockey Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 4

A jockey named Charles Black was schooling Braille over the hurdles at Randwick to-day when the horse fell, and Black sustained a broken thigh…

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The Ryde Accident. Coroner's Inquest. Realistic Description. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 5

At the inquest to-day into the death of the twin boys named Gilbert, who were killed on a train proceeding to Ryde on April 15, evidence was given…

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Four Injured. Motor Car Overturns. Griffith

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 5

A sensational motor smash occurred here late on Monday night on the road to Yonda, and as the result four persons were injured. The occupants of…

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Thrilling Motor Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 4

During the holidays a party of young men from Stanthorpe way left on a fishing excursion to the Clarence River, at Rivertree, about 30 miles from…

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Racing Men in Motor Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 1

Eric Connolly and Eli Phillips, both well-known racing men, were passengers in a motor car which collided with a sulky on the Geelong road last night…

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Baby Drowned. Another Child Rescued. Sydney Harbor Tragedy. Mother's Terrible Experience Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 5

A woman, whose name is believed to be Elizabeth Cohen, was discovered this morning waving her hands excitedly in the vicinity of Man o' War Steps,…

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Accidentally Drowned. the Late E. J. Elton

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

The result of a magisterial inquiry recently held at Urunga by the District Coroner (Mr. J. C. Cawood, J. P.) touching the death of Edwin James Elton, of…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

While playing for South Grafton against Westerns at the Grafton Show ground on Saturday afternoon, Plat Murphy. who resides at Ryan street. South…

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Fatal Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 3

A collision between two motor cycles on the Western road at Rooty Hill last night resulted in the death of John Inglis, 37, clerk, of Parramatta…

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Fatal Sulky Accident. Molong

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

John Leathern, 50, part proprietor of the Molon[?] "Express" was found dead on the main road at midnight on Saturday. It is believed he was thrown out of…

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Washed Into Sea a Lad Drowned Miraculous Escape of Another Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 2

While a number of persons were fishing from some rocks at Avalon beach yesterday afternoon a lad named Cyril Parsonage, aged 17, and a…

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Shooting Accident Boy Dies From Injuries Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 2

Valentine Boston, who was shot in the groin accidentally by Ernest Kilborne at Leichhardt, died last night. The boys, it has been learned, were…

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Jaw Blown Off. Fatal Shooting Accident. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 4

A fatal shooting case occurred in a lonely part of Anderson Brothers' " Killingutta" estate late on Sunday night. According to the story told to the…

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Motor Accident. Capt. Andrew Lang Killed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 5

Captain Andrew Lang, the well-known airman and motorist, was killed early today. His car crashed through a fence six miles from Camperdown and overturned,…

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Father and Son. Drowned in Hunter River. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

A dairy farmer named Charles Cha[?]man and his three-year-old son, Jack, were drowned in the Hunter River yesterday. The child was seated in a dray…

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Tree-chopping Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

Mr. Bert Hann, eldest son of Mr. T. Hann, of Bella[?]a, met with a severe accident last Week. While chopping a tree, the axe slipped, struck his foot, and…

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