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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Falling Bricks Cause Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

Clarence Fisher (14) was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital on Saturday suffering from injuries to t he left ankle. It appears that the boy was…

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Burning Accident Methylated Spirits Ignited. Woman's Severe Injuries

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

As a result of severe burns sustained through her clothing catching alight Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Victoria street, Grafton, is at, present receiving…

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Accidental. the Rabaul Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 3

A copy of the evidence taken at the official inquiry into the recent, big fire at Rabaul has, been received by the Minister for Home and Territories…

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Man Drowned. Boat Swamped. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 5

After a boat had been swamped and overturned in the Hawkesbury River yesterday one of the occupants, Roy Donnelly, aged 38, endeavored to swim…

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Driving Accident at Fine Flower

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

Our Fine Flower correspondent writes:--Fine Flower yesterday (Sunday) was the scene of a nasty driving accident. Mrs. C. J. Cavanagh, accompanied by two…

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Upper Orara. Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. W. Allibone was found unconscious in one of the paddocks last Thursday. A doctor was summoned and took him to Coff's Harbor. He regained consciousness…

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Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

Amby Dreise (6), "the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Dreise, of the Railway Hotel, met with a painful accident. He was climbing a tree near the house when…

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Fire on Boat. Benzine Tank Aflame. Mysterious Accident on Lower River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. J. Schipp, who runs Mr. lmeson's butcher boat from Maclean to [?]uka, met with a rather mysterious accident on Tuesday morning. He had let the…

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Bus and Team. Six Persons Injured. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Six persons were injured as a result of a collision between a motor bus and tram at Broadmeadows to-day. The bush was crowded, and the tram struck it…

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Surf Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Last week a visitor from Brisbane, a Miss [?]uirk, was nearly drowned her tween Kirra and Ball[?]nga. It appears that she was bathing near the tick fence…

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"I"m Done" Man Injured in Altercation. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

Bleeding from wounds about the body, Thomas Maguire, a resident of Petrie Terrace, staggered into, Price's jeweller's shop in Fortitude Valley this…

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Horse Killed in Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

A young man, [?] N one, had a remarkable experience when after a horse that was blind in one eye, in a paddock at Krambach between Tarce and…

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Accident on Railway Man Badly Injured Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

Patrick McAndrew, a returned soldier, fell from a carriage of a train on to the line near Baulkham Hills Yesterday…

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Fell From Train. Returned Soldier Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

Patrick McAndrews, a returned soldier, fell from a carriage of a train on to the line near Baulkham Hills yesterday. The wheels passed over [?] legs,…

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Surf Tragedy. One Man Drowned. Others in Distress. Three Men Resuscitated. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

There was a tragic ending to the surf carnival at South Wollongong beach this afternoon, when one man was drowned and two others just missed the…

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Shell Harbor Tragedy. Police Sergeant Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 3

A boat containing Police Sergeant Foreman and his wife andayman named Abbott and two other men set out from the beach at Shell Harbor yesterday in…

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Drowning Accidents in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 2

Eight drowning accidents were reported during the week end over the Dominion. The victims with the exception of…

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Motor Fatality. Driver of Car Committed. Kurri Kurri

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

Adrian Connolly was Committed for trial on a charge of the manslaughter of Annie Ferry and Arthur Rawlings, who were killed on Christmas Eve in a motor…

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Car Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 2

There was a sensational car accident on the Red Hill, Whisky Creek Road, on Saturday afternoon, as the result of which Mr. Roy Munn who had his…

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Biding Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

A lad named Louis Benaud, 19 years of age, a resident of Penrith, was riding a horse at Glenreagh yesterday, when he was thrown to the ground and sustained…

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