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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Telegrams Head on Collision. Cars Wrecked and Six Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

Six persons were more or less seriously injured and two motor cars wrecked, in a head on collision which occurred late last night at Lane Cove…

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Fell Into Gully. Motor Car Fatality. Faulty Steering Gear. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

Mrs. Bell, a visitor from Melbourne, was killed and several other persons injured when a touring car left the road near Yarrangopilly Caves, near Tumut,…

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Motor Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 4

While endeavoring to avoid a collision with another ear, which had been brought to a standstill on a narrow road about a mile from Dorrigo. late on Saturday…

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Chapter of Accidents

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

Through falling off a log recently Mr. S. T. Walker sustained injuries to the muscles of his shoulder. He suffered considerable pain and had to…

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News of the World. Alpine Sports. Accident to British Team. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 5

At Chamonix, in the French Alps, America beat Britain by 10-0 at ice hockey. The British bobsleigh team while practising was thrown out. The…

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Collision at Sea One Ship Believed Lost. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

The captain of the British ship William Mitchell, bound to Melbourne from Fredrikstad, reports from Falmouth that he collided on January 8 with the Dutch…

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Woman Injured. Knocked Down by Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

While Alderman A. [?]ngram, Mayor of Drummoyne, was driving to-night, along Russell street, Five Dock, he felt, a bump and on looking round found a woman…

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Knocked Down by Sulky. Police Inspector Injured. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

Police Inspector Byrne, in company with Superintendent McIntosh, was leaving the police station last night when he was knocked down by a sulky which…

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Flood Falls. Storms in Queensland Crops and Property Damaged. a Man Drowned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

An unusually heavy rainstorm swept the city and suburbs this morning, lowlying ground was flooded and the tram service disorganised. Breakfast Creek…

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District News. Ulmarra. Accident to a Lad

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Master Cecil O'Keeffe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. O'Keeffe, met with an accident this morning, which might have resulted more seriously. It appears the lad, who…

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Trains in Collision. Engines, Cars and Trucks Damaged. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

In connection with the train smash at Adamstown last night a passenger train, which left Newcastle for Belmont late at night, ran head on into a loaded coal…

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News of the World. 42 Miners Drowned. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

A message from Crosby (Minnesota) states that 42 miners perished when the bottom fell out of a small pond and flooded the working of the Milford iron…

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Man Injured. Scream, Then a Thud. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Hearing a scream, followed by a thud, a nightwatchman who lives in Raglan street, Waterloo, rushed out at an early hour this morning and found a man lying…

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Jumping a Fence. How Prince Was Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

The Prince of Wales spent, the night at Mentmoore Mansions with Lord Dalmeny prior to the meet at the Whaddon Chase Hounds at Ascot. Early next…

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Six Persons Injured. Lorry Hits Lamp Post. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2

Six people were injured when a heavily laden Ford motor lorry collided with a post on the Parramatta road near Home bush late last night. There were about…

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Fatal Motor Cycle Accident Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

James O'[?]eary, 58, and John Carroll, 28, were riding in a motor cycle on the road near Black Rock when the cycle swerved at a dangerous corned and…

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Body Torn by Sharks. Drowning Fatality at Currumbin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

A drowning fatality occurred at Currumbin Beach, Tweed Heads, on Friday. Frederick George Dullrow, a warder at the Goodna Mental Hospital, was…

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Accident on Train. Judge's on Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 5

John Edmunds, aged 18, son of Judge Edmunds, was travelling on a train between Summer Hill and Ashfield late on Saturday night, when he gave up his…

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Boy Drowned Police Recover Body. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

The body of Leslie Smith, aged seven, was picked up in the harbor near Clark Island to-day. He went with his parents and others to a picnic at Clark…

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Game Causes Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

A boy playing "hoop" on the road with an old motor Car tyre at Mudget caused a horse in a sulky to swerve suddenly and collide with a motor car…

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