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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Damages for Motor Accident. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 5

As a result of a settlement between the parties, Mr. Bert Edwards, Labor member dor Adelaide, is to pay £1350 damages to Marjorie Evans, whom he…

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The Prince's Fall. Film of the Accident. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 5

A film of the prince of Wales' riding accident shows that there were spectators on the course, and possibly the Prince swerved to avoid them…

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Body in Bush. Riverina Shooting Fatality. West Wyalong

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 4

Frederick McNair, aged 21 years, share farmer at Wamboyne, left home to go shooting and bee nesting. As he had not returned by evening a…

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Shell Explodes. Little Boy Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 5

Gerald Muddiman, aged seven and a half years, was playing with a live shell salved from H.M.A.S. Australia, when it exploded. The boy was thrown…

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Two Persons Injured. Car and Cab Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 4

A man named Joseph Fayden and girl named Beryl Clayton were injured last night when a motor car, which was driven by the former, ran off the North…

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Accident on Mountain

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 2

Mr. George Ross had hard luck with bis new Studebaker car while coming up the Mountain on Monday last. Seeing a team of horses approaching…

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Car Capsizes. Parramatta Road Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 5

William Byrne and Harry Brown were injured, and a motor car was damaged to the extent of £400, on the Parramatta road to-day. Byrne was…

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News of the World. Comedian Found Drowned. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

The comedian, Te Dunville, mysteriously disappeared from London yesterday, and was found drowned at Reading today…

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Accident to a Worker. Heavy Claim for Damages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

In the Banco Court to-day Clarence Royce, a telephone mechanic, claimed £3000 damages from Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd., in respect of injuries…

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Gallant Rescuer Drowned. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 5

Four women were swept away in an undertow at Mandurah on Sunday. Arthur Lakeman, husband of one of…

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Fatality in a Storm. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 4

During a heavy thunderstorm near Gisborne a team of eight horses, driven by Thomas Nicholls, took fright at the a lightning, and plunged over a 20 foot…

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Saves Four Women Then Is Drowned Perth

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

Four women were swept away in an undertow at Manduran on Sunday last Arthur Lakeman, the husband of one of the women, managed to bring…

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Disastrous Collision On the Thames Matatua and Merchant Vessel. Eight of Crew Killed Outright London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 5

the inaccessibility of the Thames side district where the Matatua and an American merchant vessel collided has greatly delayed the receipt of authentic…

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Train Accident Eight Deaths London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

The International Express from Ostend to Balo collided with a goods train. Eight people are dead and 10 others…

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Matatua Collision. Eight Bodies Identified. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 5

Eight of the deceased men of the Matatua have been identified. They are all greasers and their addresses are in London. A tug was brought to Gravesend…

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Marine Collision. Japanese Steamer Sunk. Crash Off Kentish Coast. Crew Trapped in Bunks. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 5

The Japanese steamer Tokofuku Maru, bound for Bremen to Japan, was sunk in a collision with the German steamer Heimdal in a fog off Dungeness…

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Fatal Motor Collision. Swerved to Avoid a Dog. Man Arrested in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 5

At an inquest into the death of Barbara Cox, a young girl, who was killed in a collision between two motor cars near Lidcombe on February 16,…

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Local Ado General. Painful Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 2

Mrs C. A. Fioch was the victim of a distinctly painful accident on Wednesday. She was endeavoring to eject some straying cattle from…

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Motoring Accident. Collision with Sulky. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 5

An accident, which might have been attended with fasal results, occurred at Balgowlah to-night. A motor car, driven by Harold Considine, was proceeding…

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Riding Accidents at a Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

On the third day of the Casino show a boy named Artie Lee was thrown on to the rails of the track during a pony race and had his scalp badly cut…

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