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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Woman Motorist Injured. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 4

A motor car driven by Mrs. Jas. Lilley got out of control at Bathurst and, dashing through the railway gates, crashed in…

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Fire on Steamer Two Dead and Two Injured. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 4

A radio message says the Ginyo Maru's fire is under control and almost extinguished. Tw[?] death and…

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Deervale. Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 5

While having his separator adjusted by the engineer for the Alfa-Laval Co., Mr. A. Connors allowed his finger to come in contact with the cog-wheel, and as a…

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Holiday Casualties Motor Accidents. Capsize of Picnic Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

Nine people were injured, a number seriously, when a motor lorry capsized at North Sydney this morning. The occupants were all member of a picnic…

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One Armed Man Saves Girl From Drowning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

Joan Shearer, aged 8, fell from a wharf into the water at La Perouse A man named Setchell, who has only one arm jumped in to the girl's rescue, and…

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Telegrams Life Saver Drowned. While Testing Life Line. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

E. Curnow (20) was testing life line apparatus at Glenelg yesterday. He swam out about 250 yards, and while being hauled in disappeared. The body…

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Crashed Into Bridge. Motor Cyclist Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

Arthur Selby and John Anderson were riding in a motor cycle and side car on the western, road yesterday, when it crashed into a bridge. Selby sustained a…

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Accidents the Tyre Blew Out. One Killed, Five Injured Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Charles Clark, of Bowden, was fatally injured when a motor in which he was riding capsized in Memorial Drive in North West Park lands. The car…

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One Killed, Three Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

A party was motoring to Glen Alice races from Kandos on Thursday, when the car collided with a tree. F. Willis was killed, and three other members of…

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Lucky Escape. Detonators Explode. Two Men Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

While burning papers and rubbish in an Iron copper stand at the rear of the Soldier Settlement office, Wollumbin street, Murwillumbah, Messrs. P.Hunter…

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Tree Fell on Him. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Thomas Gonsage, 20, laborer, was sawing a tree in a gully near the Woronora River yesterday when portion of the trunk crashed down on him, knocked him…

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Scoots' Cycling Sports an Enjoyable Programme. Rooke Injured in a Spill

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

Fine weather favored the Grafton Boy Scouts on Saturday afternoon and evening, when, at Fisher Park, they staged a varied sports programme, in which cycling…

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Two Men Drowned. Heavy Storm at Orange. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A terrific storm passed over Orange yesterday. Two unknown men were drowned in White's paddock, but the bodies have not yet been recovered. The town itself…

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Attached by Bull. Man Badly Injured. Orange

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A man named Oliver was trying to turn a bull out of a paddock yesterday when the animal attacked him, breaking two of his ribs, besides inflicting serious…

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Where Is De Garis? "Decided on Drowning." Letters Suggest Suicide Abandoned Car and Clothing. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

At Mentone this morning an abandoned motor car was found in which was some clothing, also a note purporting to have been written by C. J. De Garis and…

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Clergyman Killed. Level Crossing Smash. Car Engine Derails Train. Shocking Accident at Tuggerah. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred near Wyong last night. Reverend William Herford, the resident Church of England clergyman at Wyong, was driving a car to…

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Premature Explosion. Workman Terribly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

While Thomas Gimbert, an employee of the Willoughby Council, was blasting to-day a charge prematurely exploded. Gimbert sustained dreadful injuries,…

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Miners Injured. Cage Drops to Bottom of Pit. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

Fourteen miners were seriously injured when a cage crashed to the bottom of a pit at a colliery at New Craighall, Edinburgh, this morning…

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Burning Accident. Miraculous Escape. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

A lad named John Mathews, aged 19, was painting the inside of a beer cylinder at Jones' brewery, Lithgow, when suddenly the paint caught fire…

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News of the World. Three Killed, Sixty Injured. Mauritius Railway Smash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 5

PORT LOUIS (Mauritius), Tuesday. Three were killed and sixty injured in a collision between two passenger trains. The dead include Henri Robert,…

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