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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Sequel to Steamer Collision Claim for Damages. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

A writ has been issued out of the Supreme Court against the owners of the Federal Steam. Navigation Co. steamer Surrey by the Australian Steamships…

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Three Injured Motor Car Somersaults. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

Three persons were injured as the result of a car turning a complete somersault near Bathurst last night. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brady and James Ritchie were…

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Cored by a Bull. Mr. A. Nelson Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. August Nelson had a narrow escape from being gored by his own “ quiet” Jersey ball…

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Collision in Prince St. Horse Crashes Into Car Drunken Aborigine Rider

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 4

A somewhat sensational accident occurred in Prince street, Grafton, about 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, when a aborigine, Gilbert Hill, riding on horseback,…

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Head-on Smash. Two Cars Wrecked. Three Persons Injured Sensational Smash Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Three persons were severely injured and two cars were totally wrecked as the result of a sensational motor. collision which occurred on Prince's Highway,…

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Railway Smash 76 KILLED, 37 Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

A Karlsben message reports that 76 Were killed and 37 injured in a terrible railway smash at St. Argard. Reports from Warsaw state that the…

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Fell Through Skylight. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

Albert Greenwood, 30, was mending holes in the roof of his home in Albion street, Surry Hills, to-day, when he overbalanced and fell through the skylight on…

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Man and Girl. Double Shooting Fatality a New Zealand Tragedy. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

A man and girl were found shot dead alongside a motor car at Lake Rotorua to-day. An employee of the Public Works Department, who heard shots, made a…

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Hawkes[?]ury Race Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 3

The A.J.C. stipendiary stewards held an inquiry into the cause of the fall of Lady Dorus, Pelman and [?]raitlace in the Park Stakes at Hawkesbury in March…

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Jockey Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

Fred Schrader, a jockey apprentice, while riding Boaster at Randwick this morning, fell near the two furlongs post. His left thigh was broken, and he suffered…

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Train Wrecks Lorry Man Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

A goods train crashed into a motor lorry at a level-crossing near Foster to-day, and Victor Smith, driver of the lorry, was seriously injured…

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Shocking Accident at Gundagai. Man's Head Pierced. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Gundagai on Saturday night, when a car driven by Edgar Elliott collided with a sulky driven by James Noon…

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Accident at Wingham Road. Car and Motor Cycle Collide Soouts Render First Aid

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 3

While returning from Wingham on his Waratah motor cyele at about 1.30 p.m. on Saturday last Mr. J. Curtis, of Coopernook, had a bad…

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Jockey Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 1

McLachlan junr's. mount in the first race at Chester to-day, fell. The jockey was slightly injured, and was removed to a local infirmary. It is doubtful…

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Shocking Affair. Found in a Dam. Was It Suicide Pact? Family of Four Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 5

A shocking affair is reported from Beckom, in the Temora district. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker and their two children, a boy and a girl aged eleven and…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

Miss Lila Fraser, a young woman from Tamworth, met with a serious accident while practising on the showground track at Taree on Friday afternoon, with the…

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Driver Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

A collision occurred at Erskineville between two engines in the railway yards. Both were badly damaged, and the driver of one, George Enstone, had his right leg…

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Olympic Winner Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

Abrahams, the British Olympic winner, met with a serious accident in the long jump contest sit the London Athletic Club. After a jump of twenty-two feet…

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Cut to Pieces. Two Railway Employees Shocking Accident at Redfern. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

A shocking double fatality occurred near Redfern railway yards this morning. Two men named Harry Hearn, a leading electrician, and Wilks, electrician's…

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21 Drowned River Steamer Sinks. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 3

A message from Memphis (Teanessee) says it is officially announced that twenty-one lives were lost by the sinking of the steamer Morman in the Mississippi River,…

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