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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Four Drowned. Mother's Mind Unhinged the Ardlethan Tragedy. Ardlethan

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 2

The deaths of Robert Parker, his wife and family, who were drowned in a dam about two miles from Beckom, on Tuesday, were inquired into by the District Coroner,…

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Car Hits Tram Little Boy Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 3

A sensational collision between a motor car and tram occurred at Rockdale this afternoon, but although both vehicles were extensively damaged, no one was…

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Woman's Revenge. One Killed, Two Injured Five Shots in Theatre. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 3

At a moment in Ibsen's play when Peer Gynt is shipwrecked midst a thunderstorm a woman sitting in the third row of a box at the Burg Theatre fired five shots from…

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Accident in River

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 2

While working at Broadmeadows, cutting burrs for the Glen Innes P.P. Board, Mr. Edward Erdman met With a painful accident. He was crossing the river,…

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Lost Overboard Ship's Officer Drowned. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 5

P. S. Jones, fourth officer of the R.M.S. Mooltan, disappeared when the steamer was three days out from Colombo on the voyage to Australia. It suggested he…

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Man Drowned. While Crossing Creek Fatality at Lionsville

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 4

A man named William George Atkins, about 60 years of age, was drowned at midday on Tuesday while crossing Washpool Creek, near Lionsville, on the Upper…

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In Flood Waters Two Men Drowned. Bega

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 5

In attempting to cross a flooded flat in a van and sulky, Henry Duncan, jun., and Edward Walker, both married men, were drowned. Two boys named Munro…

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Three Injured Motor and Side Cars Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 5

Three men were injured when a motor car and side car collided with another motor cycle in the Parramatta road, Kellyville, to-day. Arthur Redden, 19,…

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Run Down by Train. Surveyor Killed Instantly Second Victim Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 5

Caught in a railway cutting, two men received shocking injuries when they were run down by a train at Como this afternoon. One died instantly and the other…

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Channel Collision Coastal Vessel Sinks. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5

The steamer Lyngern, from Oslo to Sydney, collided in a fog off Beach Head at midnight with the small coastal steamer Ryoner. The last-mentioned was…

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Accident at Ebor

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 2

Our Ebor correspondent advises us that Mr. Bruce Miller was the victim of a serious accident on Tuesday, when he had his arm broken in two…

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Lionsville Tragedy. Elderly Man Drowned the Inquest

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 4

At the Royal Hotel, Lionsville, on Wednesday night, Mr. E. Avery, J.P. (Deputy Coroner) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Car and Lorry Collide Loan Organiser Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 3

Mr. Dash, Commonwealth loan organiser was hurrying at midday on Saturday to catch the Cooma for Sydney, when a motor car which he was driving collided…

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Car Overturns. One Killed. Two Injured. Riverstone Smash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 3

One man was killed and two seriously injured as the result of a motor car capsizing on the Windsor road last night. Henry Bunce was driving to Sydney,…

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Thirty Missing. Five Killed, 25 Injured Explosion in Mine. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 3

Two hundred miners are missing owing to a terrific explosion at the Dortsfield mine, near Dortmund, where 500 are employed in the pits…

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Man and Wife. Drowned in Bath a Melbourne Tragedy. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

Edward Day and Annie Day, both aged about 35, were found dead in a bath in a lodging house at Fitzroy this morning. It appears that late last night Mr. and…

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Mob Attack Indians One Killed, Others Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

A mob attacked eight Indians in a house at Glasgow. One Indian was fatally stabbed and the others injured. The police made nine arrests…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

A man whose name is believed to be Michael Lawrey was knocked down by a motor car in William street, Sydney, yesterday and died several hours later in…

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Local and General. Street Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. P. Smith, junr. of Muwillumbah, was run into [?]y a motor car on Friday. He was knocked down and confined to his home as a result, but fortunately escaped…

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Accident at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 4

An accident, which might have had much more serious results, occurred in River street, Ulmarra, on Monday afternoon. W. Newman was engaged in…

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