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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Drowned in Mine Seventeen Bodies Recovered. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

The bodies of 17 victims of the Scots-wood mine disaster, which occurred on March 29, have been recovered. The men apparently met their death in the swiftly…

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Thrown Out of Car. Two Women Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

Nurse Le Messurier and her sister were badly hurt through a car in which they were riding overturned. It is thought the brakes were applied too quickly and…

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Drowned in Waterhole

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. George Jones, a respected resident of Walcha,was riding home by a short route along the banks of the Apsley River Saturday night, and the night being…

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Marine Court Inquiry Coombar-wallsend Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

An inquiry was held in the Marine Court to-day into the cause of the collision between the steamer Coombar and Wallsend in Sydney harbor on April 28…

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Buried Under Bricks Workman Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

Robert Ramsay, 51, was working at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's building at Pyrmout to-day when a load of bricks which was being hauled up to a…

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Serious Accident Man's Foot Severed by Log. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. Dick Teeling, junr., met with a very serious accident on Tuesday morning. It appears the unfortunate young man was working with his father in the…

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Fatal Accident with Pearifle

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

A sad accident occurred at Yarraman, near Moree, on Saturday afternoon, when a lad named John Frederick Alexander, lost his life. Alexander and another boy,…

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Shocking Accident. J[?]ed By a Tree. Young Man Loses His Foot

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 2

Another of those shocking accidents which, unfortunately, are only too frequent in a timber district, occurred on Tuesday, the victim…

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Bus Over Culvert One Person Injured. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

Thirty-five passengers in a motor 'bus had lucky escapes from serious injury when the vehicle dashed off the road and plunged into a culvert at Cockle Creek…

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Coombar's Collision Marine Court's Finding. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 5

The Marine Court to-day concluded its inquiry into the cause of the collision between the steamers Coombar and Wallsend in Sydney harbor on April 28…

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"Raw" Horses Enoggera Camp Fatality. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 5

At a meeting of the Greater Brisbane Council to-day, a letter was read from the Defence Department relating to the recent fatal accident to an artillery trainee…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 2

We are very sorry to learn that the infant, and only, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Cooke was the victim of a rainful accident on Saturday last, as a…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 4

John Williams, the nine year-old son of Mr. George Williams, of Stott's Creek, died on Saturday night as the result of a shooting accident which occurred the…

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'Bus and Tram. Collision at Camperdown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

A motor bus crowded with passengers collided with a tram in Parramatta road, Camperdown, this morning. Although the…

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Mother's Heroism Attempt to Rescue Son Both Drowned Tragedy at Gladesville. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

A woman named Mrs. Holland and her four-years-old son were drowned in the old metal quarry near Gladesville this morning. It is stated the child fell into the…

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Heavy Floods. One Man Drowned. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

News received from Wagga at mid-night showed that the flood waters were expected to reach the town this morning. One hundred families have…

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Another Fatality. 2000 Refugees at Wagga. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 3

Another flood fatality is reported, the victim being J. McDonald, overseer on Sawyer's property near Wantabadgery in the Wagga district, who was drowned last…

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Local and General. Fatality on Camden Haven Bar

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 2

On Thursday last a fatality occurred on the Camden Haven bar, owing to the fishing launch Ida capsizing. The boat, with three persons on board, was…

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Car Smash Five Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 2

Last night a car driven by Thos. Kelly, of Randwick, ran into a verandah post and overturned. All the occupants were thrown out…

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Peculiar Accident Jockey's Leg Broken. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 4

In the Highweight Handicap at Moonee Valley Jockey Flowers, who rode Golden Bright met with a singular accident. His leg came in contact with Arroya, who was…

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