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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Ulmarra. a Chapter of Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 4

The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Firth, of Upper Coldstream, was bitten on the leg by a black snake on Tuesday last. It appears the child was…

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Jockey Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

While schooling the jumper Mynarrow over the hurdles at Flemington this morning, W. H. Collins, a cross-country rider, was thrown and seriously injured. He is…

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Heard Screams. Woman Drowned Man Before the Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

James Henderson, 44, laborer, appeared at the Brisbane Court to-day charged with having at Brisbane on January 5 unlawfully killed Mary Walden…

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Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. A. Connor met with a painful accident the other day whilst assisting an engineer to adjust his cream separator. One of his fingers was…

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Fatal Accident at Cessnock Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

Leonard Billiot, a miner, and George Fleming were engaged working at the Aberdare Central Colliery at Cessnock when a fall of coal took place…

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Two Cars in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

A collision between two cars at Neutral Bay yesterday resulted in several persons being more or less seriously injured…

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Baby's Death Drowned in Waterhole. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

William Dawson, 18 months old, was drowned in a waterhole near his home at Waterloo this afternoon. The baby wandered away, and was not missed for some…

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Boat Capsized. Three Men Drowned. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

Two prospectors named Green and Kinsella and two fishermen named George and William Jones were going into Boat Harbor in a small fishing boat. When…

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Premature Explosion Two Bluejackets Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

While a demonstration in the use of signal rockets was being given on the barquentine Lindstol, the training ship for the Navy League Cadets in Sydney…

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Motor Smash Two Dead and Two Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

A motor car containing four men struck a rut in the Point Nepean road at Brighton and rolled over twice. Samuel Kellet was killed outright and…

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Mail Coach Accident. Passengers Escape Injury. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

A mail coach plunged 200 feet into a gorge at Mount Sabine, Victoria. Fortunately no passengers were injured…

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Storm at Balranald. Two Persons Injured. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

Following three days of intense heat a terrific windstorm accompanied by rain and hail passed over Balranald yesterday…

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All in a Fog. Towns of Western Europe. Thirty Injured in Train Smash. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

The dense fog in London during the past two days is most seriously interfering with the traffic in the streets, causing stoppages of buses and trams…

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Terrific Impact. Suburban Trains in Collision. Smash Near Redfern Tunnel. Seventeen Passengers Injured. Carriages Reduced to Matchwood. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

A serious railway smash occurred just outside Central Railway Station to-night. Two trains, one crowded with passengers, and the other almost empty, came into collision…

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Fall of Rock. Three Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

Two men had miraculous escapes from death at the city railway workings to-day when part of the wall of the Bathurst street section save way, and four tons…

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Balranald Cyclone. Enormous Damage Done. Girl Fatally Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

Further details of the terrific cyclone which passed over Balranald show that a portion of the public hospital and public school were partly demolished…

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Train Smash Twenty-Three Killed Express Hits Stationary Train. Injured Total Fifty. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

A terrible roilway accident is reported from Germany. The disaster was due to the driver of an express train failing to see the danger…

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Murderous Gang. Attack on Mohammedans. Man Killed Girl Injured. Revolvers and Knives Used. Bombay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

A desperate outrage occurred at a fashionable quarter at Bombay last night. A gang of armed men attacked a motor car with revolvers and knives, apparently with…

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Shocking Accident on Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

A shocking accident with a fatal termination, occured on the Townsville mail train just before reaching Bundaberg on Saturday night, the victim being Robert…

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Injured at Timber Yards

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

A serious accident befel Mr. C. H. H. Hockey, of Burringbar, shortly afternoon on Tuesday. He was unloading timber at Burringbar sawmill, when [?]…

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