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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Fatality at Dungog. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Percival Goodman, employed by the Works Department at Dungog as a skip filler, overbalanced on a chain suspended across the river and fell on to the…

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Young Woman Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

[?] 19, of Newtown, was drowned in the Nepean River near Pen[?]ith yesterday…

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Child Drowned Rescue Work by Unknown Motorist. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Hazeldene Pollard, five years, residing with her parents at Newtown, was drowned in the Woronora River this afternoon. The child was bathing in…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Judge's Daughter Killed. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

Miss Ethel Ewing, daughter of Mr. Justice Ewing, was out riding near Launceston when the animal bolted. After travelling a mile and a half Miss Ewing was…

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Baby Strangled Strange Fatality at Bondi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

A strange fatality occurred at Bondi yesterday. Mrs. Eva Baker placed her 13 months old son in his cot in the front room with a dummy in his muth,…

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Car Driver in Trouble Collision with Spring Cast. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court, Sydney Charles Johnson was committed for trial on a charge of having caused bodily ham to Catherline McMahon…

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Gored by Bull Son Killed, Father Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

A farmer named James Fry was attacked and trampled on by a [?] while he was at work in a paddock. His son came to his rescue and the…

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Island Murder Tragedy at Suva Man Killed and Woman Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

A message from Suva reports a strange crime which occurred recently. A native who was going on a journey asked a friend to live with his wife and…

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The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the Glen miles P. and A Society it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the society's liability in connection with accidents…

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Show Accidents Society's Liability Legal Opinion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the Glen Innes P. and A. Society it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the society's liability in connection with accidents at show time…

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Series of Explosions. Five Killed, 38 Injured. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

Five were killed and 38 injured in af series of serious explosions at the Reinsdorf explosive works. The victims were mostly women…

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Mother Killed Daughter Injured Run Down by a Motor 'Bus. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

While, attempting to cross Liverpool street, near College street, at about 6 o'clock to-night, Agnes Skuse 40, and her daughter, Ena Skuse, were knocked…

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Accident to Mailey. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 2

Arthur Mailey's luck was out on the cricket field yesterday. Fielding for Balmain against Gordon he was hit in the face by a hard cut into slip and had to…

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Two Killed Accidents at Manly Motor and Tram Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 3

There were two fatal accidents to-day in the district covered by the Manly police. Violet Corndallis, aged 34 years, whose address has not yet been ascertained, was…

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Boat Capsized Two Children Drowned Parents Rescued. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

Two boys, Melville and Desmond Lochran, aged four and a half and two years respectively, lost their lives in the Mary River, near Widgee Crossing, yesterday…

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A Grafton Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

Bernard Mullins, a youth employed by the firm of McKenna and Smith, met with a painful accident at Grafton yesterday afternoon. He was engaged in…

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Launch Fatality. Two Boys Drowned. Gympie (Qld.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 3

Four adults and two boys were returning from a picnic in a launch when the engine failed, and the launch overturned. The parents…

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Two Children Drowned. in Mary River. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

Two children were drowned in the Mary River, Queensland, through a boat they were in capsizing. The other occupants had a narrow…

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Injured in Dispute. Afghan Stabbed. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

During a dispute at North Camp last night an Afghan, named Khan Muller received a severe blow on the head with a heavy instrument besides being stabbed…

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Railway Fatality at Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 4

Thomas Stover (53), a well-borer, who, with Thomas Dean, had been engaged well-boring on Avon Downs station, Northern Territory, was knocked down…

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