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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 8

A sudden gust of wind upset a boating party at Bunbury, Western Australia, when Mr. and Mrs. Exton, of Collie, and Mrs. G. Burchell, of North Perth,…

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Anzac Injured

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 4

It is bad enough for the Anzacs to be wounded on the battlefield while engaged in the severe fighting in the front trenches, but one's luck is out…

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Sad Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 3

to automobile resulted in painful injuries to occupants, but Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic L iniment quickly healed all wounds. Price, 1s 6d and 3s. Obtainable…

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Drowning Fatality. in the Manning

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred last Monday afternoon near the Taree punt landing. A three-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fallowfield, of…

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Drowning Fatality at Taree

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 8

A sad case of drowning occurred on Monday at Taree when a child named Frederick Fallowfield, aged 4 years, lost his life. It appears that the lad and…

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Drowning Fatality

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 4

The remains of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fallowfield, who was drowned on Monday last, were interred at the Tinonee Cemetery on…

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After the Funeral. Serious Railway Collision. Copenhagen

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 5

The express from Vienna collided with a train from Budapest, near the Herzceg-Halom station when thousands were returning from the…

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 8

Whilst Mr. Patrick McNamara was driving near Eungai on Monday last he had occasion to flick his horse, which was attempting to drink at…

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Professor David Accident at the Front

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 December 1916 · page 2

Captain Wilson, who was attached to the Miners' Battalion, writing to Rev. C. J. Prescott, of Newington College, says:—…

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Footprints of Fate. Published by Social Arrangement. Copyright Chapter Xiii.—the Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 December 1916 · page 7

"As to which of the two sisters went to the Folly, you have," Mr. Gribble Assented "But if you mean as to who caused Thoresby's death, I…

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