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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Holiday Accidents

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 4

Have You a Pot of Zam-Buk Handy. Don't go for your holiday without a pot of Zam-Buk. Cuts, bruises, spra[?]s, etc., are always liable to occur, but…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 4

Wednesday afternoon last, at Long-reach wharf, Mr. Chas. Coleman last his wife and three-year-old son, Wallace Ivan, in peculiarly sad…

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Fatality at Stratford

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Stratford on Sunday last, the victim being a returned soldier named David Burgess, who was employed by Mr…

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The Inquest. Verdict of Found Drowned

Macleay Argus · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

On Tuesday, Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., Coroner, held an inquest touching the death of Sybil Florence Coleman, 23 years, and Wallace Ivan Cope, three…

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Double Drowning. Mother and Child. Clasped Together in Death

Macleay Argus · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

A particularly sad fatality occurred on Wednesday, December 11th, Mrs. Sybil Florence Coleman, wife of Mr. Charles Coleman, who is a plumber…

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Painful Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

On Wednesday lost a painful accident befel Mr. Steve Newton, of Wards River, whilst working at the Saw Mill of Messrs. J. Croll and Sons…

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Railway Engineer Suffocated. a Macksville Fatality

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 5

A fatal accident of a somewhat rare character occurred last week at the Macksville railway bridge, the victim being Mr. Walter James Badham, aged…

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Accident to a Lad

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 4

On Saturday last the nine-year-old son of Mr. Phil Everson, of Euroka, fell off a horse he was riding and, his foot catching in the stirrup, he was…

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