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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at Collombatti on Saturday last. Miss Dorothy Belschner, who had only recently completed a course of training at…

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Accident to Mr. W. T. Dangar

Macleay Argus · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 4

On Saturday last, whilst out driving, Mr. W. T. Dangar met with an accident, which will necessitate his resting for a while. He was out driving to…

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Sulky Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

On Friday morning last Mrs. Adam Channels was driving along Tilly Willy Creek road towards Macksville. When close to the railway station the…

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Teacher Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 5

Miss Belchner, of Kogarah, who has been appointed to a school at Gollombatti, was returning to Kempsey in a sulky driven by. Mr. Delaforce, who…

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Fatal Accident. Man Killed by Falling Rock

Macleay Argus · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Lower Creek, about 60 miles from Kempsey, on the Upper Macleay, on Tuesday, the victim being a well-known former…

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Painful Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 4

ON Monday last while Mrs. W. Graham, of Tacking Point, was engaged in domestic duties, she suddenly tripped, and to save herself from falling grasped at one of the…

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Sawmilling Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 2

An appalling fatality occurred at Mr. Grahame's timber mill. near the railway gates Glouster on Thursday morning last, by which Mr. Payne…

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Telegrams. Fatal Car Accident. Woman and Child Killed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

While W. F. Duane, of Melbourne, formerly of Junce, was driving his wife and four children in a touring car the engine failed while ascending…

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Coopernook Resident Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

WHILE Mr. George Payne, a resident of Coopernook, was at work sharpening a circular saw at one of the mills in the Gloucester district on Thursday (last week),…

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Injured Fireman

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 4

During the recent trip of the North. Coast Company's Kalateena to the Clarance, when the rough weather prevented her entering…

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Ship's Fireman Injured

Macleay Argus · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 4

On Friday afternoon an injured fireman from the North Coast Company's steamer Kalateena was landed at Trial Bay and taken to the Macleay…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 8

A SHOCKING motor fatality occurred near Tarcutta the other day. The party left Melbourne in a tourning car on a trip to Cootamundra. When…

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Shocking Double Fatality. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 4

Two brothers named Walker, aged 8 and 13 years respectively, were run down by a train while crossing the [?] line at Clyde last night. One…

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Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 4

Mr. Frank Cook, of West Kempsey, met with a painful accident whilst working at Hennessy's mill, on Tuesday afternoon last. Whilst a log was…

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Sensational Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 4

An accident that might easily have been attended with fatal results happened on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of the Presbyterian Manse,…

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No Accident That

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 2

Round the camp fire—to put it poetically—a lot of soldiers were discussing hairbreadth escapes and adventures they'd had. One after…

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Motor Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 4

Two motor-car accidents in the city yesterday resulted in a number of persons being more or less seriously injured…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 4

On Tuesday of last week, Mr. McGuire, an employee of the Railway Construction Branch, met with an accident, a muck truck flap falling on his…

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Painful Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

WHILST loading girders on the steamer Macquarie on Monday last, Chief Officer Daley met with rather a painful accident through having his foot jambed…

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Motor Accident Case

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 July 1919 · page 4

Considerable interest was taken in the crow oases that arose out of the well-remembered motor collision between Mr. Frank Tyne's car and the…

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