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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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The Marathon. Story of Collision

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

The 7800-ton Marathon, which was beached off Dungeness, in the Straits of Dover, after a collision in a fog with the 1600 ton Japanese steamer…

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Motor Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

A car party had a most miraculous escape on the Bowman road on Monday last. Mr. 'Dick' Oldfield was driving a party comprising Messrs. H. R…

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Shocking Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 4

Two children of Mr and Mrs Rowsell, of Port Macquarie, met with a shocking accident recently, when scalded with a pot of newly made tea…

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Telegrams. Shooting Fatality. Returned Soldier's Body Pound. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 5

Harry Williams, a returned soldier, went out shooting at Willington and failed to return. The police found his body on the highest point of…

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Local and General. Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 4

Master Roy Nott, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Nott, of Tozer-street, West Kempsey, was driving a cart on Friday last, when he fell out of the…

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Scalding Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 4

The youngest son of Mrs. Bon. Robertson, of West Kempsey, met with a severe scalding accident on Tuesday morning. It appears the child was…

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Concrete Ships in Collision

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 7

Ferro concretc ships would- not be hopelessly smashed like earthenware vessels if they came into collision. If one ferro-concretc vessel travelling…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 4

WORKERS at the Port Macquarie Municipal quarry witnessed some exciting some on Monday last. Operations were proceeding placidly, when something suddenly…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 25 September 1919 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon Mr. Walter Miles was crossing a creek with his bullock team and waggon, with a long log on it, at the back of Mr. Bob…

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Fatal Driving Accident Mrs. Barbara Paff

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 8

The coroner (Mr. G. B. Morris) held an inquiry on Tuesday of last week, at Nabiac, into the cause of death of Mrs. Barbara Paff, wife of Mr. Frank…

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Painful Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 October 1919 · page 4

Mr. W. Brown, Gladstone's popular storekeeper, met with a painful accident last week-end, while gutting into his sulky on the Belmore road…

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Shooting Fatality. Death of Albert Baker

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, a sad shooting fatality occurred at Commandant Hill, when a lad named Albert Baker, aged 14 years…

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Accident at the Crusher

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 4

While engaged at the crusher at the municipal works, East Kempsey, on Wednesday morning, Mr. Harry Hudson, one of the carters, was struck by…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 4

Malvie Booth, the 11-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Booth, of Timagog, had the misfortune to break her right arm at the elbow on…

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Shooting Fatality

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 6

A fatal shooting accident occurred at Kempsey on Friday afternoon. A lad named Albert Baker, aged 14, of Commandant Hill, and his cousin…

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Fatal Shooting Accident at Kemp[?]

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

A FATAL shooting accident occurred at Kempsey on Friday afternoon. A lad named Albert Baker, 14, of Commandant Hill, and his cou[?]in, Joseph Barbour, a…

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Fatal Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1919 · page 2

Miss Clarice Farley, was knocked down by a motor car in Tarce on Monday last and was fatally injured. Miss Farley, who is a daughter of Mr. Alan…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 October 1919 · page 4

SUNDAY afternoon, about 5 o'clock, Kempsey folk were shocked with the sad news that Miss Mary Macdonald Gamack (better known as "Molly")…

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Sad Burning Fatality. Death of Miss Molly Gamack

Macleay Argus · Thursday 9 October 1919 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon, Miss Molly Gamack, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gamack, of Hampden Hall, met with a painful burning…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 4

Sunday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, Kempsey folk were shocked with the sad news that Miss Mary Macdonald Gamack (better known as "Molly") had been terribly…

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