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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Accident to Railway Guard

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 4

Guard Orams, of he goods train between Kempsey and Taree, had his right leg broken on Tuesday last at Coopernook, whilst engaged in loading…

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Remarkable Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

A most peculiar accident occurred at Junce recently, resulting, fortunately in nothing more serious than damage to an office. It happened in Broadway,…

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Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

On Saturday night a fatal accident occurred at Gloucester Railway Station. Malcolm Cameron, aged 17, a junior porter at The station was going home…

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Railway Fatality

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

Malcolm Campbell, a youth of 17 years, son of Mr. Campbell, ganger at Gloucester, was run down by the Kempsey mail train early on Sunday…

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Shocking Fatality Mr. Malcolm Campbell Killed

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

On Sunday morning about 2 a.m. Malcolm Campbell, Junior porte at Gloucester Railway Station, started for his home three miles south…

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Mr. Les. P[?]rtous Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 4

MR. LES. PORTEUS, late of Port Macquarie, and now a conductor on the Sydney trams, met with a painful accident a few days ago in the course of his duties. He was…

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Local and General News. Shocking Railway Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred last Sunday morning on the railway line between Gloucester and Ward's River. A lad named Campbell, eighteen years of age, a junior…

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 2

On Saturday about 4 a.m., a young man, named Charles Maher, was run over by a motor car in the vicinity of Port Macquarie and very seriously…

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Fatally Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 8

Saturday night last, a driver of a motor car running into Port Macquarie in the dark bumped over something, and on going back to…

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Motor Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

The victim of the motor accident in the vicinity of Port Macquarie, reported in our last issue, succumbed to his injuries in the Macleay District…

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Motoring Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 3

Whilst driving from Gulargambone to Gilgandra on Friday night, a motor car party met with an accident with serious results. It appears that whilst…

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Richmond River Fatality. Three of a Family Drowned. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 December 1919 · page 3

Two daughters, aged 16 and 13, and a son aged 11, of Mr. E. L. Arnett, near Kyogle, were drowned in the Richmond River on Sunday morning…

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Shocking Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

At Longreach on Sunday morning local residents were shocked to hear that Mr. Hames Robert Hope Ridley aged 46, a visitor from…

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The Shark Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 4

Mr. James Ridley, of Lidcombe, who was bitten by a shark, whilst swimming in the Macleay River last Sunday morning, near Pelican Island, as…

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A Peculiar Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 4

Whilst playing on a bed with her sister on Thursday little Doris Donovan, aged five years, daughter of Constable and Mrs. Donovan, of Central…

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Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. Smith, a returned soldier employed by the Kempsey Municipal Council on the water extension works at Commandant Hill, had the misfortune…

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Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 3

Five returned soldiers were among seven men drowned at the entrance to Lake Macquarie on Sunday. A young returned soldier with his wife were…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 2

Yesterday morning, whilst cutting firewood at the circular saw at Messrs. Hennessy's sawmill, Mr. Ernest Witchard had the misfortune to get fingers…

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A Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 2

The death took place at Bowraville early on Friday morning of Mr. Darcy Leighton Williams, of Macksville, as a result of an accident which occurred…

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Riding Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 2

Mr. Searle, a local resident, met with a nasty accident on Sunday. He was riding a young horse, which threw him, the rider sustaining a fracture of the…

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