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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Drowned at Old Bar. Miss Ella McNEIL Carried to Sea

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 3

[?]sad drowning accident occurred at the Old Bar on Sunday afternoon, between three and four o'clock,' when a young lady, Ella, daughter of Mr…

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CRAVEN An Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

Whilst out riding on Saturday afternoon the 5th inst. Mr. Leslie (Cody) Settree had the misfortune to be thrown from his…

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Week-End Accidents. Motor Mishaps

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 5

Sunday last Mr. Sid Sutherland's Essex car struck a ballast log just at the foot of the hill this side of Port Macquarie The car sustained…

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Macleay Motor Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

Three motor accidents happened in the Macleay district on Sunday. Mr. Syd. Sutherland was driving his car, with three passengers, from Port,…

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Drowning Fatality on the Manning

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 4

ON Sunday last Miss Ella McNeill, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. McNeill, of Oxley Island, Manning River, was drowned at the Old Bar. A fairly heavy sea was…

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Inquest. Old Bar Drowning Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 8

On Wednesday the District Coroner, Mr. G. B. Morris, J.P., held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the drowning of Miss Ellen McNeil in…

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Painful Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 4

ON Wednesday last Mr. George Anderson was having the wheels of his cart re-tyred, and to facilitate operations he propped the vehicle up in readiness for restoring the…

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FORBESDALE An Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 2

While returning, aud within one mile of home, on Saturday evening last, Mr. Win. Barrage, who resides on the property of…

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Stratford Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 2

The friends of Mr. J. Crook will regret to know that his Daughter Monnic has had the misfortune to again break her leg while playing at school…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

While Mr. J. W. Robinson was cutting timber at Eungai yesterday he cut his right knee badly with his axe. He was brought to the railway station,…

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Prince Henry. Injured While Hunting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 3

WHILE hunting in South Berkshire Prince Henry, the King's third son, fell, and was kicked in the head by his horse He was taken to the…

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Dairyman's Strange Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 3

AT Tuckurimba, the other flay, Peter Gaudron, a dairyman, had a loaded pea-rifle at the milking shed. The cow he was milking kicked the rifle over, and, in falling,…

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Craven Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. S. Kingston met with an accident at the State Sawmills some little time ago. He is still receiving medical treatment, but progressing favorably…

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Express Driver Asleep Collision Narrewly Averted

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

A wire from Wellington (N.Z). on Sunday states:—On February 17 a head-on collision between two express trains was…

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Craven a Fatal Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

The locality of Craven is this morning enveloped in a cloud of gloom, owing to a very sad fatality that occurred at the State Sawmill about 2 a.m.,…

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Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

At Bowraville a few days ago a young man named Raymond, a butcher, was engaged slaughtering a bullock, and when cleaving the…

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Found Drowned

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

ON Thursday last the body of Mr. John Wilson, an elderly fisherman, was found near the Wauchope wharf. His motor launch was noticed adrift,…

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800 Believed Drowned Disaster in Chinese Waters British Steamer Lost

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 5

A message from Hongkong states that it is believed 800 Chinese have been drowned in the wreck of the British steamer Hong Moh…

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Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

On Saturday last, about dinner time, Mr. E. T. Hoschke, local representative of W. Seccombe, seed merchant, Coff's Harbour, left his home near the…

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Shooting Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

Mr. E. T. Hoschke, whilst shooting near Macksville, slipped on a log. The gun which he was carrying exploded, the charge lodging in his body. He…

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