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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Fire Fatality

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

Through the snapping of a 80-foot tower ladder in the early stages of a fire in George-st., Sydney, on Sunday, one fireman was killed and another…

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Burning Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 4

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Port Macquarie on Saturday, the 19th, when Dallas Bransdon, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Gun Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 2

A gun accident resulting in serious in jury occurred on Sunday last in the Brush, near Bulliac. From what we can gather, the victim, a railway guard…

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Trains in Collision. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 5

A New York message says twenty persons were injured in a rear end collision between two Hudson tube trains…

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Remarkable Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 2

A Gunnedah message states that an extraordinary accident was responsible for the death of Norman Romans. Whilst engaged at fencing on William…

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Sulky Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 2

Mr. Colin J. G. Newell, J.P., and Mr.L. C. Noland had a narrow escape from serious accident, or death recently. They were driving through…

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Struck by Lightning. Two Killed, Three Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 5

During a severe thunderstorm at Weston, near Maitland, yesterday afternoon, 16 members of a football team took refuge in a shed, which was…

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Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

This morning Mr. "Arthur Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Scott, of East Kempsey, met with an accident. He intended going to Toorooka on Mr. H…

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Sulky Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 5

ON Thursday last Messrs. Pat. Doyle and Archie Johnson, of Hollands Plains, were driving in a sulky, and when near Telegraph Point the horse…

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Injured by Toy Aeroplane

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 2

Master Fred. Phillips, son of Dr. A. B. Phillips, met with a serious accident on Thursday evening, as the result of which it is feared he will lose one…

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Norfolk Fatality. Coroner's Remarks

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 6

The inquiry into the disaster on the steamer Norfolk, when three wharf- laborers were killed by a rush of wheat from a broken feeder, was…

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Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1922 · page 2

Mr. E. Sydenham, employed at Hennessy's sawmill, was taking a piece of bark out of the saw when his finger was touched by it and cut to the bone…

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Gravel Pit Fatality. SINGLETON

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 3

A case of considerable interest to local governing bodies came before Judge Hamilton at a special sitting of the Industrial Arbitration Court…

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Shocking Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 3

ARTHUR GEORGE NEWLAND, a porter at Hornsby Railway Station, on Saturday morning was engaged in shunting operations, when his foot…

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Remarkable Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 2

A remarkable accident happened at Adamstown station on Saturday night. Ald. Thompson, with his wife and boy, was standing on the Booloroo platform…

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The "Kinchela" Collision

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

The Marino Court expressed the opinion-that the collision which occurred between the steamers "Newcastle" and "Kinchela," off Newcastle…

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Fireman Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

The "Wingham Chronicle" reports that on Tuesday morning Fireman C. Case, on the ballast train, Taree to Dungog, was struck on the head by a…

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Accident to Dr. Page. Motor Car Capsizes. Through a Tyre Blowing Out

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

An accident which may have had much more serious results occurred on the Nymboida road, five miles from South Grafton, about a quarter past…

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Pea-rifle Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

A PEA-RIFLE fatality occurred at Werris Creek on Monday night, when Thomas Horton, acompanied by two of his sons, went for a load of wood. Seeing a rabbit,…

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Dr. Earle Page. Injured in Motor Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

DR. EARLE PAGE, member for Cowper and Leader of the Federal Country Party, Mrs. Page, and Mr. R. D. Elliott, of Melbourne, had a narrow…

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