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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Drowned in Cloud Burst. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

The bodies of the two swagmen who were drowned in a cloud burst at Orange on Sunday were recovered yesterday. Their identity is uncertain,…

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DeGARIS Missing. Supposed Drowning. Clothes Found in Motor Car

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A sensation was caused in Melbourne yesterday when it was known that an abandoned motor car, in which were clothes identified as belonging to Mr…

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Swagmen Drowned. Cloudburst at Orange. Third Man Escapes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Two Swagmen were drowned and a third had a narrow escape as a result of a terrific cloudburst over Orange on Sunday…

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Charged by Bull. Man Injured at Orange

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

While J. M. Oliver was endeavouring to turn a hull out of a paddock at Orange, the animal charged him, breaking two of his ribs and inflicting…

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Motoring Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A motor car overturned through the breaking of a steering wheel between Lake Macquarie and West Maitland. Trevor Thomas was thrown out and…

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Forster. Painful Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

On Wednesday (first day of Cape Hawke regatta) Mr. Dave Williams met with a severe and very painful accident. Recently he built a speed boat, the…

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Riding Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Tom Lee, a well-known Lower Macleay resident, met with a severe accident while riding in the bush near Hat Head on the Monday just prior…

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Parking Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Christmas Eve a little girl crossing Smith Street was knocked down by a car turning into the parking rank as she was passing one already there…

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Singular Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

On the Kempsey-Armidale road recently Mrs. A. Dew was riding a horse, and met a car in the narrow part of the road. She dismounted and held the…

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Fatality at Laurieton

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

On Thursday a party of boys went for a picnic to Gogley Creek (near Laurieton) and were paddling in the water on a sandspit, when…

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Drowned at Laurieton

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

On Thursday last a party of boys went for a picnic to Gogley's Creek, and went paddling about in the water on a sandspit, when Robert…

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Sydney Railway Smash. Nineteen Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

One of the most serious and disastrous railway smashes in the history of the New South Wales railways for a long time took place just outside the…

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Big Train Smash Train Cut in Halves Near Redfern Tunnel. Two Carriages Telescoped Many Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

The most dangerous train smash in the history of the Sydney station occurred on Wednesday night, when two suburban trains collided near…

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Railway Accident. at Central Railway Station. Train Cut in Two

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

A SERIOUS railway collision occurred at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, an Wednesday night Two trains collided. One, an empty…

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Steelworks Fatality. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

E. Marr, employed at the steelworks, Newcastle, as stack foreman, while crossing the lines near the works yesterday afternoon was run over by an…

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The Third Test. England's Only Hope. Players Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

On Friday last the third Test game between Australia and England opened on the Adelaide wicket. The weather was ideal and the wicket in perfect…

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Few Accidents

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

A statement was issued by the Railway. Commissioners showing that, compared with other countries, the number of fatalities and…

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Railway Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

New South Wales holds the world's record for the small number of railway accidents to the number of passengers carried…

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Riding Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

Monday last white riding down Judd's hill, Mr. Albert Jeffery of Euroka suffered a very severe fall, through his horse stumbling on a loose…

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Brave Deed. Two Girls Saved From Drowning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

At the conclusion of the last meeting of the Port Macquarie Council a public meeting was presided over by the Mayor (Aid. J. Bransdon), to…

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