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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Joined in Death. Father Saw Family Drowned; and Suicided. Wife Suffered From Nervous Trouble ARDLETHAN, Wed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

Robert Parker came in from the cultivation paddock and discovered his wife and two children in the dam Horrified, he decided to join them…

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Current Topics Accident to Mr. Street

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

On Friday last while rounding up a horse at a paddock at Gloucester. Mr. L. E. Street met with a painful accident to his knee, caused by his horse…

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Football Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

ON Friday afternoon last Douglas Rodger, 9 years of age, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rodger, of Newtown, met with a serious accident. He was…

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Current Topics Appalling Floods — Seven Men Reported Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A terrible flood, the worst in the his tory of the town, swept Queanbeyan and surrounding districts on Tuesday and Wednesday, leaving a trail of…

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Fatality on Camden Haven Bar. Launch Capsizes. Aged Fisherman Drowned

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

On Thursday last a fatality occurred on the Camden Haven bar, owing to the fishing launch Ha capsizing. The boat, with three persons on…

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Disaster at Laurieton. Fishing Boat Founders. One Man Drowned

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 4

Quite a sensation was caused at Laurieton early on Thursday morning when it was learned that Rosso's fishing boat had foundered and sunk…

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Train Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 3

DERAILMENT AT BONVLLE. On Saturday morning portion of the North Coast butler train left the rails near Bonville. A butter truck and…

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Laurieton Fatality. the Inquest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 1

The district coroner, Mr. R. Dobson, J.P., held an inquest at Laurie- ton concerning .the death of Giuseppe Russo, who was drowned when the…

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Railway Accident. Tuesday Evening

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 4

A message from Brisbane states that the mail train, which left Brisbane last night for Rockhampton, met with disaster at two o'clock this morning when…

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Cross Word Craze Accident. Solver Knocked Down by an Engine

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 2

Cross-word puzzles, an idea imported from British newspapers, have become such a craze in Italy that in some business houses, notices have been…

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Accident near Wauchope Two Trucks Derailed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 6

Two trucks in the centre of a goods train were derailed near Wauchope late on Tuesday afternoon. As a consequence, the main line was…

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Accident to Dredge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

We understand the dredge Neptune met with an accident to the machinery last week. One of the pumps was damaged and had be sent away for…

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Hurled to Death Storm Wrecks Train. 25 KILLED; 70 Injured. Mad Fight for Life. New York

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 1

Twenty-five persons were killed, and 70 injured in a fearful train wreck at Lackawanna to-day. A special train carrying 200…

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Chinese Drowned COWRA

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

A Chinese, All Wong, in attempting to cross the flooded area, was washed away and drowned. The police are…

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Fatality on the Williams River

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

James Hancock, a resident of many years standing in the Williams River district, was found dead at his residence on one of the Crook's Park…

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Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

At Bowraville yesterday, Thursday, an old man named Mr. Jack Stack fell and broke his thigh. He was brought to Macksville, and carried…

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Fatality at Stroud. Horseman Drowned

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

Between 4 and 5 p.m. on Thursday Alex Price, aged 23 years, was drowned at Green's Crossing, near Stroud…

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Melba's Son Injured. Jumped Over Bridge. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

A Melbourne message says George N. Armstrong, 41, son of Dame Nellie Melba, leapt over the parapet of the Prince's Bridge, Melbourne,…

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Stroud Fatality Horseman Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, after the stock sales at Stock, Mr. Alexander Price, aged 26, rode towards his home some three miles below Stroud…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

A very sad scalding accident happened at Mount George, to the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bridge, junr. The mother had just scalded…

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