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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 4

While a number of boys were playing at being redskins and cowboys at Auckland (N.Z.), Gyril Clifton, aged 14, fired a revolver at his playmate…

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Serious Motor Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1914 · page 6

The following is taken from the "Moree Examiner" of Tuesday last; -- As Mr. L. A. W. Moore, of "Montrose" near Terry Hie Hie, was…

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The War. Russia's Task. The Allies in France. Details of Hawke Disaster. Men Drowned Quickly. Attempt to [?] Submarine's Periscope. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 5

Further details of the loss of the [?] Hawke state that the crew were engaged in drill at the time of the disaster…

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Terrible Burning Accident. Two Boys Suffocated in Stack

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 6

A terrible burning accident occurred at Corowa on Tuesday. Three little boys, cousins, about three years old, named Lysh, Bush and Kernagen…

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Terrible Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

A terrible burning accident occurred at Corowa on Tuesday. Three little boys, cousins, about three years old, named lush, Bosh, and Kernagen, were…

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Shooting Fatality. Girl Accidentally Killed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 9

A terrible shooting fatality took place at Saumarez Ponds on Tuesday, the eldest daughter of the schoolteacher of that place being cidental…

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Critical. Germany's Fate. Rests on the Issue. Enemy Pressed Hard on all Sides in Australia. Machine Gun Fatality at Sydney Camp. One Soldier Killed and Two Injured. Shot by the Sentry. Failure to Hear Challenge. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

A loaded machine gun, which was being used to ornament a group of soldiers who were being photographed, upset at Maroubra camp on…

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Frightful Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 7

A frightful accident occurred in the vicinity of St. Nicholas' Church, Tamworth, on Saturday morning, when Arthur Lyons, about 21 years of age,…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 7

At Tamworth last Friday, an accident occurred, by which Arthur Everston Lynes, aged 22, (son of Robert Lynes, one-time resident of Armidale),…

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Khaki Was Accidental

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 7

Khaki, the dun-colored materiel now so widely used for military uniforms, was discovered by cm accident. For many years the British troops in India wore a cotton cloth of…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 4

A collission occurred a Drouin, in Victoria, last night, between a goods and a mail train, nine persons being injured, includig the engine-driver and…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 2

Saumarez Ponds near Tenterfield was the scene of a sad shooting fatality on Tuesday week when Miss Rital Elsie Bowen, aged 21 years, daughter…

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Vehicular Accident

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon while Mr. Roy Kline, of the local Post Office, was engaged in delivering mail in a lane near Mrs Kilminster's, the…

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Terrible Motor Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 6

Wallace Brandon, general manager of the Northe Coast Co-operative Co., was killed in a motor accident at Lismore. While going through a cutting…

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Shocking Accident Glen Innes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 5

A frightful accident occurred on the Inverell-road on the outskirts of Glen Innes last night. A motor cycle, ridden by Oliver…

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Shooting Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 7

Erach Fredirich Albert Wengats, aged 29, a naturalised German, who had been in the State about six years, was accidentally killed while…

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Riding Accident at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon last a 16-year old son of Mr. Dan Romer, of Deepwater, went for a ride on horseback, and when a couple of miles out…

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Fatal Motor Cycle Accident. Mr. Brabner, Jun., and Miss Delaney Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 6

At a time on Thursday night when a goodly number of residents were participating in a portion of the funeral obsequies attendant to the…

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Death by Drowning

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 4

Two school boys were drowned at Tingha yesterday. The public school had been granted a holiday and the boys went crayfishing. The boys…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 11

[?] Fredirich Albert [?], aged 29, a [?] German, who had been in the State about six years, was accidentally killed while wallaby…

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