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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

244 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 13

Accident at Maitland

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

J. B. Smith, the young married man who met with a serious accident on Monday, through a pair of horses bolting and colliding with a telegraph post…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 4

A fatal shooting accident occurred at Quirindi on Saturday when a boy named Walter Wheatley, 7 years of age, was shot dead. It seems two boys…

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Sensanational Motor Car Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 6

Through a Tyre coming off the front wheel a motor car carrying five men from Liverpool to Bulli fell 80ft over a cliff on Bulli Mountain yesterday…

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Drowning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

Brooke Greville, 43, and Rupert ames 15, were drowned in the river Hay. Greville was teaching a numrer of ethers to swim, when young…

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Sad Drowning Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

On Friday last, a young man known as Barney Parry, who was a mail contractor running between Millie and Bulara, was found drowned In a deep…

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Disastrous Motor Smash. Oar Goes Over the Range. Mr. O. V. Johnson Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A sensational motor car accident occurred on the Waterloo Range, Glen Innes road, last night, as a result or which Mr. O. V. Johnson, Clerk to the…

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[?] Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 10

[?] ing of Mr. William Thomas Lee, aged 53, as the result of an accident at Bolivia clearance sals on Wednesday…

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Gun Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. Wm. Clutterbuck's son, William Leslie, met with a painful gun accident on Sunday night last. His gun exploded accidentally and blew off the…

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Motor Accident on Waterloo Range

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

Messrs. Cadric, Becon, of Delimgra, and O. V. Johnson, [?]erk of the Mac[?]atyre Shire Council, Inversell, were returning from the Glen Innes races on…

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Painful Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

A painful accident betel Mr. A. W. Pulsford, of Auburn Vale yesterday morning. It appears that Mr. Pulsford was engaged cutting a log, when the…

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South Coast Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 9

Austinmer, Tuesday. — An Italian named Antonio Ricetti met with a shocking death last evening. He was walking along the line, and when…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 7

On Sunday Mr. Gwydir Henry's Austin car was precipitated over a cutting between Dalmorton and Newton Boyd, on the run from Grafton to…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 3

While travelling to Armidale on Monday, Mr. Geo. Hamel, of Uralla, had a rather exciting experience. With his hand on the wheel of the motor…

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Accident

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

On Monday last while travelling to Armidale Mr. George Hamel of Blue Mountain had an accident to his car. About a mile from town the car struck…

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Interesting Items Father and Daughter Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 3

George Crown, a farmer, of Lara La. E. [?], and his daughter Ruby, 7 years of [?] were drowned in company last Sunday, at Austin's a private…

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South Coast Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 9

Austinmer, Tuesday. — An Italian named Antonio Ricetti met with a shocking death last evening. He was walking along the line, and when…

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Father and Daughter Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

GEORGE Crump, a farmer, of Lara Lake, and his daughter Ruby, seven years of age, were drowned in company on Sunday at Austin's private…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

A sensational motor accident appeaed near Manilla on Saturday afternoon. A car driven by Cr. Wm. Blanch, and containing Messrs…

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