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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

244 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 13

Accident to a [?]rse

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 6

[?] correspondent [?] [?] in the [?] of [?] and [?]…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 5

Further information regarding the boating fatality near Eugourn (Forbes), shows that Albert Herbert (21) and Charles Herbert (19), with…

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Children's Eyes. Injured by "The Pictures."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 6

Kinema shows, it was stated at a meeting of the Bath Education Committee, were responsible for considerable expenditure on spectacles for the…

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Pyramid Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

Sixteen months ago a party of Australian soldiers in Egypt essayed to climb one of the Pyramids. The expedition had a disastrous ending, one…

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Automobile Accident Records

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 August 1916 · page 4

According to the best statistics, the number of automobiles in the United States increased from 200,000 in 1909 to 1,750,000 at the end of 1914. The number of deaths…

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Drowning Fatality. Mehi Claims Another Victim

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 7

A wave of consternation, mingled with gloom, spread over the town on known that a afternoon, when if was made known that a little boy, named Percy…

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Fatality at Talgal

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred at Talgai about 11 o'clock on Saturday, when Mr. T. J. Trimingham, a well-known and highly-respected farmer,…

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A Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 8

On [?] Mr. [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Woman Cut to Pieces. Fatality on the Railway Line

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1916 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Ashfield this afternoon, when a middle-aged woman who has not yet been identified, was cut to pieces by a…

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Fatal Driving Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1916 · page 5

When Stewart [?] well knows throughout the district has [?]…

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Railway Fatality. Delungra Resident's Sad End

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 9

An inquiry was held by Major Crane [?] on Monday afternoon, into the circumstances connected with the death of Robert Horncastle Scott,…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 4

A number of boys were out shooting at Lidcombe, when a dog belonging to one of the party jumped on a Winchester rifle, causing it to explode…

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A Serious Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 5

On Saturday night a man named William Watt, a miner residing at Bark Hut Greek,near Torrington, met with rather a serious accident. He was…

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Fatal Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 4

An accident with fatal consequences happened to an old man named Robert Scott through attempting to board a moving train on the Inverell…

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A [?] Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 8

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A Nurse Drowned in the Surf

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 7

A party, consisting of Alderman H. J. Diddams, C.M.G., his son, and Nurses Marshall and Byrnes, of Gympie Hospital, were surf-bathing at Noosa Heads…

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The Mecantile Mutual Fire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Share-holders

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 3

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholders, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its [?]ancial stability as evidenced by the…

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A Nurse Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

A PARTY, consisting of Alderman H. J. Diddams, C.M.G, his son, and Nurses Marshall and Byrnes of Gympie Hospital, were surf bathing at…

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Accident on Dorrigo Cutting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 10

While proceeding in his motor-car up the Dorrigo cutting from Coramba, after being present at the starting of the plant at the Bellingen Timber Company's…

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Clergyman Injured. Thrown From His Buggy

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4

As the result of a horse bolting, the Rer. T. Hillhouse Taylor, Rector of All Saints' Church, Parramatta, was seriously injured. Mrs. Taylor, who was…

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