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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Double Drowning Accident.. Two Sisters Carried to Their Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

A double drowning accident occurred in the Hannine River yesterday, Thos. Connelly, and his wife and four sons and two daughters started on a…

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Elderly Man's Accident Police Arrest His Son

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

In connection with the case of the elderly man Alfred Toombes, who was found shot in the abdomen at his residence at Paddington last night, his…

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Drowning Fatalities

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 7

As the result of a yacht being swamped in the outer harbor at Adelaide on Monday, four young men were drowned, viz., Steven and Arthur Luke…

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Drowning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

A double drowning accident occurred in the Manning River on Monday. Thomas Connelly, his wife, four sons, and two daughters started on a…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

AN old man, whose name has not been ascertained, was kilted by a train at Doonside railway station on Wednesday morning. His face was smashed almost beyond…

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Lord Kitchener. Was He Drowned?

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 7

Our readers will remember that in April last when Lord Kitchener and his staff, were, it was believed, all drowned, [?] American journal came…

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Shocking Flood Disaster. Many Persons Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 1

The cyclonic weather, which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past, has been responsible for a dreadful…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Fatal Team Accident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4

A tramcar left the rails one over turned at Camber well, Victoria. One passenger was killed, and others more or less seriously injured…

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Tram Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Monday—A tram car left the rails and was overturned at [?] (Vic.) yesterday. One passanger, Clarencel Hudson (16). fractured his skull, and…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Bad luck befel a party of Inverell tourists on Friday last whilst en route to Iluka, on the Clarence River. The party consisted of Messrs. A. Farrand,…

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Accident at Tingha

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Dunshea, Junior, of the Old Mill, is at present in the hospital suffering from injuries, the result of an accident met with on Wednesday…

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Peculiar Tram Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 5

[?] all night [?] trom Botany to Circular Quay was proceeding along Botany road, Botany, near the perminus, at about half past one on…

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Lord Kitchener. Was He Drowned?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

OUR readers will remember that in April last when Lord Kitchener and his staff were, it was believed, all drowned, an American journal came…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

A son of Mrs. H. Wormald, Turf-street, aged 4½ years, was the victim of a distressing scalding accident on Thursday night, which terminated…

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A Sad Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

MASTER Hector Neil Purdie, whose parents reside at Ballina, was on a visit to his uncle, Mr. Kidd, of Keith Hall, Ballina. On Sunday afternoon he was trying to repair an…

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Motor Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

Bad luck befel a party of Inverell tourists on Friday week whilst enroute to Iluka on the Clarence river. The party consisted of Messrs A. Farrand,…

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Two Women Drowned

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Two married women, Edith Myers and Iveline Ellis, sisters, were drowned in the Fairy Dells swimming bath at the rear of the big boarding establishment at Mount Victoria on…

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Motor Fatality on Glen Innes Road. Car Goes Over Culvert

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

While endeavoring to make room for a horseman to pase, a motor car driven by Clarence Rudder, went over the end of a culvert on the Glen Innes…

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Local and General News. [?] Browning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 8

Too married[?] [?] Ellit [?] [?] [?]…

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Double Say Collision. Motor Car and Tram in Conflict

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a train at Double Bay this morning resulted in the five occupants of the car being injured, three seriously,…

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