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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Double Drowning. Two Sisters Lose Their Lives

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 7

A deal of mystery surrounds a double drowning accident, which occurred, on Sunday afternoon in the Fairy Dell swimming both, Mount Victoria, at the…

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Motor Car Fatality. Near Succarumbi Tamworth Resident Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

As a result of a motor car accident on the Glen Innes[?]road on Monday afternoon. Mr. H. G. Lequesue, of Koot[?]gal, near Tamworth, lost his life, and…

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Tragic Motor Smash. Two Killed--three Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

A collision lift ween a motor car and a tram at Double Bay, Sydney, on Tuesday morning, resulted in the five occupants of the car being injured…

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Motor Fatality. Tamworth Resident Killed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

As a result of a motor car accident on the Glen Innes Road yesterday afternoon (says Tuesday's Grafton Examiner'), Mr. H. G. Le Quesne, of…

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Painfce Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon last, as Adjutant Watkins, of the Salvation Army, who succeeded Capt. Stranks at Armidle, was returning to town…

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The Grafton Motor Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

Mr. Albert Ernest Winkler (23) died in the Grafton Hospital on Tuesday from the effects of injuries received in an accident on the G[?] Innes road on…

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Brave Melbourne Boy. Rescues and Revives Drowning Girl

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

The Schoolboy who brought the two girls out of the sea at Hampton (Melbourne), on Friday was Harry Gover (son of a resident of Sydney). Mary…

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A Young Man Drowned. Body Found in the River. After 4 Days' Search

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

On Saturday week a young man named Stephen Stevens, who had been living with his brother, Mr. E. J. Stevens, Morven, on Mosquito Creek, rode away from the house…

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Drowning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. — A German internee—Eugene Hoppchien, 20—dived into a water hole at Williams Creek, near the old paper mills, on Saturday, while a number…

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[?]woing Fatality at Pallamallawa

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

[?] Wednesday of last week the [?] of a young man named Stephens [?] found in the river at a point [?] four miles above Pallamallawa…

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British Munition Explosion. Many People Killed or Injured. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

The Ministry of Munitions officially states:—Yesterday a fire started in a factory eastward of London, near the river,…

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Fatal Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred near Coff's Harbor at about 11 o'clock on Friday morning, in No. 5 tunnel, eighth section of the North Coast…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—Mrs. Victoria Jane Alison (29) and Sylvia Doreen Alison, her 15 days' old child, were fatally humed in their home at South…

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Father Shoots Son. Terrible Accident. a Little Plain Fatality. Caused by a Crow

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Little Plain yesterday morning, when Mr. Herbert C. Parker, of Little Plain, accidentally shot his nine-year-old son…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

An unknown woman, who fell from a tram near Maroubre Bay last night, had her skull fractured, and died in hospital this morning…

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Serious Accident

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. Rowley, of Delungra, met with a serious accident yesterday by falling from a buggy when approaching the Tingha crossing. He was conveyed to…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 9

A sensational railway collision occurred at Stockport, 50 miles from Adelaide. The Broken Hill express, which left the city at 4.50 on Friday…

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Fatality at Brookfield

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

ON Monday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Crowfoot were returning home from church service at Brookfield, where a mission is being held,…

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Grafton Motor Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 10

According to Mr. C. Maxwell, who was in Tawworth to attend the funeral, of the late Mr. H. G. Lo Qnesne, the unfortunate affair, in which.the latter,…

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