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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Triple Drowning Fatality. Sunday Afternoon Tragedy. Father Son and Daughter the Victims

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

One of the most appalling tragedies that have occurred in Inverell during the past decade or more happened on Sunday afternoon last the scene of…

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Fatal Blasting Accident. Mr. William Sohobel's Sad Ending

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

For some considerable time the Tingha district has been free from mining accidents of any really serious consequence. That happy spell…

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Drowned at Inverell. Father, Son, and Daughter

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 7

At Inverell, on Sunday afternoon, John Thomas Hausha[?] (43), his son Frederick (9), and daughter Mary Ann (18), were drowned…

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Accident at Bolivia

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 3

Mr. [?]. M'Gregor, of Bolivia, met with a very painful accident the other day (says the "Star"). He was loading timber into a truck when some of it…

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Journalist Drowned

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Burke Daly journalist was washed off the rocks at Mackenzie's Point Bondi yesterday white fishing and was drowned He leaves…

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The Inverell Bathing Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 9

Respecting the distressing drowning fatality at Inverell on Sunday, particulars of which appeared in last issue, it appears that John Thomas…

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Steamers in Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 4

The British steamer Mergyn was sunk in a collision…

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Drowned at Bondi

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 4

Thomas Daly, a well-known Sydney pressman, was washed off the rocks at Bondi and drowned…

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Coach Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 4

The mail coach which left Kingston (Tas.) for Hobart, with twenty passengers, overturned and fell sideways over a bank. Four passengers were…

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Triple Drowning Fatality. Sunday Afternoon Tragedy. Father, Son and Daughter the Victims

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 2

One of the most appalling tragedies that have occurred in Inverell during the past decade or more happened on Sunday afternoon last, the…

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Journalist Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Burke Daly, a well- known Sydney journalist, living at "Beuna Viata," Silva street, Bondi was washed off the rocks at Macken…

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Serious Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 4

On Saturday a man named Edward Barnes met with a serious accident at Ben Lomond. From what we can gather, it would appear that he was…

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Death From Drowning

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A boy named Edward Perram was drowned in the canal near Huntley-street, Alexandria, yesterday…

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Skylarking Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 4

Stella Hines was arrested on Saturday evening on a charge of wilfutly murdering Eric McIntosh The coupie lived together at 318 Glenlyon-road…

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The Drowning Fatality Evidence at the Inquest. How the Boy Met His End

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 5

The Coroner (Mr. W. de Brun Brown) held an inquest at the court house on Friday into the deaths of John Hanshaw (father) Mary…

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An Unpleasant Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 7

During a stock sale at Kyogle a cocked horn cow charged a bvstander in the selling ring, and, inserting her horns in his pants, with a dexterous…

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Serious Accident at Goomburra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 7

A Relational accident befel Mr. p. Lawton, a farmer, aged 36 years, who resides at Goomburra. He was engaged in unloading a load of…

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Newcastle Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 4

David Guy, aged 88, was killed at East Greta road, Newcastle, this morning, by being run over by his own lorry. He was going down a hill, and…

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Motor Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—As the result of a motor lorry accident on the BomhalaDelegate road, one man was killed and three others were injured…

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A Sad Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 2

A most distressing and sad fatality occurred at Willow Tree on Saturday afternoon last, when Mona May, aged ten years and two months (the…

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