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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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A Nactural Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 9

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., George Morson was charged that on the l4th April he did negligently drive a horse…

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Accidentally Drowned. Magisterial Inquiry. (Before Mr. W.I. Perry, Coroner.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 3

An inquiry touching the death of Josepheno Hanna Shayah, aged 2 years and 8 months, who was drowned in the creek at the crossing of Taylor street,…

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Riding Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

Mrs. E. Dawson of the Commercial Hotel, met with a painful accident yesterday while out for a ride on a young horse. When in front of Mr…

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Recent Accident. Steps to Help Victim

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. W. Curtis) presided over a meeting in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of devising means for the…

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Interesting Items. Woman Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 6

A shooting accident occurred a few wiles from Lismore on Sunday afternoon, as a result of which Violet Lofts, 19 years of age, succumbed to her…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Jim Shearston, of Ashford, met with a rather sensational motor accident on Wednesday afternoon which fortunately ended without any serious…

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Accident Averted

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

An end on collision between two trains was narrowly averted on the North Shore line yesterday afternoon A through train to Killara crowded…

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Accident to Hospital Ship

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 4

With her flap half-mast, a British liner reappeared at an American port, after having sailed recently with a hospital unit for the war zone. When…

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Factory Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 4

While Robert Harpur, aged 27, was oiling the shafting of a machine at the rope works at Waterloo, his shirt caught in the belt, and he was dragged…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Sydney, Thursday Morning.—Owing to a train [?] on to him in the Alexandra railway goods yard, this morning, Albert Smith, aged 32, a fitter,…

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Burning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

A HALF CASTE aboriginal woman, who camped with her baby alongside a fire near Ettrick, a few miles from Kyogle, was severly burnt about the lower part…

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Sad Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

THOMAS KELLS, a married man with a family, residing at Tomerong, near Nowra, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday. He was quarrying stone…

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A Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 4

A motor branch collided with the Ferry steamer Katangra in Sydney Harbor yesterday. The five occupants of the launch swam ashore…

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Tramway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 4

A tram car, carrying city passengers, was descending a sleep grade at Onebunga, New Zealand, when on reaching a turn the motor man fell out of…

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A Mysterious Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 5

Yesterday morning, whilst engaged travelling over his usual length of line, an is customary, Mr. D. Dakers, ganger, residing at Dundee, came across a man…

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Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

A local taxi-cab knocked down a child named Gillett in Rusden-street on Thursday afternoon, but fortunately the injuries were more those…

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Accident in the Harbor

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. — A motor launch collided with the ferry steamer Kanangra, at Mosman's Bay yesterday, and was sunk. The five occupants of the launch…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 4

As the result of sensational motor accident near Melbourne last night a discharged returned soldier was killed, and two members of the A.I.F. were…

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A Serious Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon in Grey-street a boy named McCarthy, aged 10 years, whose father (private M. McCarthy) is away at the war, was accidentally…

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Motor Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—John Patrick Whybrow, 38, a returned soldier, was killed, and Sergt. Ormoad Crawford and Ptc. Walter Thomas King were injured,…

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