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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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A Tragic Ending. Drowning Fatality at Gwydir River

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon a party, consisting of Messrs. Hagan, Grant, Deane, Scott, Hope Morton, White, and Duncan Stewart (now deceased) left…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

The mutilated body of a man was found at an early hour the other morning on the railway between Blacktown and Seven Hills. Both feet and…

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Armidale Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

A shocking fatality occurred on the Rockvale-road, near Armidale, on Tuesday night last. James Miller, jun., a grazier and carrier, was driving a…

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Tingha Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. William Markham, well known and respected in Tingna and Inverell, was having tea at his residence in Tingha on Sunday evening last, when,…

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What Our Sailors Face. Collision at Sea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

As an indication of what the brave men of the British navy have to face, the following letter, received from a Lieutenant in the naval forces, by an…

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Sequel to Motor Accident. Driver Sued for Damages

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

Gabriel Burgess sued Andrew McDonald at yesterday's sitting of the Armidale District Court, before his Honor, Judge Hamilton, to recover £100,…

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Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. Joseph White's little boy, who met with the misfortune of almost poking his eye out with a stick, is now said to be out of danger. At…

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Accident at Copeton

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

On Monday last, Mr, Thos. Chapman, a well-known resident of Copeton, was engaged cutting suckers off some trees, close to his residence,…

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Drowning Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 2

A party comprised principally of soldiers from Clinton and their friends visited the Gwydir River on Saturday night week on a fishing…

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Drowning Fatality. Ill-fated Fishing Party

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. W. le Brun Brown, P.M.) held an inquiry on Saturday morning last into the death of Duncan James Stewart, who…

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Copeton Fatality. Young Woman Drowned. Anzac's Wife the Victim

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 4

A particularly distressing fatality occurred at a spot known as "The Pot Holes," on the Gwydir River, about four miles from Copeton, on Sunday…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 5

A motor car overturned early this morning in William-street. Two ladies and two men were picked up unconscious, and all were taken to the…

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Items of Interest. Peculiar Burning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

John Hense, Who is employed as a carter by the from of Collins Ltd., met with a peculiar, but nevertheless painful, accident one recently. It…

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Motor Fatality. Bank Clerk's Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 4

Stewart Monteith, bank clerk, was killed in a motor accident yesterday at Hawera, New Zealand. His companion, John Lawson, was badly injured…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 9

It is reported that a sad drowning fatality occurred at Inverell on Sunday, by which a returned soldier and another man named Stewart lost their…

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Fatality at Copeton. Young Woman Drowned

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 2

A particularly distressing fatality occurred at a spot known as "The Pot Holes," on the Gwydir River, about four miles from Copeton, on…

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Items of Interest. Peculiar Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 7

John Hens[?] who is employed as a carter by the firm of Collins Ltd., of Narrabri, met with a peculiar, but [?]less painful, accident one night…

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Accident at Bundarra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 1

At the narade at Bundarra, on Saturday, when the ribbon was puton, the horse Mrs. George Smith was ridding holted through the crowd,…

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A Moruya Fatality. [?]Rer Particulars of Mrs. Noake's Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 9

The Moruya "Examiner," in describing the fatality which cost the life of Mrs. Noake, wife of Rev. R. R. Macartney-Noake, rector of Moruya,…

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Toll of the River. Young Wife Drowned. Sad Case From Copeton

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 2

The grave dangers attending fishing parties on the Gwydir River is being emphasised in tragic fashion of late (says the " Inverell Argus ")…

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