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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Racing Accidents

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 4

Three horses met their deaths in the Moonee Valley Steeplechase yesterday, Sederick broke his neck, E.C.T. had to be destroyed owing to an injury to…

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Htllgeove Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 1

Mr. Wm Kidd employed at the Eleanora cyanide plant, Hillgrove, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning. He was pouring molten. metal…

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Shocking Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 7

Mr. A. Foreman, an employee of Auburn Vale Station, met with a paiaful and shocking accident yesterday(saye the Inversll 'Times') He was…

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items of interest. Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 6

A lad William [?] was shot in a boat near Dempeey Island at 1.39 p.m on Saturday. Nichoi, agrd 27 years, labourer, at Waratah soap…

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Tenterden. Sickness and Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 6

Quite a chapter of sickness and accident, I am sorry to say, must be reported. Mrs. R. F. Parker has been under medical treatment. The…

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Shocking Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 3

Maryborough (Q.), Saturday. —: A shocking fatality occurred at the Theeblue railway station yesterday evening, resulting in the death of the…

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Unknown Woman Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

The body of a woman was found in Rushcutter's Bay the other morning. An employee of the Water and Sewerage Board was walking near…

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Accident at Elsmore

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 4

On Thursday morning of last week, little Vincent Gannon, the six-year-old son of Mr. P. Gannon, of Elsmore, met with a very unfortunate accident. It…

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Three Men Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 4

Throe men lost their lives in Wangnnui New Zealand) by the foundering of an oil launch…

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Double Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 4

A double fatality occurred on the railway, line on Wednesday night last, between Bolga and Tallangatta (Vic.). The victims were William Houlon (32)…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 8

A shocking accident is reported from the Albury district. It appears that William Hanlon and his stepdaughter, Margaret Bould, left Brolga railway…

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Politician's Awkwabd Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 6

When Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, on his visit to Caff's Harbor, was travelling over the rough track of Red Hill the motor car had a particularly bad passage, and…

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Peculiar Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 3

A painful accident of a peculiar character befel Mr. Harold MeKittrick in South Grafton the other afternoon. He was riding a motor cycle along a lane,…

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Seamen Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 4

The steamer Rimu was overwhelmed by a heavy sea while crossing the bar at Manukau, New Zealand, resulting in two seamen being drowned…

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Ghastly Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 2

An underground employee of the Golden Horseshoe Mine (W.A.), named Fistonic (29), a Dalmatian, was ascending in a cage after coming off…

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Painful Accident

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 2

Whilst assisting in the removal to temporary premises, Mr. J. Williamson, accountant of the local branch of the Australian…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—John Wilson, 58, a railway guard, who lived at Stanwore, was cut to pieces by a light engine at Clyde last night whilst…

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Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 9

A sensational accident occurred on the Tollbar road, near Toowoomba. A licensed driver named J. Cook, a returned soldier was driving his motor…

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Boots and Shunting Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 9

The Gympie 'Times' says: The recent, fatal accident at Theebine, and one at Gympie a few years ago, besides others of a similar nature in other places,…

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Serious Mine Accident. Two Hillgrove Men Killed. Two Others Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 5

A serious blasting accident occurred at the Sundown Tin and Copper Mine, Ballandean, near Stauthorpe about 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon,…

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