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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Fatal Motor Accident. Car and Motor Cycle Collide Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 4

One, youth was killed and another dangerously injured in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle near Geelong…

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Accident at Black Mountain

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 4

A nasty accident befel Mr. Colin Bell at his father residence, ''Belmont," Black Mountain, on Wednesday afternoon last. After fitting a new…

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Collision in the Harbor

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A collision between a Watson's Bay ferry boat and a North Shore ferry boat occurred in the harbor yesterday morning. The impact war…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Mr. Cyril Thyne Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 4

A fatal motor accident occurred on Tuesday on the Bingara-Barraba Road. Mr. F. W. Edwards, representing the Perdrian Company, and Mr. Cyril…

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Gun Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 4

Mr. A. Maidens, of Moree, met with a very serious accident on Sunday morning. It appears Mr. Maidens, in company with a young boy named Kay,…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 4

A fatal motor accident occurred on Monday on the Bingara-Barraba road. Mr. F. W. Edwards, representing Perdrian Ltd., and Mr. Cyril Thyne,…

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Attacked by a Ram. Little Boy Badly Injured

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

A little boy six years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Atkins, was admitted to the local Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from injuries…

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Accident on Railway Line. Man Falls 17 Feet. Sustains Terrible Injuries

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

A man named Patrick Toban, an employee of the Railway Department, met with a serious accident near Glendon, between Warialda and…

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Nasty Accident. Boy Wounded in Groin

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Finalyson, of Fairfield, aged 15, met with on accident on Wednesday afternoon. He was helping his father in…

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A Sad Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 7

Annic Philips(11) died in the Burrangong District Hospital, young, from a bullet wound accidentally inflicted by her little brother, aged six. The police…

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Motor Launch Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 4

Sydney Thursday—A motor launch with 15 people aboard broke down off Mulifanun Samoa on July 25 capsized in a rough sea and sank. Only…

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A Tram Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 9

Sabona Edgell 78 a widow residing at South Richmond Vic., was knocked down by an electric tram in Swan-st., Richmond the other evening and killed…

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Fatality at Armidale Railway Station. Shunter Jammed Between the Buffers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

A local railway employee Frederick Bruce Morten by name 22 years of age met a shocking death at the Armidale running yards on Tuesday…

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A Fatal Accident. Returned Soldier's Hard Luck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 10

While Mrs. Passlow and her daughter were driving a [?] along Forest Reefs Road Orange Lieut. Boles a retruned soldier approached on a motor bicycle. The horse…

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Peculiar Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 7

While a tram-car was travelling to the Spit, North Sydney, two sharp explosions were heard from underneath the car. At the same time Miss Lorna…

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Crow's Nest Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 5

A returned soldier named W. C. Mitchell, who only returned from the front three months ago, after being on active service for three years, met…

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Shocking Death a Bukkulla Fatality. Child Succumbs to Burns

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 5

A terrible accident happened to a little girl named Mary Ann Orchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Orchard, of Bukkulla, on Saturday last…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—As the result of a motor car overturning at Macquarie Pass, between Albion Park and Moss Vale, Major Moore was killed…

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Boating Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 5

Two young men were drowned in a boating accident at Moreton Bay yesterday…

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Shooting Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 7

The sad news has come to hand of the death of Mr. James Smith, aged 71, of Salisbury, near Dungog. Deceased went out shooting on Sunday…

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