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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Drowning Fatality [?]Emore Resident's Fate

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Elsmore had its holiday sensation in the shape of a drowning case. An old resident of that part, Mr. Thomas Downey, was in the village on…

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Motor Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A motor car overturned and fell over an embankment near Lillydale, Victoria, two persons being killed, namely, Elsie Wilson (35)…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A shocking tragedy occurred at middle Brighton, Victoria, on Saturday night when Joseph Rainsbury, 37, a bookmaker, was shot dead,…

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Flying Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Sydney, oMnday.—An Avro aeroplane crashed near Cheviot, New Zealand, and the pilot, M. Grout, who was the only occupant, was seriously injured…

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Supposed Boating Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—Two youths hired a boat at Watson's Bay yesterday morning to go fishing. The boat was subsequently found on the rocks at…

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Blown Into the Water and Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—During the high velocity of wind at Woy Woy yesterday, Thomas William Spencer, aged 3, was blown from the jetty into the…

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Drowning Fatality. Elsmore Resident's Death

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Elsmore has its holiday sensation in the shape of a drowning case. An old resident of that part, Mr. Thomas Downey, was…

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Elsmore Fatality Progress Association's Thanes

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. O. J. Penberthy, secretary to the Elsmore Progress Association writes to the Editor:— "At a meeting of the above…

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Pallamallawa Fire Hotel and Other Buildings Destroyed. Several Persons Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

About 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning a disastrous fire occurred at the Pioneer Hotel, paullamallawa. The conflagration, it seems, must have…

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Sulky Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

A mail named Daniel Clarksson had a narrow escape from serious accident at the old show ground yesterday. He was driving a horse attached to a sulky…

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An Anxious Time. Accident at Wollun

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

The creek crossing near Wollun is stated to be in a very bad condition, and lies there mocking the man who would dare to attempt tt in flood time…

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Blaze at Pallamallawa. Hotel and Other Buildings Destroyed. Several Persons Injured

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

About 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning a disastrous fire occurred at the Pioneer Hotel, Pallamallawa. The conflagration, it seems, must…

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M.p. in Motor Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Lucien Cunningham, M.P. for Gwydi[?], was injured last night. when his motor car, which was being drives by his brother, collided with a tram in…

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Injured in a Corn Thresher

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the young the Of Mr. and Mrs. W. Webber, of Red Bange, had the misfortune to get his hand caught in a core threshing…

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Emma[?]le Echoes. Girl Saved From Drowning. Brave Rescue by a Boy

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

Miss Doris Schurmacher had a narrow escape from being drowned in the Great Britain dam on Thursday afternoon. She was bathing, with…

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M[?] Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. Frank Bran had the bad luck to [?] his leg with an are while woodcutting. He had to have the wound [?]ched…

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Car and Train Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

A motor ear collided with an express train at Selwyn, New Zealand. The car was destroyed. The Governor General's carriage had its undergear…

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Mr. Cunningham, M.h.r. Injured in Motor Mishap

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Lucien L. Cunningham, M. H. R., was slightly injured on Monday in a collision between a motor-car in which he was riding and a tram. The impact…

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Simple Though Fatal Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 7

One day last week two babies aged 15 months, named Ethel Darning and Leonard Richard Dietrich, were placed in a wired-in playground on the…

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Scalding Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 7

Mrs. B. Coulton of near Gravesend, was admitted to the Warialda hospital during Xmas week, suffering from a scalded face. It appears Mrs…

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