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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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A Horrible Accident. Impaled O Spikes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 7

To fall [?] a baleony on to an iron [?] and to become impa[?]ed on the spikes, was the terrible experience of a seven-year-old girl yesterday afternoon (says Sunday…

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Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

Messrs. Partridge Bros.' dredge at Brickwood, Tingha, was the scene of a nasty accident on Thursday of last week. It appears that several of the…

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Tra[?] Fatality. Sydney Visitor K[?]ed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

The wild p[?] of a young [?]se on to the [?] of a [?] is Melbourne yesterday received in the death of Les[?] Parr, aged 15, a visitor from…

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Boy Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

While a number of young people were swimming t Middle Harbor, yesterday, Jennie Price and Rev Danks, aged 8, were caught by the current…

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Fatality in Meddle Harbor. Gill's Bravery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

While a number of young people were swimming at Middle Harbor, yesterday, Jennie Price ad Rex Danks, aged eight, were caught by the…

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Motor Mishap. Mr. Cunningham, M.H.R. Injured

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

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

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Local and General Painful Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

A painful accident happened to Mr. Garnet Penberthy, of Glencoe, Elsmore, yesterday. He was ringbarking when the axe slipped and the blade…

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Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

As a result of a m[?] cycle accident at Newtown last night. Mrs. Gladys Rowe received serious anjuries, while her husband, Mr. Reginald Rowe, is not…

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Motor Collision. Five Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

Five people were slightly injured in a motor car collision in Centennial Pkrt last nigh…

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Our Telegrams. [Through Our Sydney Representatives.] Sydney, Monday. Fatal Drowning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 4

Three men—William Rainbow, Henry Rainbow, and Chas. Scarborough—were drained while swimming in a dam near Korninburra, Via., yesterday. When…

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Triple Drowning Case

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Three men were drowned in a dam on Sunday, at Moyarra, a few miles from Kotumburra, a Gippsland town. The victims were-William Ernest…

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Accidents

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

Stewart, son of Mrs Foster, Lana, recently fell from a chair and broke the cap of his elbow. The injury was set in splints, and seems to be making…

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A Painful Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

A painful accident befel Mr. Norman Wilcocks about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wilcocks was driving in Church St. when his horse collided…

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Items of Interest. Bathing Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 7

A bathing fatality at Cottesclo[?] Beach (W.A.) was signalized by the remarkable gallantry of Morsel Jeffrey (17.) Arthur Manning (16) was bathing in…

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Fatal Accident. Little Plain Tragedy. Boy Killed

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon lost word was received in Delungra that a lad named John Ambrose Timmins, of Little Plain, had met with a very serious accident…

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Latest Telegrams Holiday Accidents. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

Thousands of people visited the holiday resorts yesterday. There were many gallant rescues from the water at Coogee, where about thirty people…

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Trams in Collision. Passengers Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

Two trams collided at Kensington platform last night. A passenger named Quigley sustained injuries to the legs and back,…

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Miner's Death. Broken Hill Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

Arnold Mitchell was killed at the South Mine, Broken Hill, by a fall et slimes, which buried him. His companion had a narrow…

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Holiday Fatality. Browning in Tilbuster Creek

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 8

As the Coroner said when delivering his verdict at the inquest on Friday morning, when the news was brought into town on Thursday afternoon that…

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To-day's Telegrams. Drowning Fatalities Five More Deaths. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 4

Kenneth Mackenzie (42) and his daughter Ellen (12) were drowned in the Shoathaven River yesterday. Miss Mackenzie and another girl were…

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