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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

360 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 18

Items of Interest Child Drowned

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 3

Valerie, the 12 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, parker, was drowned in tragic circumstances at Emmaville. The father left the front…

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Riding Accidents Neighbor's Luck

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Walter McHugh, of Spring Vale, Bundarra, wet with a serious riding accident last week. He was riding a young horse on his property when the…

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Riding Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. Walter MeHugh, of Spring Vale, Bundarra, met with a serious riding accident, last week. He was riding it young horse on his property when the…

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Car Dives into Creek Remarkable Escape of Occupants. Accident on Kempsey-armidale Road. Kempsey

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 4

Last Sunday another car accident occurred on the Kempsey-Armidale road. Ernie Weeks, of Kempsey, left Bellbrook with a Buick and four…

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An Equine Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

The moral of a horse accident in Grey street on Tuesday night is that it is not good policy to tie your horse to the wheel of the trap. The…

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Found Dead. Bookmaker's Sudden End. A Deepwater Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

Mr. James Simpson who travelled from Tamworth to Deepwater on the Brisbane mail on Monday morning, and who was a bookmaker, met a…

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A Car Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

Mr. A. Rush, whilst driving his car to town on Monday, narrowly averted what may have been a serious accident. Coming down the Mann River…

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Parted Company Motor Cycle and Side-car. Peculiar Accident on Big Hill

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 10

An unusual accident occurred on the Big Hill on Sunday last. Stanley Parsons, of Pangarsleigh, was riding a motor cycle, with a side-car containing…

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Burning Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 2

The death of Miss Jean Rogers, the bright little eight-and-a-half years old daughter of Edward John Rogers, of Glendon, Myall Creek,…

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Disastrous Collision Thirty One Lives Lost

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 5

News have reached Sydney of a disastrous collision sixty five miles from Singapore, in which 31 lives were lost. The steamers were the Bovibat…

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A Lucky Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 6

Many of the most important discoyeries hi science and engineering have been made almost by accident. There is now in general use a process known…

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Sensational Railway Accident. Fireman Killed. Others Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 8

A sensational railway accident occurred on Sunday morning at 'Bauleora Siding, near Cootamundra on the branch line to Temora, when a special…

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Awful Accident Man Badly Burned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 4

William Ferrell was working at the Eucalyptus manufacturing premises in. the city yesterday, when a naked light came into contact with some of the…

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Accident at Red Range

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 4

Jessis Hollis aged 11 years, a daughter [?] of Re[?] Ranger was injured a few days ago by her horse falling and rolling on…

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Fatality at Keera

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 4

Mr. Jim Fitzgerald, for many years head stockman on Keera Station, was found prostrated at what is known as the "white gate," on the Bingara…

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Motor Accident. Six Persons Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 4

A motor car was capsized on the Wiadsor road, between Castle Hill and Kellyville yesterday, and six occupants were thrown out, all of whom were…

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Accident at Bingara

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 4

While camped down the river near Bingara with a mate, Clarence" Moxon, aged about 20, who came from Tamworth, was accidentally shot, in the…

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On The Road. [?]Cross Australia by Car. Accident Necessitates Abandonment

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 2

Messrs. J. L. Burton and W. Bradley met with mistortune in their attempt to cross Australia from West to East, per motor car in record time. A…

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Fatality at Keera

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 8

Mr. Jim Fitzgerald, for many years head stockman on Keera station, was found prostrated at what is known as the "white gate," on the Bingara…

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Shocking Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 9

A shockig accident occurred at 11.40 the other night in Queen-st., Brisbane, when George McIntyre, 21, single, of Hamilton, was run over by a tram car,…

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