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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

360 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 18

Car Overturned. Driver Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 2

A motor car overturned yesterday near Windsor, and Mr. Shepherd, the only occupant, was seriously injured. His skull was fractured…

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Level-crossing Fatality Gate-keeper Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

The Australian Railways Union is taking active steps in defence of W. H. Randall, gate-keeper as Blackheath, who has been committed for…

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Wild Scenes on the Harbor, Exciting Experiences on Manly Boat. Burra-bra Torn and Battered. Men Injured, Women Faint

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 7

While wind was howling at 70 miles an hour on Tuesday morning, red rocket: came up from the coaster Belbowrie, on the rocks at Cronulla…

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An Injured Hand

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

On Monday last a lad named Charles Gayer, 14 years of age, was admitted to the local hospital, suffering from injuries to the hand which…

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The Greatest Circulation in Central New England Shooting Motor Tragedy. Two Men Killed—One Injured. Dead Tree Blown Across Car

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 8

A shocking tragedy was reported to the police on Tuesday night last. [Two young men, Stanley Kearns and Charles Candy, with another…

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Lawrance Harold Cattell's Death. The Inquest. Finding of Accidental Death

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 4

An inquiry into the death of Lawrance Harold Cattell, was held on Friday morning before Mr. T. H. Cohan, acting coroner…

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Swim to Death. Water-fowl Drowned in Thousands

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 3

The amazing spectacle of great flocks of wild ducks, swans, and geese being swept over the Horse-shoe Falls at Niagara was recently witnessed by…

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An Accident Recipe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 3

Apropos the frequency of fatal motor car accidents, the following tragedy recipe has been Compounded by a medical expert: Take one reckless, natural…

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What Is an Accident?

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 2

To obtain compensation, the workman or his dependents must prove that the injury arose by "accident arising out of and in the course of…

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Burning Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 3

On Monday last Mr. Henry Bowers, aged of, a native of Glen Elgin, was admitted to the Vegetable Creek Hospital suffering from very severe…

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Car Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 3

Mr. J. Lennon, of Emmaville, was with a friend, driving a Ford car to Deepwater, which the radius red became loose. Going down an me[?]…

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Burned or Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 1

In a bath full of water the charred body of Patrick Kennedy was found at Annandale. The cause of death will not be known until the Government…

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Terrible Smash Railway Fatality in New Zealand. Six Killed, Thirty Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 4

Six persons were killed and thirty injured in a terrible smash which wrecked a mail train from Auckland to Wellington early this morning. The…

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Dumaresq Shire Council. Opening a Road. Accident on Culvert. Electric Light Company Again

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 6

The Dumarosq Shire Council met on Thursday. Crs. Moffatt president), Perrott, Browning, Elliott, and Williams were present. An apology was…

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Railway Accident . 17 KILLED, 30 INJURED

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

A disastrous railway accident occurred at Ongarue, New Zealand on Friday morning, when the mail train from Auckland to Wellington…

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Railway Disaster in N. Z. Train Runs Into Land Slip. 13 Killed, 30 Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

A disastrous railway accident occurred at Ongarue, New Zealand, early on Friday morning, when the mail train from Auckland to Wellington daslied…

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Dragged By a Horse. Serious Accident at Dorrigo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 8

Mr James Berry, of North Dorrigo, met with a painful accident, on Monday morning, and one which might have easily been attended with much more…

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Burning Accident. Pensioner's Awful Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

In the Temora district, an old age pensioner, John Joseph Edwards, aged 86, took a lit and fell into a fire. He was terribly burned, his features being…

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Railway Smash. 13 KILLED, 30 Injured. Disaster in New Zealand

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 6

A disastrous railway accident occurrod at Ongaruo early on Friday morning, when the mail train from Auckland to Wellington dashed into a…

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Accident at Dredge

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 4

Mrssrs. Potter and Johnson have had a further streak of bad luck at their dredge. On Monday a piece of iron got into a bump and precipitated…

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