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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Shooting Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

In the presence of his wife, to whom he had been married only three months, William Morgan was accidentally shot at Wollongong. A party…

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Double Drowning. Tragic Occurrence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 9

An old-age pensioner and his wife were drowned in tragic circumstances while crossing the Sovereign RRiecr, near Bonshaw, on…

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Motors Overturn. Six Persons Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

Ten occupants of a motor 'bus had a narrow escape from death when the brakes failed 011 a steep incline, leading to Govett's Leap, neat Katoomba,…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

Nine people were injured, a number seriously, when a motor lorry capsized at North Sydney on Thursday morning. The occupants were all members of a…

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Serious Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 9

Ronald Sehweinsbetg, aged 11, son of Guyrn station master. while riding 011 a bicycle on Christmas Eve, collided with a motor car, and received serious…

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Thrown in River Drowning Fatality Averted. sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

A platform on which forty sightseers had gathered to view a regatta on the Huon River (Tasmania), suddenly collapsed, and men, women, and…

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Plucky One Arm Man Saves Girl From Drowning. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

Joan Shearer (&) fell from a wharf into the water at La Perouse. A man named Setchell, who has only one arm, jumped into the girl's rescue, and…

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Life Saver Drowned While Testing Life Line. Adelaide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

E. Curnow, aged 20, was testing a life-line apparatus at Glenelg yesterday. He swam out about 250 yards, and while being hauled in disappeared…

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Motor Cycle Crashes Two Men Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

Arthur Selby and John Anderson were riding a motor cycle and side-car on the Western Road yesterday, when it crashed into a bridge. Selby…

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Boat Overturns. Melbourne Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Norman Bennett, 36, was assisting to moor a motor launch, near Princes Bridge, Melbourne, last night, when a small beat, in which he was standing,…

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Swagmen Drowned. An Orange Tragedy

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

The bodies of two swagmen who were drowned in a cloudburst at Orange on Sunday, were recovered yesterday. Their identity is…

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Cabs Collide. Mother and Child Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Two motor ears collided at Neutral Bay last night, and the occupants of one, Mrs. Abel, and lier young son, were thrown to the roadway…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon. Shocking Wyong Fatality. Clergyman Struck by Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred near Wyong las. night. The Rev. W. M. Herford, the resident Church of kingland clergyman at Wyong, was driving…

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Fell From his Horse. Accident at Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

While working at Springmount station (Guyra district) yesterday (Monday) Mr. T. New by met with a nasty accident…

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Woman Drowned Brisbane Mystery. Brisbane

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

The body of Mary Maldrun was found lying in the river at a late hour last night. A few minutes previously a woman's screams were heard. No…

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Sad Fatality. Boy Drowned

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred in Alma Park, Ural la, yesterday, the victim being a boy named Horace Quick, 12 years of age. The boy in…

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Sensational Accidents

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

There were no less than two collisions in the main street on Tuesday last. In the first Sourry Bros' bread-lorry and a motor cycle turn-out…

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Motor Cyclict's Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Brown, of Nullamannu met with a serious accident on Wednesday, whilst ascending Cemetery Hill on his motor cycle. He was…

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Drowning Fatality BoY'S [?]Ad End. Wanted to "Touch Bottom."

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

A [?] fatality [?] unusually pathetic features occured at Urlla on Wednesday. It appears that Horace [?] aged 12 years…

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Hiring Fatality Caused Through Fall of Coal. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

[?] that George [?] working at the [?] Central [?] [?]…

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