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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

588 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 30

Cars Collide. Three Persons Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 4

Two motor cars collided as Kew, Melbourne, late on Saturday night, and three persons were injured, but not seriously…

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Dangerous Practice Two Boys Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

Two boys, members, of the 39th Battalion, met with a peculiar accident near Seymour (Victoria) while being conveyed to a compulsory training…

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Woman Fatally Injured Relatives Believed to Live at Moree. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

Linda Cousins, aged 20, was run over by a motor bus near Eddy Avenue. Sydney, last night, and fatally injured. She was about to board the vehicle…

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Racehorse Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 1

Mountain Song, the champion filly of Queensland, was being put on board the steamer Canberra at Brisbane, when she fell backwards on to…

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Child Swallows Shilling. Accident at Manilla

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 4

A message from Manilla states that Laurie Hartley, aged 11, accidentally swallowed a shilling on Monday night The child was taken to the hospital…

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Distressing Fatality

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 2

A fatality surrounded by peculiarly painful ci[?] took place at Gamnain last Thursday. Mrs Join Currul was…

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Boy's Sad Fate. Fatality Near Wallangarra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 9

Darrel Wilfred Keith Jones, nine years of age, son of Mr. Henry R. Jones, grazier, of Wallangarra district, was drowned in a large dam on his father's…

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Nearly a Fatality. Bather in Difficulties

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

The Kyogle paper says: For the second time within the space of a few days, a fatality was narrowly averted at the spot in the river known…

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Accident at Gosford. Front Wheels Over Bridge

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 1

A party of motorists journeying in the direction of Paterson, had a remarkable escape from a serious accident last week?…

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Show Accidents. Society's Liability. Legal Opinion

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the P. and A. Society it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the society's hability in connection with accidents as show…

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ASHFORD. Motor Cycle Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 7

A most painful accident befel a man named New whilst riding his motor cycle along the Bonshaw road on Sunday morning. It appears New…

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Motor Collision One Man Killed, Others Badly Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 5

As a result of a collision at Geelong between a motor cycle and a motor car, Cecil Berriman, aged 34, was killed, and the other, ocoupants of the car…

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Drowned at Narrabeen. Fatal Undertow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Harold Spooner, a baker, of Narrabeen, was carried out by the undertow and drowned while surfing at Narrabeen yesterday…

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Sudden Illness. Cause of Motor Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Turreli, driver of the 'bus which crashed over an embankment at Cremorne, was concluded to-day…

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Drowned in a Lagoon. Little Child's Sad End

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

The body of the child Saunders, who wandered from a picnic camp on the Murrumbidgee, has been found in a lagoon, a mile and a half away…

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Train Smash. At Hawkesbury. Railwasy Men Injured

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

A sensational railway smash occurred near the Hawkesbury railway station shortly after 3 o'clock Sunday morning when a…

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Show Accidents. Society's Liability. Legal Opinion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

At a meeting of the Glen Innes P. and A. Society it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the society's liability in connection with…

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Cyclists Injured at Sydney Sports Ground. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

While, competing in cycle sports at Sydney sports ground. three youths fell heavily to the track. They were John [?]. Harry Coulter, and…

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Tram Kills Horse Rider Badly Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

Fred walKer was riding a horse at Ryde last night, when he collided head on with a tram. The horse was killed outright Walker was badly injured,…

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Show Accidents Society's Liability. Legal Opinion

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

Several members of the Committee of the Armidale and New England P. A., and H. Association are concerned regarding their liability, should an…

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