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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Serious Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. Fred Phillips was the victim of a painful accident on Monday last, in which he narrowly escaped fatal injuries He and Mr. E. Rose had a…

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Drowning Fatality. Dinghy's Fatal Capsize

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

All Adelaide message says: While landing in a dingy at Cape Borda from the lighthouse steamer Lady Loch on Saturday night, the chief…

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Boy's Leg Broken Cycle and Car Collision

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

A boy named Percival Edward Dickcon son of Mr. W. H. Dickson, of Greaves Street had his leg broken about five o'clock on Friday afternoon…

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Riots in Paris. 70 Policemen Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

A message from Paris states that, according to the latest reports, rioting in the Latin quarter resulted in 70 policemen being more or less seriously…

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Fatal Riding Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 7

Mr. James Suters, master butcher at Wnuchope, met with a fatal accident last week. While riding after stock, he turned his horse sharply, when the…

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Two Killed. Railway Fatality Near Casino. Due to Derailment. sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 4

A train was derailed near Casino late last night. The fireman, H. Curnow, and driver J. Gieeson, were pinned beneath the engine tender. When…

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Brothers Meet After 52 Years Accidental Discovery

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 4

Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. Mr. 'Humphrey Weston, how a resident of Whitton but an erstwhile resident of Bathurst, returned…

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Railway Fatality

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 1

A train was derailed near Casino and the fireman, H. Curnow, and driver, J. Gleeson, were pinned beneath the engine tender. When…

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Railway Man Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 4

Mr Claude J. Upton a railway employee, was badly burned about the face and hand while on duty one day last week at Tenterfield, as…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Mr. Wm. Skinner Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture and Stock (Mr. Forgan Smith) has received from Mackay a telegram announcing the death of Mr. William…

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Accidents at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 10

Mr. Clive Fretener, an employee of the Deepwater Estate, met with an accident which [?] have proved [?] Whilst…

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Car Capsizes. Two Killed; One Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

Bruce Graham and his wife were fatally injured through their motor car upsetting at Horotu. Their young daughter also…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Mr Wm. Skinner KlLLED

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 4

The Queensland Minister for Agricul ture and Stock (Mr. Forgan Smith) has received from Mackay a telegram announcing the death of Mr. William…

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General Chauvel Injured. While Inspecting Site. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 4

Lieut. General Sir Harry Chauvel, while inspecting a position on the coast eight miles from Darwin for a site for erecting guns, became…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Motor Launch Gapsizes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Three, men had a narrow escape from drowning at Maroubra Bay, last night. They were bound for Sydney in a small motor launch, when some defect…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Tuesday. Triple Fatality

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Another level crossing accident coding, three lives occurred at Bayswater, a suburb of Melbourne, last night. A passenger train from Ferntree Gully…

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Tram V Motor Cycle. One Killed, Two Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Thomas Williams (38) was killed and James Vaughan and Mrs. Vaughan were injured when a motor cycle and side ear and a tram collided at Kew,…

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Lt.-general Chauvel. Meets With Slight Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Lt.-General Sir Harry Chauvel, while inspecting a position on the Coast, eight miles from Darwin, for a site for erecting guns, became entangled in…

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Railway-Crossing Fatality. Three Killed in Victoria Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 4

[?] into a [?] at [?],crossing, [?]Victoria)[?] lastnight. The occupanls fo the waggonette were…

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Jockey Seriously Injured. Three Horses Fall. Sydney,Tuesday

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 4

During-Hie running of a Cup at Wellington (N.S.W.) races yesterday, three horses-fell, and G. A. Ralph, of Sydney, sustained. a badly fractured…

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