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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

645 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 33

Car Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 8

Mr. Jack Hawke of Armidale, had a rude awakening on Frday morning last when driving a Bulck Six from Armidale en route to Waicha. The car struck…

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Graziers Wife Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 16

Willie in the surf at Dee Why this morning. Mr. Barden, a station owner, of Cunnamulla, Queensland and his wife were carried cut by a…

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Accident Causes Concussion

The Uralla Times · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 2

Harry Dowling. the 12-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Pat. Dowling, Rocky River, is at present in the. local hospital suffering from concussion of…

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Two Killed. Sawmill Fatality

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

William Millard, 74, and John Mudge. 32, were killed when the end of a sawmill engine blew out at Narracorte (S.A.). The bodies were…

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Terrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 3

At Shelley's Lee Works Elizabeth-st.. Ashfield, a boy's head was caught in a circular saw, and his skull was cut open. The injury was a frightful one…

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Nurse Drowned. Tragedy at South West Rocks KEMPSEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 1

While Nurse O'Dell was bathing with some others on the beach near South West Rocks at Kempsey yesterday, she was swept out to sea and…

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Rifle Accident. Farmer's Death. MARYBOROUGH (Qld.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 1

Allan McLiver, 37 farmer and fruit grower at Dundowran, was found dead with e bullet through his head. He had borrowed a rifle to…

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Ferry Accident. Engine Fails to Reverse City Footpath Damaged

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 2

The Sydney Ferries steamer Kubu crashed into the retaining wall at the Mosman jetty, Circular Quay, and was slightly damaged. The…

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Frightful Accident. Two Men Blown Up. Adelaide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 6

Two men, William Millard (7[?]) and John Mudge (32), were killed when the end of an engine blew out at Edwerds eawmills at Joanna. Millard's…

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Painful Accident

The Uralla Times · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 2

One day last week a lad named Barnden, aged about 10yrs, met with a very painful accident, having a toe torn off. It appears he was sitting…

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M.l.a. Injured

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. R. Fitzsimmous, M.L.A., from Parramatta, was knocked over by a motor car at the corner of Hunter Street last night. His skull is…

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Clergyman's Accident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 1

Whilst proceeding to Bergalla on the South Coast on Sunday to hold a service there Rev. W. M. Herd was thrown from hie sulky through his…

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Death After a Fall Accident at Butter Factory

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. Edward William Lawrence, a resident of Vivian Street, who occasionally follows painting, was engaged in painting the walls in the inside of…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 3

A shocking; accident at Pampoolah on Sunday resulted in Stanley Fernley, aged four years, son of Mr Frank Fernley, being shot dead at his…

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Bicycle Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 2

While riding his bicycle in Otho Street yesterday. Afternoon David Preston collided with a dog and as a result was thrown heavily to the…

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Accident at Bowls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon a very simple accident happened on the Kempsey bowling green. Mr. Chas. A. Lane, chemist, and an ex-Mayor of the town,…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 8

How capricious Fate may sometimes be is exemplified in the case of Mrs. John Culgan, of Goolagong. One day last week, she was standing on the…

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"They Got Me." Shunting Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 7

John Henry Costello, railway porter, who has been employed at Wallangarr[?] for the last five years, was discovered about 12-46 p.m. on…

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Struck by Train. Railway Fitter Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 6

Sydney Bone (49), a fitter in charge of the Valley Heights LocoDepot, was Knocked down by a passenger train and sustained a fractured…

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