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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Patriotic Cricket Match. In Aid of Fund for Injured Soldiers. MELBOURNE

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

A cricket match. Victoria v. a combined eighteen under Armstrong, was commenced in Melbourne yesterday in aid of the Injured Soldiers' Fund…

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Drowning Satality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Ivy. Kippen, aged l9, and Pauline Boy[?]on, 14, were drowned in the Mur rumbidgee river at Narrandera while bathing…

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Two Girls Drowned. Get Into Difficulties in River. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Ivy Kippen, 19, and Pauline Bovton, 14, were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera while bathing, One got into difficulties and while the…

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Peculiar Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

A motor car while on a ferry punt near Kempsey started suddenly and crashed into the river, A number of passengers were precipitated…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

A train of twenty-two trucks broke away at the Clyde station and ran into the buffer stops. The end of the train climbed an eight feet bank and…

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Pea Rifle Again. woman Dangerously injured. SINGLETON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Pearl Warner, 20 years old, of Jerrys Plains, was accidentally shot on Sunday afternoon. A boy was handling a pea rifle, when it was discharged, the…

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Young Girl Nearly Drowned. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Jessie Sherrod, 14, fell overboard from a ferry steamer in Farm Cove last night and would have been drowned but for the plucky action of two deckhands,…

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Accidental Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

The P. and O. branch line steamer Goelong was sunk in the Mediter ranean after a collision with an Admiralty store ship. There was no…

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Collision

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

The steamer City of Florence, which passed Cape Schenck yesterday, signalled she bad been in collision with the schooner Phillipine…

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Two Sisters Drowned. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Nellie Howard, aged 20, and Annie Howard, 17, two sisters were drowned in the Goulburn River at Shepparton. Victoria. While bathing, Annie got into…

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Unknown Man Drowned. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

The body of an unknown man was found floating in the harbor near the ballast wharf at Dawes Point to-day. He had been in the water 4 or 5 hours…

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Late Telegrams Goods Train in Collision. Terrific Smash. Many Marrow Escapes. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

A terrific smash occured at Clyde during shunting operations this mornnig. Two goods trains came into collision, causing great damage to rolling…

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Rumored Greeco-bulgar Collision. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

It is reported that a battle occurred between Bulgarians and Greek gendarmes at Properosel, several being killed or wounded…

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Constable's Alleged Shooting Sister-in-Law Dead and Wife Injured. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

About 5 p.m. to-day Constable F. N. Fisher, who had been in the force about two months went to a residence in Bathurst-street, city, where his wife and a…

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Late Telegrams Nearly Drowned. Reterned Soldier Rescued at Manly. Overtaken by a Seizure. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

Two men were resting near the bathing shed at Manly when they noticed what appeared to be a quantity of seaweed floating about. On investigation…

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Inquest. Accidental Death

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

An inquest was hold before the Coroner (Major Crane, P.M.) at the Court House on Friday into the circumstances connected with the deaf…

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Late Telegrams Cruelty to Animals. Man Fined. Crowded Trucks at Flemington. Cattle Badly Injured. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

William Wheeler was convicted to-day on three informations charging him with cruelty to anivals and was fined £5 with costs in each case, in default…

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Woman Killed by a Train. Fatality Near Glen lanes. Glen Innes

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

Mary Ann Hornery, wife of a fettler, was knocked down by the Brisbane mail this morning, two miles from town. She opened the railway gates as usual, and…

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Tram Collision

The North Western Courier · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

Two trams collided at Rose Bay last night, and about a dozen passengers were injured, the majority only slightly…

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Horrible Railway Fatality. Man Dragged on Cow-Catcher. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

Henry Bruce (36) was run down and mangled by a train near Berowra station early this morning. How the victim came to be on the…

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