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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Currabubula Fatality. Man Walks Over Railway Culvert

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

A strange fatality occurred near Currabubula when a man named.lames H. Cox was found dead at the foot of a railway culvert…

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Young Girl Drowned. Sydney

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

Violet Drain, 16. when minding her sister and brother on the river bank at Bundaberg, fell off the ferry landing and was drowned…

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Injured by Open Door of Train. Sydney

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

The open door on a train is thought to have been responsible for the injuries sustained by three men between Erskineville and Redfern yesterday afternoon…

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A Nasty Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 2

On Friday Mr. Ben Meppem, of Galloping Flat, met with a very painful accident. He and another elderly man were straining a cable which stretched…

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Sulky Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 2

Mr. E. C. Holcombe, of Castlebar, and a man named M. Murphy, in the employ of Mr. W. Hinde, started out of town on Friday afternoon last in a…

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A Strange Accident

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

A strange fatality occurred near Currabubula when a man named James H. Cox was found dead at the foot, of a railway culvert. The…

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Accident to Well-known Grazier. Sydney

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

Alexander Muir a well-known grazier of Moreena, near Bingara is in an unconscious and critical state in Sydney Hospital with injuries to the head as a…

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Remarkable Accident. Injured Horse Found on Racecourse

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 2

An accident under remarkable circumstances occured on the Tamworth race-course on Wednesday, to a man named McGinty, and to a horse which…

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Accident to Barraba Train. Engine Leaves the Rails. BARRABA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 2

An accident happened to the out-going Harraba train at 3.50. o'clock' on Saturday afternoon. While rounding a sharp curve about 8 miles from Barraba, the…

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Shocking Colliery Fatality. Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred to-day at Cessnock. A boy named Geroge Edmunds, 14 years, met his death in a shocking manner, being crushed to death in a…

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Railway Accidents. Man Receives Fatal Injuries. Woman's Wonderful Escape. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

While crossing the railway line near Redfern this morning Stephen Dolphin was run down by a suburban train which passed right over him, severing both…

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Bicycle Accident

The North Western Courier · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 6

A young man named William Riley is at present an inmate of the Warialda Hospital, suffering from injuries received by falling from a bicycle near…

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Bicycle Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a man named Murphy was riding a bicycle on one of the tracks that run under Doctor's Creek Bridge. He struck his…

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A Nasty Accident

The North Western Courier · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. A. H. Pitman, of Thornbro, met with a nasty accident. She was to have taken part in a riding event in the ring at…

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Broken Hill MlNE FATALITY. Jury's Verdict. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of Archibald McIntyre, 34, who was suffecated in an open cut at the Broken Hill Pro prietary Mine, the check inspector of…

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Meat Riots in Berlin. Women Storm Butchers' Shops. Provisions Carried Off. Police Charge Meh and Many Persons Injured. AMSTERDAM

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 2

A neutral from Berlin narrates that on Tuesday the inmates of the Kaiser's Palace could plainly hear a tumult and a great riot which originated among…

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Dutch Boat Sunk in North Sea. American Passenger Drowned. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Batavier was sunk. She was either mine or torpedoed in the North Sea. The explosion wrecked the engine…

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Serious Tramway Accident. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 2

At a late hour last night a rear, end tram accident occurred at the intersection of Quay and George streets. Three passengers were more or less seriously…

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Mail Coach Overturns. Passengers Injured. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

The mail coach carrying the mails from Coff's Harbor to Bellingen, overturned last night and the occupants were thrown out Mr. Kenny had…

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Serious Blasting Accident Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 2

Owing to the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite in a sewer trech at Balmain William Hyde a laborer had his right thigh almost blown off…

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