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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

218 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 6 of 11

Newtown Railway Accident. Finding of the Board

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

The railway departmental inquiry into the collision at Newtown on the evening of May 25 has resulted in a finding that the driver and fireman of the…

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Accidentally Burned at 120

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

This was the unfortunate happening to an old [?]ty in this district, known at Sally Green, a full-blooded Aborigl[?], who claimed to have…

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Fettler Fatally Injured. Singleton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

James Bowe, aged 52, was found alongside the railway line unconsious near his home at 6 o'clock this morning with a deep wound on the back of the head, also…

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Kitchener Drowned. Wednesday, 1.11 p.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

The Hampshire, with over 600 on board, conveying Kitchener and Staff on an important mission to Russia was mined or torpedoed in the…

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Serious Sulky Accident. Man Admitted to Hospital

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

A man named Joseph James Stewart (50) now lies in the Tamworth District Hospital in a critical condition as the result of a sulky accident near…

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Serious Motor Car Accident. Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

A serious motor car accident occurred last when Phillip Bible, hairdresser, and a well-known resident of the town, received serious injuries. He…

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Railway Collision at Liverpool. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

A slight railways collision occurred at Liverpool yesterday morning, as a result of which one carriage was partly smashed while the sides were ripped out of two…

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Fatal Accident. Boy Killed at Motor Garage

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

A distressing accident occurred at about 5.15 yesterday afternoon, whereby a boy named reginald John Orman, aged 15 years and 10 months, employed…

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Fatality at East Greta Colliery. Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred this afternoon at East Greta Colliery. A man named William O'Brien was suffocated. Deceased who was working on what is…

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Painful Accident. Man Burnt About Legs

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

A man named Walter Godbold was [?]tted to the Tamworth District Hospital on Sunday suffering from severe burns to both legs…

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French Bombs on Karlsruhe. Accidentally Fall on Holiday Crowd. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

French acroplanes flew over the city of Karls[?]e, four miles cast of the R[?]ne and dropped bombs and explosives killing 120 persons and wounding…

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Blight, Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

A collision is reported between a British cruiser find the nautical training ship Massachusetts, 50 miles outside of Nev York, The damage if…

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Enemy Crops Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

Severe hailstorms have seriously damaged the corn and hay in Hungary, also the crops In Thuringia Germany…

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Stock Train Divides. Collision Causes Serious Damage. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

A combined goods and live stock train became divided in the Culerin. Breadalbane section, about 150 miles from Sydney last night…

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Scalding Accident

The North Western Courier · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

Dorothy, the second youngest child of Mr. T. Greenaway, of Collarendabri, met with a severe scalding accident on Monday evening last. It appears…

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Marcom's Collision Device. (United Service Message.) LONDON

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

Signor Marconi has invented a device to end night and fog collisions…

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Pea Rifle Accident

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

We understand the Lagoon was the scene of a peculliar accident this week, one little fellow being wounded in the foot by a pea rifle bullet fired…

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Boating Fatality at Hawkesbury. Sydney

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

Through the capsize of a rowing boat on the Hawkesbury River on Saturday night two occupants were thrown into the water. One, Albert Moore, a visitor…

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Motor Car Accident. Runaway Horse Killed. MAITLAND

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

An accident of an exciting nature occurred late last night at Campbell's Hill, when a pair of runaway horses dashed into a motor car, which was…

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Dreadful Scalding Accident. Glen Innes

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 3

Yesterday morning Mrs. Jobson lifted a kerosene tin of boiling water off the stove and left it near the table. She went to get the children's breakfast…

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