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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Melbourne Melee. Police and People in Holts. Constable Injured. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

A sensational melee took place in the city last night between the police and public. A constable had occasion to arrest a…

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Late Telegrams. Blue Mountain Tragedy. Two Women Drowned While Bathing. One Tries to Save the Other. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Two married women, Edith Myers and Iveline Ellis, sisters, were drowned in the Fairy Dells swimming bath at the rear of the big boarding establishment…

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Horse Falls on Motor Car. Accident on Glen Innesgrafton Road. Mr. H. G. Le Quesne Killed. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred on the Glen Innes-Grafton Road to-day. A man was riding a young horse and leading another, when a motor car came along…

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Motor Car Fatality. Further Details. Mr. Lc Quesne thrown Out. Died from Injuries. GRAFTON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

As the result of a motor car accident on the Glen Innes Road on Monday Mr H. G. Le Quesne of Kootingal near Tamworth, lost his life, and Mr. Winkler…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Car and Tram Collide. Two People Killed. Driver's Confidence in Himself SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

A collision between a motor car and tram at Double Bay this morning resulted in five occupants of the car being injured three seriously, including the…

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North Coast Motor Fatality. Death of Another Victim. Ulmarra

Daily Observer · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

Albert Winkler, 25, son of Mr. John Winkler, of Ulmarra, who was injured in the motor accident on the Glen Innes road on Monday, died in the hospital…

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Grafton Motor Fatality. Mr. Le Quesne's Heroism Further Particulars

Daily Observer · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

According to Mr. G. K. Maxwell, who was in Tamworth yesterday to attend the funeral of the late Mr. H. G. Le Quesne, the unfortunate affair in which…

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Bathing Fatality. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

While bathing at Sandringham Beach, Melbourne, to-day, two girls slipped into a hole and sank. One, Mary Crighton, 15, was drowned…

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Broken Hill Express Collision. 33 Injured. Adelaide. Sunday Night

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Details are just coming to hand of one of the most serious train smashes on record for the services of this State. So far as can be ascertained at…

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Late Telegrams. Railway Collision. Broken Hill Express and Goods Train. 35 People Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

A sensational railway collision occurred at Stockport, 50 miles from Adelaide. The Broken Hill express), which left the city at 4,50 on Friday afternoon…

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Burning Fatality. Mother and Baby the Victims. Melbourne

Daily Observer · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

A burning fatality occurred this morning at South Kensington the victims being Mrs. Victoria Jane Allison aged 29 and her three weeks old…

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Newcastle Surfing Fatality. Gallant Attempts at Rescue SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Gerald Leaght of Adamstown 35 was drowned while surfing on the Newcastle beach yesterday afternoon through being caught in the undertow…

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The Latest. British Munition Factory. Fire Causes Terrible Explosion. Many People Killed or Injured. Shock Felt for Many Miles Around. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

The Ministry of Munitions officially states: Yesterday a fire started in a factory eastward of London near the river employed in refining explosives…

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Priest Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

"Father Kelly, acting parish priest at Taree, was drowned on Thursday whilst bathing in the breakers at Mitchell's Island. Father Davoren,…

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Explosion in a Munition Factory. Many Killed and Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

A terrible fire has occurred in a munition factory," the force of the explosion shaking London. Fires spread to many of the adiacent buildings…

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Woy Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

On Thursday last a railway accident occurred at Woy Woy. A goods train from Sydney caught the men working in the tunnel, killing one and injuring…

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Chapter of Accidents. Two Men and a Girl Killed. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

There was a chapter of accidents in Sydney to-day. A horse attached to a lorry bolted in Rourke-street, Surry Hills, and when it…

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Taxi-Cab Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 5

Owing to a taxi-cab colliding with a verandah post in Flinders-street, Sydney, on Tuesday, Arthur Patrick Murray a soldier who was in camp at…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Inverell

Daily Observer · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 8

A distressing accident occurred at the home of Mr. H. C. Parker at Little Plain, resulting in the death of his young son, Walter William, aged [?]½…

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Collision Off South Reef. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

A collision occurred this afternoon off South. Reef between the steamer Victoria which was making a trial trip, and the Annie…

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