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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Young Woman Drowned. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

Eva Tillman, aged 20, a resident of Granville, was accidentally drowned at Tuggerah entrance. Deceased, who was on a holiday visit with her parents and…

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Motor Boat Disaster. Three Men Drowned. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

The body of John Ristkok, drowned through the capsizing of a motor launch in Botany Bay yesterday, was recovered this morning…

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Peculiar Fatality

Daily Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

William Leslie Childs (4) was killed in a curious manner at Avommore station, on the Echuca line, on Wednesday. When the train pulled up at…

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Was He Drowned? Clothes Left in Surf Shed. Believed to Belong to Public Works' Engineer

Daily Observer · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Clothing and other property belonging to a man was found in the surf sheds at Manly yesterday afternoon, but whether or not the owner has been drowned, the…

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Late Telegrams. Car Overturns. In Trying to Avoid Collision. Seven Occupants Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

Alfred McEwan of Petersham, was driving a motor car along Broadway, Sydney, when he tried to avoid running into a sulky in front. Swerving his [?]at…

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Accident to Recruiting Officer

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

On Saturday evening. Lieut. A. F. Fletcher, who arrived in Narrabri that morning for the purpose of conducting a recruiting campaign, set out…

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Late Telegrams. Throwing Corrosive Acid. Soldier Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Owing to a quantity of fluid, supposed to be corrosive acid, splas[?]ing over him in the yard of a house in Newtown, yesterday, Private William Wilkins,…

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Fight for Pork. Many Injured in Vienna. Disappointed Buyers Demonstrate. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Zurich correspondent says that the "Arbeiter Zeitung" reports that on the occasion of the sale of 40,000 lbs of Serbian pork in Vienna on…

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Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

William Leslie Childs, four years of age, was killed in a peculiar manner at Avonmore station, on the Echuca line, last week. When the train…

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Railway Accident. Sydney, Tuesday, 9.45 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

As a result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early this morning between a number of railway carriages, a train timed to…

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Fisherman Drowned

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Joseph Snow, a fisherman, 41 years of ago, living at Carrum, went in his boat on Sunday morning, intending to return in the afternoon. On Monday…

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Collision at the Central

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

On Tuesday morning a collision took place at the Central railway station. It appears that a number of carriges were drawn up at No. 1 platform, and…

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Singleton Fatality. Horse Falls on Rider. SINGLETON

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

An Inquest was held this morning by Mr. D. McDougall District Coroner), concerning the death of Lancelot T. Roper, which occurred at Benvenue, 13…

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Waggon Overturns Members of Picnic Party Seriously: Injured. MELBOURNE Sunday Night

Daily Observer · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

A picnic party consisting of eight adults and three children, met with disaster to-day. The party left Mount Albert for…

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A Blackmount Creek Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

A boy named Thomas Young, aged 12 years, and the son of Mr. T. Young, of Blackmount Creek, near Boggabri, was fatally injured on Friday last…

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Telegrams. Accident at a Picnic Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

As a result of the overturning of a waggon containing a picnic party, at Warrandgte, several of the occupants were more or less seriously injured…

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Injured While Diving

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

While diving in this Ocean Baths at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Laura Rodman, a resident of Bolton Street, Newcastle, struck her head…

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A Peculiar Accident

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

A little boy named Horn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horn, of Wee Wan, was admitted into the Narrabri Hospital a couple of weeks ago, and a history of…

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Drowning Case

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

A fatality occurred on Sunday week at the Manning River Heads Two little boys. William and Fred Burns, aged 11 and 9 years, who helped to…

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Gelingnite Explosion. Two Men Dangerously Injured. Accident on Fishing Excursion. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

At 10.30 p.m. on Saturday George Gibson, aged 40, and Richmond Flew, aged 53, broth residents of Mosman, accompanied by another man, John Kelly,…

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