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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

306 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 6 of 16

Accident at Glen Innes. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

Wrile crossing Gray-street last. night Mr. Eli Hodden, Inspector of Pennant Ways, was knocked down and run by a motor. Mr. Hodden was severely…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

Whilst driving home on Thursday evening Mr E. An is was thrown from the cart and sustained abrasions on…

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Motor Car Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

While Mr. Maconochie of Oberne station, near Adelong, was driving home from Melbourne accompanied by his wife and child, the car ran into a…

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People Removing Furniture. Young Man Drowned, SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

A later Lismore message says that the water is now over the tops of the fences in many places, and people in the flooded and threatened localities are…

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Two Tramcars Collide. a Conductor Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 7

Two trams collided in George-street West this morning. The conductor of one was thrown from his car and picked up unconscious. He is suffering from…

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Returned Soldier Injured. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 1

A returned soldier, Arthur Roberts, was found lying in an unconscious condition in the roadway at Randwick. He was conveyed to the hospital, where…

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Richmond Floods. Another Man Drowned. Waters Receding. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 1

There has been another victim of the flood waters at Lismore. David Cunningham, who was returning home on horseback, was swept away…

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Road Accident

Daily Observer · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 3

Mrs. H. Crawford, of North Tamworth, had a narrow escape from serious Injury while driving along the Goonoo Goonoo Road yesterday. The horse…

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Chapter of Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 5

What might easily have been a serious accident occurred on Saturday night to a car driven by Mr. Woods. who had been attending a returned…

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Late Telegrams. Train Fatality. John Bates' Gloomy Threats. An Open Verdict. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 2

At the inquest at Culcairn. on the body of John Bates, who was killed by being run down by the Sydney express, one day last week, evidence was given that…

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Terrible Bicycle Fatality. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

SYDNEY, [?] William Power was riding a bicycle to church at West Maitland collided with a sulky, the shaft of the…

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Inderground Explosion. Man Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 1

While Arthur Roach was searching for the cause of a block in the subterranean water channel at Newtown, with a lantern[?] his hand an explosion occurred…

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Accidents

Daily Observer · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. Dick Webb, of Warrah, was seriously injured last Moday, at Willow Tree, by being crushed about the chest and throat through a bale of hay…

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Another Motor Accident. Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

A shocking motor accident took place on the St. Kilda road, Melbourne, The car struck a rockery and three of its occupants were seriously injured…

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Motor Cycle and Side Car Accident

Daily Observer · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. Reuben Jeffries, his son, Alwyn, and Miss A. Smith were returning from Tamworth to Hallsville on the evening of the 7th instant, and…

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Train Smash. Bendigo Express Derailed. Many Passengers Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

When the 6.25 express from Bendigo to Melbourne renched Barker's Creek, about 60 miles from Melbourne, this morning, a smash of a sensational…

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Fatal Sulky Accident

Daily Observer · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 1

Mrs. M. A. Flynn, of Greyleigh, Millmerran, who was thrown out or a sulky through a horse bolting, sustaining injuries which necessitated her removal…

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Painful Accident

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 2

A young man named Harold Ingersoll, of Went Narrabri, met with a serious accident at Moree on Monday last. It appears that he went up to…

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Winnipeg Riots. Collisions With Special Police. V.C. Holder Injured. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 3

Serious rioting occurred during the general strike at Winnipeg. The mob attacked the veterans who were acting as special police, and…

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Child's Accidental Death

Daily Observer · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 3

At the inquest held yesterday by Mr. Cr. M. Nankervis, Deputy Coroner, into the circumstances attached to the death of Raymond Munns, 2 year and 7 months…

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