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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Accident in Tunnel. Three Men Injured. SYDNEY, Wednesday

Daily Observer · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 1

A plank on which six men were working in the Glebe tunnel in connection with the city underground railway collapsed, and the men fell 15 feet to the…

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Victorian Premier Injured Mob Riots in Melbourne. Premier's Head Badly Gashed

Daily Observer · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 3

On Monday afternoon there was a continuance of the soldier riots in Melbourne. The Premier, Mr. Lawson, was struck on the head and severely injured…

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Shooting Fatality

Daily Observer · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 1

A shooting- fatality occurred, at a farm about six miles from Glass House Mountains the victim being Ernest Arthur Street, aged three years and four months…

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Late Telegrams. Mail Trains Collide. Two Passengers Injured. Curious Cause of Accident. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 2

The Cooma mail train ran into the rear of the Temora mail train near Tallong Bridge, late last night. No dam­age was done to the engine or to the…

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Driving Accident

Daily Observer · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 1

Mr.Buttsworth, headmaster of South Grafton School, met with a nasty acci­dent when out driving on Sunday last. The buggy was overturned, and Mr…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

Charles Hawser, who was driving motor cycle, accompanied by a youth named Finlay in a side car, collided with motor car on the Geelong road,…

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Telegrams. Motor Car Fatality. Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

Charles Hawser, who was driving a motor cycle, accompanied by a youth named Finlay in a side car, collided with a motor car on the Geelong road…

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North Coast News. Fatal Accident. Motor Cycle Collides with Horse

Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 1

On Saturday night, about 17 miles from Three, S. F. Arnheim, staff surveyor (39), was driving a motor cycle with a Bide car, and accompanied by the chain-ftian, Thomas Thornton, was returning…

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Fatal Motor Accident. At. Devil's Elbow. Commercial Traveller Killed

Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 1

A fatal motor accident occurred yesterday on the Bingara-Barraba Road. Mr. F. W. Edwards, representing Perdrian, Ltd., and Mr. Cyril Thyne, representing…

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Chicago Race Riots. 22 People Killed, 500 Injured. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 2

At Chicago fourteen whites and eight negroes were killed, and some 500 people injured, in the race riots, which lasted all Monday night…

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"I'm in a Hurry." Motor Driver Leaves Injured Man. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

A motor driver took an injured man to the Sydney Hospital last night and said "I am in a hurry," and left without giving his name and address…

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Horse Bolts with Lorry. Riders'Thrown Out and Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 5

William Scotland and Percy Davies were on lorry in Newtown, when the horse took fright and bolted…

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Paris Motor Bandits. Gendarmes Accidentally Killed. London

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

The "Times" Paris correspondent wired on July 28: Motor bandits have appeared. The police tried to ambush a gang yesterday. They fired a hall of…

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Railway Smash Sensational Accident at Cootamundra. No Lives Lost. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 1

A sensational railway smash occurred at Cootamundra last night. A goods trucks consisting of a number of trucks laden With 450 tons of coal left Cootamundra…

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Accident at Gravesend

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Patrick Tobin, an employee on the railway, was returning from work early on Monthly morning, and while crossing a railway bridge near…

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Late Telegrams. Peter 30Wling Injured. Charge Against a Chauffeur. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Peter Bowling was knocked down by a motor car in Paddington last night, He sustained a concussion of the brain. Subsequently William Dunn, a…

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Fishing Fatality. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 2

Frederick Fincher and another man were flshing from the rocks at Long bay yesterday when they were washed off. Fincher was carried out to…

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Peter Bowling Not Injured. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 1

It now transpires that the man injured by a motor car yesterday was not Peter Bowling, but Patrick Boland. Peter Bowling is well and hearty…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 4

Mr S. Bates met with a nasty accident on Saturday owing to being thrown from a cart which passed over a rut. His neck was injured, and he is under…

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Disastrous Fire. Three Business Places Completely Destroyed. Government Savings Bank Gutted. Some Occupants Seriously Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

Another disastrous fire broke out at about 2.30 o'clock on Tuesday morning in Balo Street, as a result of which three business places—owned by…

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