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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

109 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 6

Shooting Accident at Bingara

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. Clarence Mexon, of Tamworth who was accidentally shot at Bing[?] on April 16, has made good progress towards recovery. Mr. Mo[?] was…

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Shooting Accident SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 2

Mrs May Williams, of Toowoomba, was duck-shooting when the trigger of the shot gun caught in her dress. The hun went off and the charge entered…

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Man Seriously Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 2

A shocking Occident occurred at Pallamallawa last week, when a men named M. McCaw had both legs and some of his ribs broken, the latter…

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Motor Car Bumps Prime Minister Slightly Injured. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 2

The Prime Minister's car passed over a bumpy piece of road near Perth. The rear part of the car bounded upwards and threw Mr. Bruce and…

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Man Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 2

George Kent, whilst fishing was swept from a [?] at Bondi and drowned in sight of his wife and children…

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Queenscliffe Explosion Seven Boys Injured Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 2

A number of boys playing in a plat of vacant land at Queenscliffe on Saturday night, act light to a bag containing a quantity of gunpowder. The…

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Melbourne Cyclone Three Persons Injured Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

Three houses in a terrace at Albert Park were struck by a cyclone late last night. The occupants, who were in bed, were awakened by a defeating…

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Gun Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

Richard Aurisch, a lad of 15 years, while standing on a fence at his parents' farm at Morinby with a loaded gun watching dog hunting, slipped…

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Motor Drops 20 Feet Driver Seriously Injured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

A motor car was proceeding along Carrington Drive near Waterfall yesterday afternoon, when the brakes failed. The car went over an…

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Harbor Collision

Manilla Express · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 3

One of the most serious collisions that has occurred for years on the Sydney Harbor took place last Thursday night shortly after…

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Sensational Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning at the Alice Street railway [?] Every morning when the…

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Disastrous Floods in Russia 400 Drowned London

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 2

Floods have occured at the lower Yolga region. Four hundred were drowned and seventy thousand people are homeless…

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Nasty Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

Mr. W. Lancaster met with a very painful accident. He was engaged in his regular occupation on Mr. paterson's bread cart,…

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Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 2

A young man named Phillip Holder, aged 24, was returning to his home at Bukkula. Inverell after attending a dance at Dinton Vale, when his horse…

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Peculiar Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 2

A peculiar accident happened on Friday to Frederick Moffat, of Mount Russell, Inverell. He and his brother Thomas were out shooting…

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Motor Car Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1923 · page 2

At Yan Yean yesterday John Senn[?]t was killed and three others injured through a motor cay skidding and overturning and pinning the four…

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Peculiar Shooting Accident

Manilla Express · Thursday 21 June 1923 · page 4

A peculiar accident happened last Friday to Frederick Moffat, at Mount Russel, Inverell He and his brother Thomas were out…

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Ex-M.L.A. Injured

Manilla Express · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 2

Mr. Thomas J. Swiney, ex-M.L.A. for Byron, and leader of the minority section of the recent A.L.P. executive, was at the…

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Accident at Kosciusko

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 2

A sixteen year old schoolboy, Donald Stewert, who broke his thigh at Mount Kosciusko, and was Tushed by sledge and motor and train to Sydney about…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 2

Mr. W. R. Jamieson, of Ca[?]eunga, met with a very painful experience on Monday last. It appears Mr. Jamieson left his home about 2 p.m. for a…

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