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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Queensland Train Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Two carriages on an excursion train were derailed yesterday not far from Gragana. Queensland and ran over an embankment. The passengers were…

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Another Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Eleven people were injured when a [?]en motor car crashed over an embankment at Heathcc[?] early yesterday morning. As a result one young…

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Sulky Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Farlow, driver of the Moree Cabbedah mail, was driving two horses attached to a sulky when near the 18 mile peg from Moree the horses…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Odell met with a nasty accident yesterday evening. He was on horse back trying to overtake some of his team which…

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Motor Collision

North West Champion · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 2

As the result of a motor collision at Queanbeyan one man was killed and another seriously injured…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. James McIntosh. who is over 60 years, of age, was riding a horse at Boundary Gate [?] Sunday, when the animal put its foot in a hole and fell on…

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Peculiar Drowning Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 2

John Mackay aged 9, was playing with his dog rear a lagoon at Manly when the animal suddenly plunged in to the water taking the boy with him…

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Shooting Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 2

Shortly after the arrival of the steamer Medic at Adelaide yesterday, one of the passengers. Mrs. Hilda Hunter, was shot and died subsequent…

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Late Telegrams. Boating Fatality. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 2

A distressing tragedy occurred at Brible Island, Queensland, yesterday, when the wife and daughter of Captain Laidley, of the coastal steamer…

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S.s. Benalla Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 2

A message from Fremantle, W.A., states that the strainer Benalla while prcceeding on her voyage from Australia to London, ran on to a bank, out…

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Sad Drowning Fatality Henry Edmund Shields the Victim

The North Western Courier · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 1

Profound regret was expressed throughout the town and district on Sunday night when the sad news became known that Henry Edmund…

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Yachting Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that three men were drowned In Port Phillip Bay yesterday morning, when the yacht they were sailing capsized. The…

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Fatal Accident INSPECTOR T. Keating Killed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 2

The sad news was received on Friday afternoon by Mrs. M. Neeves that her father. Mr. T. Keating, Inspector of Bridges had been killed at…

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Fatal Accident. INSPECTOR T. Keating Killed

North West Champion · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 2

The sad news was received on Friday afternoon by Mrs. M. Neeves that her father, Mr. T. Keating, Inspector of Bridges, had been killed at…

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Drowning Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

Henry Edmund Shields, youngest son of Mr. Robert Shields, manager of Edgerol station, Narrabri, was drowned on Sunday In what is known as…

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Miscellaneous Items Jockey Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at the Cootamundra railway station on Saturday night. Norman Frederick Hoysted a young…

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Serious Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

A serious accident recurred at Terlings on Friday afternoon, as the result of which Mr. N. L. Hill owner and Mr. John Forrester were severaly…

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Surf Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 3

On Monday afternoon a married man Allan Alfred Gane, a green grocer aged 33, of Mascot was bathing in the surf at Maroubra Bay when he was…

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Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 2

Mr. Thomas John Findlay, who was injured through a horse falling with him on the Tamworth show ground on Thursday, died in the Tamworth…

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