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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Pea Rifle Accident

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

Mr. Albert Warren. second son of Mr. and Mrs. James Warren [?]ome Moree was shooting rabbits with a pea rifle yesterday afternoon. When…

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Firemen Killed and Injured

North West Champion · Monday 7 April 1924 · page 2

An Auckland (N.Z.) message states that while travelling to a fixe on Saturday night a motor fire engine skidded on the wet road and struck a…

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Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 2

Robert Mullgrow 45 a fireman at Coal Cliff colliery Wollongong, was killed by a train [?] for from the spot where his eleven years old daughter…

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Shipping Fatality SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

A wireless message last night stated that the North Coast Company's steamer, Tintenbar, 668 tons, which was under charter to the…

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To-day's Wires. Dee Why Burning Fatality

North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

George Marshall, 14, another of the three boys burnt in a tent at Dee Why on Tuesday night, died last night in the Manly Hospital…

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Sleeping, he Leapt. Sensational Affair on Cooma Express Barely Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 6

"He was fast asleep, lying back in his seat. Suddenly he jumped to his feet and sprang, still asleep, straight out of the carriage window…

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Peculiar Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

William Cresswell, a litter, and his mate. Norman Wild, were at work in a high pressure tunnel at Newtown in connection with the Water and…

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To-day's Wires. Fire on Oil Ship. Terrible Explosion. Three Men Killed, Others Injured. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 2

An Adelaide message states that a fire on the oil ship, City of Singapore, lying in Port Adelaide, culminated in a terrific explosion late on Saturday…

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Motor Car Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that a motor car sm[?]sh occurred near Mary borough last night, resulting in the death of Harold Walker and serious…

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Motor Lorry Accident Woman's Leg Broken Singleton

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

A motor lorry accident occurred in the vicinity of Dankey Creck, on Wednesday morning. A lorry owned by O. Clark, of Bulga, was making its…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 2

A motor cycle, driven by Alfred Peterson, 43, ran into a cow on the road to Balwyn last night. Mrs. Peterson was killed, and Peterson and…

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Burning Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 3

A shocking bu[?]ing accident occurred early on Thursday night, as the result of which Mr. Arthur James Bressett sustained such fearful injuries…

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Man on Roadside Injured

North West Champion · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

Oscar Asche, the actor, whilst returning from a drive to Mornington last night, discovered a man on the roadside badly hurt. He had been…

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Motor Car Accidents. Melbourne

North West Champion · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

Seven motor car accidents occurred during the week-end—several of them serious. Captain Single, formerly of the A.L.F., and well-known in Sydney…

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Jo-day's Wires. Motor Car Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

A motor car overturned at Syvania, Cronulla, at midnight on Saturday. The accident was caused by shadows on the road. The occupants received…

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Fatal Burning Accident

North West Champion · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 3

At about 7.30 on Thursday night, at the residence of Mr. Athol Kapell, a young man named Arthur Bassett, 28, met with a burning accident, which…

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Collision Railway Trucks Derailed Guard Finned Underneath Wreckage

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 3

Rounding a curve between the North Carlton and Royal Park stations on Saturday afternoon, an electric passenger train crashed into a…

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Serious Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 4

A serious and very painful accident happened to Mr. Carl Stork of Wallah, on Friday afternoon last. It appears that he was carrying out…

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Black Jack Mine Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

Last week a serious accident occurred at the Black Jack coal mine with the result at a miner named Arthur Saunders, aged 48,…

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Muswellbrook Fatality. Father and Child Drowned

North West Champion · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 7

Jack Chirman, 3 years old, was sitting in his father's dray at Muswellbrook yesterday, when the horse took fright, and suddenly backed into the…

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