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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Father and Son Drowned Together. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 3

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

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Here and There. Burning Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 7

Jean Shaw, of South Bunarba, Weemelah, aged 16, was frying eggs on Tuesday when her clothes caught fire. She was severely burnt about the arms…

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Shocking Accident Man Loses Both Hands

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 2

Leslie Anderson, 29, a miner, living at Boolaroo, met with a serious accident on Monday resulting in the loss of both his hands. He was…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

William Tumor, 33, married, of Granville, died yesterday, as a result of his motor cycle colliding with a motor motor car at Ashfield on…

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Railway Yards Fatality Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

Ernest Flynn, who was badly crushed at the Bathurst railway yards on Saturday, during shunting, has since succumbed to Injuries…

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Motor Accident

North West Champion · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

George Howard, 37, married, with seven children, is now in the Bathurst Hospital in a critical condition as the result of a motor cycle…

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Bathurst Railway Accident. Man Crushed to Death

North West Champion · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

Earnest Flynn, who was badly crashed at Bathurst Railway Yards on Saturday during shunting ope[?]nations, has since succumbed to his…

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Accidentally Shot

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 2

The body of a [?]oy named Fellows, with part of the [?] blown away, was found at a [?] door of a farmer named John W[?]lace at Ferntree…

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Shocking Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 2

Walter Harris, Stationmaster at Macksville, recently transferred from Orange, was braking a truck yesterday when he slipped and fell. Another…

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Jockey Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 4

A sensational collision occurred between a pony and a field of racehorses at Ascot races. P. O'Sullivan, a jockey, was seriously injured…

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Drowned at Brisbane Sydney, Mond;ay

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 2

Charles Walton Copeland and his son, Fred, and Ronald Mossman, went rowing on the Brisbane River on Saturday night, when the dingy…

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Bolting Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 2

Mr. J. Duncan was driving a horse attached to a cart in Frome Street yesterday morning when the animal took fright and bolted. Before going…

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Norman Brookes Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 3

Norma Brookes, while playing in the semi-finals London Championship against Colonel Kingscote, was injured through a ball hitting his eye…

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Claims for Accidents

Manilla Express · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 2

The receipt for a claim for compensation for injury is common ev[?] yearly round of business in nearly every council…

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Train Fatality

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 6

A man was killed by a train at Ashfield station on Saturday night, identified as Cyril Betterick, 34 of Hardy Street, Ashfield…

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Serious Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. McFadyen met with a very so ions accident on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that he was fixing a pipe in a tank on a stand 12 feet high at…

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Painful Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 2

On Tuesday last, while Mr. R. McFadyen was working on a windmill at the residence of Mr. C. G. Hobbes, be fell from a height of about 20 feet,…

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Railway Fatality Run Over By Truck

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 July 1924 · page 2

John Callaghan, aged 61 years, a married man, and brother of Mr. D. Callaghan, of Maitland Street, Narrabri, was killed on Friday morning…

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Drowning Fatality

Manilla Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

On Monday last, Mr. George Faddy, of Barraba, received a wire containing the sad news that his third son, Clyde, had been…

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Shunter Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 July 1924 · page 1

Mr. Harry Beavis, a married man, while engaged in shunting work at Narrabri West on Wednesday had a miracious escape from death. As it…

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