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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

198 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 10

Drowned Crossing a Creek

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

Yesterday a colored man, believed to be an Assyrian named Slibba, attempted to cross a flooded creek near Murwillumbah in a sulky. when the…

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Late Telegrams. Tuggerah Fatality. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

John Wells, office in charge of the fire station at Burwood, and Miss Alice Doyle, aged [?] nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, were carried…

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[?]Stly Fatality. [?] News Woman to Death. AUCKLAND, N.Z.

North West Champion · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

[?] fatality occurred at [?] Catherine Patterson [?] a well-known farmer, was kill[?] for Sunday dinner when…

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Latest Wires Bathing Tragedy Two Drowned Within Sight of Others

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

While holidaying at the entrance of Tuggerah Lakes, John William Wills, 45, and Miss Alice Doyle, 22, were drowned in the surf yesterday…

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Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

A motor car containing a man and woman dashed over the cliffs at Tom Ugley's Point on Saturday. Neither passenger was injured…

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[?] Cycle Accident

North West Champion · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

[?] clock Fry, 36, an Inspector and [?] War Service Homes Dep[?] was killed when his motor cycle [?] him into the air owing…

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Motor Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

Motor car ran over an embankment at Tom Ugly's Point yesterday [?] The car fall nearly 30 feet [?] turned a somersault. The driver,…

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Peculiar Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 2

While the trans-Australian train was some distance from Tarcoola, a boiler tube blew out, completely extinguishing the fire in the engine. The driver…

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Dinghy Capsizes. Father and Son Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

Clarence Hubert and his five-year-old son were drowned in Summer Estuary, New Zealand, through the dinghy they were in capsizing…

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Son and Father Drowned Together SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 1

At Wellington, (N.Z.). Clarence Hubert and son were drowned, when a dinghy, from which they were fishing, capsized at Sumner estuary…

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Father and Son Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

North West Champion · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

A man named Clarence Hubert and his son were drowned, when the ding[?] from which they were fishing capsized at the Summer Estuary…

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Motor Crash Two Mm Killed Two Seriously Injured SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 1

Perth, a car travelling between the Nannup hotel and Manjimup sawmill crashed into a tree. Men named McCarthy and Murphy were killed…

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Rifle Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

At Auburn yesterday two boys named Arthur Mean and Jack Willis, both under 15 years of age, were playing with a rifle, which discharged. Willis…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday morning, Mr C. C. Haling was driving a cart containing two horses into town. Coming through a gate, the…

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Overturned Car Several People Injured SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 1

A motor car tyre bursting causes a car to overturn At Penrith yesterday. Mrs. Alice O'Grady, of Bourke Street, Sydney, aged 40, was killed, while…

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A Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

A sensational motor accident happened yesterday afternoon on the Boolooloo road. resulting fortunately in no loss of life or any of the…

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[?] Car Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

[?] bursting was the [?] at P[?] Alice O'Grady, of [?] aged 40 was…

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Riding Fatality Judge's Daughter Killed SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 4

A Launceston message states that Ethel Ewing, daughter of Justice Ewing, was killed by being thrown from a racehorse, Bright Spear, who…

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Motor Bus Overturns. Ten Persons Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Ten persons were injured, but none seriously, when a motor bus overturned at Prospect last night…

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