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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Gas Main Explosion. Four Men Severely Injured. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

Four men, employees of the Australian Gaslight Company, were taken to hospital about ten o'clock this morning stunned and fiercely burned…

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Fascisti Guard Valentino's Body. People Injured In Crush. VANCOUVER

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

Black-shirted Fascisti, as well as [?]ce, are guarding the body of Rudolph Valentino, because uncontrollable mobs of unprecedented size have…

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Blasting Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

News was received in Manilla on Friday that Mr Cecil Kramer, formerly an engine driver in the employ of the Mandowa Shire…

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Motor Fatality Girl of Fourteen Killed

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 4

"I went to put my foot on the brake, but touched the accelerator by accident," Mrs. Annie Pitt told Coroner Fletcher at the inquest on…

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Shocking Railway Accident Brisbane

Manilla Express · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occured at Roma Street Station, Brisbane, last night, when Lester Hencliffe, 23, shunter, was run…

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Shooting Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

Early on Thursday morning Sergeant J.H. Deane and Mr. W. Spicer were out pig hunting on the Water course. About 9.20 they came upon…

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Fishing Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 2

Two men were drowned when a fishing launch which was attempting to enter Ranyitikei Heads was swamped and sank. One body has been…

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Two Men Drowned. Wellington (N.z.) Thursday

North West Champion · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 2

Two men were drowned when fishing. Their launch, when they were attempting to enter Rangitiki Heads, became swamped and sank. One body…

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Fatal Accident

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 7

A man named McDougal was mustering cattle on Kroombit Station, in Rockhampton district, when his horse collided with a tree. McDougal…

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Motor Accidents in Melbourne. Several People Injured. MELBOURNE

North West Champion · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 2

Six members of one family and three of another were injured in two motor car accidents during the weekend. Harry James, 40, of Brunswick,…

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Tragic Railway Accident Sydney

Manilla Express · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

Another terrible railway accident occured near Murrurundi last night when four trucks, laden with wool, dashed into the…

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Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 3

Mrs. L. Shepherd, Sydney, abrasions and shock. Mrs. S. W. Rowley, Tempe, sprained ankle, cut hands…

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INJURED. In Murrurnndi Hospital

North West Champion · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

Mrs. S. W. Rowley, Tempe; sprained ankle and cut hand. Richard James Bales, Parramatta; injured head, cut leg, and shock…

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Sympathy to Bereaved and Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

From Dr. Earle Page and Mr. Abbott. In this connection the following message of sympathy with the people of Moree and district was wired for…

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North-west Train Smash Twenty-six Killed. Large Number Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 3

Early on Tuesday morning news was received that a terrible disaster had occurred to the North-West mail tram, which left for Sydney the previous…

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How the Smash Occurred. Graphic Accounts. Latest List of Killed and Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

A head-on collision in the pitch, blackness of the night between portion of a goods train which broke away from Murulla crossing, about six…

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Train Smash Further Details How the Smash Occurred Official List of Killed and Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 1

A Murrurundi message states that the Area Commissioner (Mr. Quinton) examined the scene of the smash yesterday. His contusion was that…

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Sad Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 2

A tragic accident happened yesterday, when Madge Davey (64) was thrown out of a sulky near Liverpool while returning from the cemetery…

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Motor Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 2

Gordon Well was riding a motor cycle on the Appin road, when it collided on with a motor car. Wells was thrown into the air and sustained…

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