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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Fatal Riding Accident. Crashed Into a Gate. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

Harold Frost and. a friend, residing at "Jaquar, near Goulburn, were galloping along a dark road, and crashed into a gate. Both he and his…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily, As Lismore, Richmond R. N.S.W. Thursday, January 14, 1915. Accident Near Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

Ropert Cowe, an olderly man, while driving home to Dungay Creek yesterday, was thrown on to the metalied road, When found he was unconscious, and was…

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Drowning Near Copmanhurst

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

On Monday at noon, while Mr. Peter J. Lollback was searching for a missing call at Wingrove, seven miles from Copmanhurst, he came across the nude body of a man,…

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Drowning Near Copmanhurst

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 4

On Monday at noon Mr. Peter J. Lollback, came across the nude body of a man, with one leg caught in the limb of a tree on the side of the river…

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Earthquake in Italy. Twelve Thousand Persons Killed. Thousands Upon Thousands Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Reuter's correspondent in Rome states it is estimated that in all 12,000 persons were killed and 20,000 injured by the great earthquake…

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Sensational Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A sensational accident occurred this afternoon during the weekly demonstration of the fire brigade at Eastern Hill. A motor pump…

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Accident to a Horse

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

On Friday morning last a horse, the property of Mr. D. McIntosh, came a heavy fall in Barker-Street. During the early hours of the…

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Accident at Dunbible

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. David Graham had the misfortune to break his collarbone on Saturday. He was riding out of the yard when his horse collided with two cows…

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Drowning Fatality

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. George Burgess, aged 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burgess, of Koreelah, was found drowned in Koreelah Creek last Tuesday…

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Saved From Drowning

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

On Saturday, just after Messrs. Barrie (Captain) and Denford (Secretary), of the North Creek (Ballina) Swimming Club, had dressed after a swim they heard a…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

On MondAy a young man named Charles Skipper was found dead at Tintenbar with a bullet wound in his temple. The deceased was about 25 years, and had followed a…

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Gored by a Bull Man Injured at Yanco. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

At Yanco, a man named Schroader, an experimental farm employee, was severely gored by a stud bull yester- day. He was rescued pluckily by…

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Accident Stoker's Siding

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

An accident occurred at Stoker's Siding on Tuesday when Miss Dunne sustained a broken arm through being thrown from a horse. The sufferer…

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Building Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday,—An unusual accident occurred at the now University building at Camperdown to-day. A huge stone weighing several tons wits being hoisted to its…

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Railway Collision. Ftreman's Fortunate Escape

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A collistion occurred early this morning between a light [?]ine and a goods train at Boronia, between the Hawkeshury and Cowan on the…

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Another Fatality. Number of Families Homeless

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—There are conflicting reports as to whether Zeppelins or acroplanes bombed Yarmouth. The authorities are positive that they were…

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General News. a Nasty Accident

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. R. J. Smith, of Coff's Harbor, met with a palnful accident while lifting a heavy joint of beef from the overhead rail, when the meat slipped, and the hook…

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Accident Due Apparently to Carelessness

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Three sheep vans were also deralied. Guard Johnson, on the goods traln, was injured. The Chief Railway Commissioner stated that the accident was due…

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Drowning Fatality at Koreelah

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

Further particulars of the drowning fatality at Koreelah, briefly referred to in our last issue, are contained in a report in the "Border…

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Fatality at Tyalgum. Sad Shooting Accident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

News was received in town last night of a sad shooting fatality at Tyalgum that afternoon, when Victor Henry, a lad of about 15 years of age, only…

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