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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Aid to Injured Soldiers

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Fnancial aid was given to 707 injured or invalided soldiers last week by the N.S. Wales Amelioration Committee…

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Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 4

On Wednesday, evening about half-past six an accident happened to Mr. Owen Cawley, of Jeswoolgen. He was thrown from a young horse near the Empire Hall and lay…

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A Clarence River Fatality Recalled

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

Old days on the Clarence are recalled by the appointment of H. S. P. Sawyer as headmaster of Shrewsbury, one of the big English public schools. Dr…

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Baby Girl Drowned. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

The two [?] half years old daughter of Mr. E. T. Hicks, of Orange, orchardist, was found in a creek 50 yards from the house. The little one had been…

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Mountain Fatalities. Two Women Drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Two married women, Edith Myers and Iveline Ellis, sisters, were drowned in Fairy Dells swimming baths, at the rear of a big boarding establishment at…

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Serious Coach Accident. Boy Killed, Girt Injured. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

A five years old boy named Laing, who lived with, his parents at Lithgow, was killed as the result of a coach accident yesterday. The coach, in charge of J…

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Two Sisters Drowned'. Mt. Victoria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Two married sisters, Edith Meyers, mother of four children, and Eveline Ellis, both daughter's of Mr. and Mrs. Field, of Mount Victoria, were found…

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Collision

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--There was a collision between a motor car and a tram at Double Bay this morning, which resulted in five occupants of…

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Motor Fatality near Buccarumbi

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

As the result of a motor car accidence on the Glen Innes Road on Monday afternoon, Mr. [?]. G. Lequesne, o[?]ingal, near Tamworth, lost his life, and…

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Fatality on Glen Innes Road. a Grazier Killed

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 5

GRAFTON, Tuesday. -- A fatal accident occurred on the Glen Innes road yesterday near Buccarumbi. One of Ellis' cars, driven by Clarence Rudder, son of Mr. E. Rudder, of…

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CABLES 20,000 TONNER. Sunk in Collision. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

The Minnesota, a 20,700 tons vessel has been sunk in collision…

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Motor and Tram Collide. Several People Injured. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

A motor containing two men and three young women, coming towards the city, collided with an outward bound tram in New South Head road, Double Bay,…

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Fatal Accident to a Lad. Explosion of Acetylene

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 7

On Saturday morning last Mr. Ewen Mae Kinnon, J.P., Coroner at Ballina, held an inquest at the Court House, Ballina, upon the death of Hector Neil Purdie. The…

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Drowning Case

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Hannah Gliddon, aged 47, the mother of 17 children, was drowned at Applecross while bathing. Six of her children witnessed the fatality…

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Motor Fatality

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

On Tuesday morning, about 27 miles from Grafton, on the Glen limes road, a slacking motor accident occurred, resulting in the death of Mr. Lequesnes…

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Motor Car Accident. Another Death

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday. -- The inquiry concerning the death of Mr. H. G. Le Quesnes, who was killed in a motor ear accident at Buccarumbi on Monday, concluded…

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Motor Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

As a result of a motor car accident on the Glen Innes road on Monday, Mr. H. G. Lequesne, of [?], near Tamworth, and…

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Buccarumbi Motor Car Accident

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

An inquiry concerning the death of H. G. La[?]Quesiies, of Tamworth, who was killed in the motor car accident at Buccarumbi, was concluded on…

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Accident to Troop Train

Northern Star · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday. -- A collision occurred between the front and rear portions of a British troop train, owing to the breaking of a coupling, near Massy-Palaiseau. The…

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Bathing Fatality

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--While bathing at Sandringham Beach, Melbourne, to-day, two girls slipped into a hole and sank. One of the girls, Mary Crighton, 15, was…

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