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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Drowning Fatality

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

It was learnt in town yesterday that a married man named Eastwood, belonging to Tweed Heads, was drowned at Coraki on Sunday last. He was supposed to…

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Two Girls Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

A double drowning fatality occur-red at Kedron Brook, near Enoggera, on Boxing Day. Miss Margaret Alice Couser (18), who resided with…

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Drowned at Coraki

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

The holiday gaiety of Coraki was painfully interfered with on Sunday through the death by drowning of a visitor to the town, in the person…

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Railway Fatality at Brisbane Queensland M.P. Killed. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. John May, M.L.A., was run over and killed at the Eagle Junction Railway Station, Queensland, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. May was. walking along the…

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Motor Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on the Lawrence-Casino road, about 11 miles from the former place, on Boxing night. At 8.30 p.m. a car…

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Motor Launch Fatality. Three Men Missing

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A small motor launch capsized and sank off Doughboy Point near Kurnell during a southerly, gale which blew up yesterday afternoon. Three…

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Local Motorist Injured at Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

At about 9 o'clock on Monday evening, Mr. M. J. Beirne, accompanied by Mr. Arthur Bliss, also of Murwillumbah, while driving a motor car towards South…

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Telegrams. Another Motor Fatality. a Boy Killed. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

A boy named Glenworth Grant was knocked down and killed by a motor car while riding on a scooter at Paddington last night. The driver of the car…

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Destructive Southerly Buster Motor Launch Capsized--Two Men Drowned. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

A motor launch capsized in Botany Bay yesterday during a southerly buster, two men being drowned. Some vessels in Sydney Harbor dragged their…

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A Sad Drowning Fatality

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Coraki on Sunday last, the victim being a jockey named Henry Eastwood, aged about 30 years. Deceased had only arrived from…

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Case of Drowning

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Our Byron Bay correspondent writes yesterday: Word was received in town on Monday that the son of Mr. H. J. Wooldridge, of Federal, 12½ years old, was drowned in a…

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Strange Fatality

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— William Childs, aged 4 years, met with a peculiar fatality at Bendigo. His father, with the youngest in his arms, stepped out of a car…

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Australian Airman Drowned. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

Lieutenant A. E. P. Mott, of the Royal Flying Corps, a native of Melbourne, aged 22, has been drowned. He was flying over Montrose Bay, when his…

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Sensational Motor Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

On the main beach at Southport last week members of the Queensland Motor Cycle Club, before the racing in connection with a carnival, were indulging in speed…

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Two Girls Drowned

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

A double drowning fatality occurred at Kedron Brook, near Enoggera, on Boxing Day. Miss Margaret Alice Couser (18), who resided with her parents at Kedron,…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

On the main bench at Southport last week members of the Queensland Motor Cycle Club, before the racing in connection with a carnival, were indulging in speed…

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Is It a Drowning Case?

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.— Clothing and other property belonging to a man were found in the surf sheds at Manly yesterday afternoon, but whether or not the owner has…

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Supposed Fatality at Manly Baths. Clothing and Money Unclaimed. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

The caretaker at the Manly baths last night found a suit of clothes and pair of boots in a locker: a card bearing the name of E..M. de Burg was found in a…

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Drowning Case

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A drowning case occurred in the Mumuubidgee River yesterday, the victim being a daughter of Mr. M. Bruce, a resident of the district, aged 10. She was…

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Serious Motor Accident. Five Persons Injured. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

Last night when driving a car along George Street, Mr. Alfred McEwan saw a sulky in front of him. He sounded the horn, and the driver of the sulky…

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