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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Accident on the Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 8

An accident, fortunately unattended by any serious results, happened to the Grafton train on Tuesday afternoon. When travelling between…

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Accident to a Lorry

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A motor lorry bolted down a hill at Drummoyne and crashed through a blacksmith's shop. Two men on the lorry were badly injured…

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Calamity at Hongkong. Fearful Accident at the Races. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 8

HONGKONG, Wednesday.—A terrible catastrophe occurred while the Jockey Club races were in progress. The Chinese public stand, with a thousand spectators, collapsed,…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Playing with Pea Rifle

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A fatal shooting accident occurred at Normanhurst, a lad named Bay Rae, aged 13 years being fatally shot. He and another boy were playing with a pea…

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Accident to Amadis

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—It is reported that Amadis pulled up lame this morning, and will not run in the Newmarket…

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Drowned in a Well. Father and Three Children. Strange Occurrence Near Bangalow

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

Mr. Ernest McLean, a well-known farmer of Fernleigh, near, Bangalow, and three of his children—Annie Aliee May, aged 10, Ernest William Alan, aged 8, and Garnett…

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Father and Three Children Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 6

Mr. Ernest McLean, a well-known farmer of Fernieigh, near Bungalow, and three of his children—Annie Alice May, aged 10, Ernest William…

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Drowned in a Well. Quadruple Tragedy near Bangalow

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. Ernest McLean, a well known farmer of Fernleigh, near Bangalow, and three of his children, Annie Alice May, aged 10, Ernest William Allen, aged 8,…

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Father and Three Children Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 3

A strange tragedy occurred on a farm at Fernleigh, near Bangalow, on Saturday evening, Mr. Ernest M'Lean, a well-known dairyman of…

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Bangalow Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

At the Bangallowm Courthouse yesterday the Coroner, Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., held a magisterial inquiry into the death Of Ernest McLean, farmer, of Fernleigh, near…

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Three Men Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Through the collapse of some scaffolding at the new septic tanks which are being built by the Water Board at Folly Point, three men—Daniel…

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Collapse of Scaffolding. Three Men Injured. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 3

Three men, Daniel Dingwald, 61; Thomas Caffyn, 58: and George McLagran, 29, plasterers, were badly hurt through scaffolding collapsing at the new…

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Another Munitions Explosion. Two Billed and Four Injured. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 3

The Press Bureau reports that a slight explosion occurred at a munition works in South Wales. Two were killed and four sustained burns. The damage is…

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Bangalow Drowning Fatality

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

A Magisterial Inquiry was conducted at Bangalow on Wednesday by Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P. M., into the death of Ernest McLean, farmer of Fernleigh,…

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Drowned in a Well. Father and Three Children

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 9

A well-known farmer of Fernleigh, near Bangalow, Mr. Ernest McLean, and three of his children—Annie, aged 10, Ernest, aged 8, and Garnet, aged 6—were…

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Killed and Injured. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A French message says:—The figures now show 11 killed and 41 injured in the Paris and suburbs air raid…

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Motor Car Accident

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A motor car containing two men, two women and a baby got out of control at Manly yesterday. The brakes refused to act, and the driver endeavored to…

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Another Cyclonic Disturbance. Babinda Practically Demolished. Only Five Houses Standing. One Man Killed, Seventeen Injured. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 3

A message received by the Railway Department states that Babinda, a small township thirty -six miles from Cairns, with a population of eight hundred, was…

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20 Killed—45 Injured. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Press Bureau states that in the air raid on March 7th there were nine men, eight women and three children killed. Forty five people were…

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The Raid on Naples. 16 Killed and 40 Injured. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 3

Rome advices state that 16 were killed and 40 injured during Saturday's air raid on Naples…

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