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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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The Air Raids. Casualties in Friday's Attack 20 Killed, 45 Injured. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 3

The Press Bureau announces that the casualties in Friday night's raid were: Killed, 9 men, 8 women and 3 children; injured, 45. It is feared that one body…

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Street Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A horse attached to a cart bolted at Erskineville this afternoon and knocked down two persons—Mrs. Calder and Alexander Edge. The former…

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Queensland cyclone. Enormous Damage Done. Two Hundred Injured. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 3

The steamer Mourilyan is hurrying to Innisfail with food. It is understood that she will take 200 injured persons to Cairns for medical treatment. Mr…

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Another Air Raid. a Single Airship Visits Hartlepool. Five Killed and Nine Injured. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 5

The Press Bureau states that a single airship crossed the coast last night and dropped four bombs on Hartlepool, demolishing six dwelling houses and…

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Vessels in Collision. Troopship and Mine-sweeper. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The London and North-Western Company's steamer Rathmore collided with a warship in the Irish Channel. The Rathmore was badly damaged, and 26…

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Accident to a Railway Man. Murwillumbah Resident Loses his Foot

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 2

Aubrey Thomas Wilbow, a resident of Murwillumbah, married and with two children, met with a serious accident at Byron Bay on Saturday night…

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Accident at Adelaide

Northern Star · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—During the River Hurdle Race at Adelaide Widgel fell and sustained a broken leg. He was destroyed…

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Fatality at Picnic

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—While returning on a motor launch from a picnic party at George's River last night, Michael Doherty, 25, is thought to have fallen overboard…

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Fatality at North Casino

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at the residence of Mr. A. Constable at North Casino by which a young daughter, aged 2 years and 10…

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French Munitions Explosions. 1500 Persons Injured (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 3

PARIS, Sunday.—The [?]asualtes at St. Denis include 1500 injured, the majority slightly. The explosions shook Paris and Versailles, and shattered numberless…

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The Recent Railway Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 6

Referring to the recent accident on the Grafton-Casino line, the "Argus" says a field telephone is carried on the train, but when an…

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A Shocking Accident. Man's Aim Torn Off. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 3

George Fox, an oil miller, while working at a boiling down works this afternoon, got his hand caught between the rollers and had his arm torn off at the…

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Accident on the Railway. Man's Foot Crushed

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

A very painful accident befell Aubrey Wi[?]bow a guard-porter on the railway from the Tweed, on Saturday about 5 p.m. in the shunting yard at Byron Bay. It appears…

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Children Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.—May Hastings, aged 7, and Thomas Hastings, 12, were playing with a detonator at Wanneroo, near Perth, when it exploded. The boy lost the thumb and…

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The Deadly Detonator. Two Children Injured. PERTH

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

A little boy and girl were playing with a detonator when it exploded, the boy losing a thumb and two fingers, and the girl's face being terribly injured…

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Racing Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Just before the start of the novelty pony race at Kooweerup St. Patrick's Day races Little Teddy refused to move off, with the result that…

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Fatality at North Casino

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 2

A sad fatality, occurred at the residence of Mr. A. Constable at North Casino on Monday, by which a young daughter, aged 2 years and 10 months, met her death. It…

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Fatal Collision. Passenger's Shocking Death

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Following a collision between a milk cart and a tram car near Allison road, Rand wick, the shaft. of the cart penetrated the woodwork of a tram…

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Cycle and Cab. Passenger Hurt in Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A head-on collision between a motor cycle with a sidecar attached and a taxicab occurred last night at Bondi Reginald Pigott 21, who was the…

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District News. Uki. Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 2

H. Dears was the victim of a very serious accident on Tuesday. It appears he had been engaged near Smith's Creek during the day brushing, and obtained…

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