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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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[?] Telegrams. Subfing Fatality

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Florrie Varley, a maid servant, was drowned at Austinmer while surfing this morning…

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An Extraordinary Accident. Falstaff's Jockey Lassooed

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

An extraordinary accident happened in the last race on the concluding day of the Bundaberg races, P. Bennett, the jockey on Falstaff, the crstwhile…

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The Drowning Case

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Bernard Muldoon, son of Mr. Cornelius Muldoon, who was drowned in the river at South Gurdurimba last…

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Team Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday—As the tram from Mosman was swinging round a curve in Willoughby road Henry Thomas Hughes, 44, a commercial traveller, living at Mosman,…

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A Fatal Collision

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Yesterday afternoon Richard Kavanagh, driver of the St. John Ambulance, was conveying an influenza patient to the Melbourne Hospital. In…

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Drowning Case

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Leslie Lake, 17, was drowned in the Macquarie. River near Welliagton. He was swimming about when he suddenly sank. The body was recovered 15…

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The Drowning Case

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Bernard Muldoon, son of Mr. Cornelius Muldoon, who was drowned in the river at…

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Drowning Fatality

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Godden, of Moree, was drowned in the Gwydir River near Pallamallawa while duck sheeting. He went in to the river to recover some ducks,…

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Suspected Murder. An Extraordinary Accident. Young Woman Climbs. Through a Fanlight. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 3

Thoughts of attempted murder ran through the minds of the discoverers of Miss Gladys Palmer, a dentist nurse, seated in a surgery chair and bleeding…

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Shocking Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A shocking lift accident occured at Somerset House, city, as the result of which Robert Albin, 15, a messenger, employed in the building, had his…

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Shocking Fatality at Glen Innes

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 8

A woman named Isabel Priest, the wife of Henry George Priest, residing, near Glen Innes, met a terrible death on the railway line near that…

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The Kyogle Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

The circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. C. Cooper, of Kyogle, were inquired into by the Kyogle Coroner, Mr. R. E. Alcorn, this week…

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Boy Scout Drowned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

Bertie Wood, a boy scout, twelve years of age, was drowned in the Cloncurry River on Thursday. The school teacher, accompanied by the…

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General Telegrams. Fatality at Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday.—The Thames Hotel at Auckland has been partly destroyed by fire. An elderly man named William McGimm was suffocated in his bedroom, and…

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Accident to a Nurse

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 5

When J. A. Williamson, a mechanic employed at Irving and Mogg[?]s dental surgeries, Sydney, arrived at the surgeries on…

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General News. Remarkable Accident

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 4

Chas. Schreiber, a ganger, employed by Gambewarra Shire, was riding to work at Kangaroo Valley, with a bag containing 181b. of blasting powder tied to the saddle, when…

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Accident on a Beach

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man named Ashton, aged 26, was wrestling with severalmates on Bondi beach this afternoon, when he accidentally fell and severely injured…

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Riding Fatality

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 2

A tragic accident occurred at South Woodburn on Saturday, as a result of which Mr. Syd. Duirington, a well-known Mid-Riehmond farmer, lost his life. It is said he was riding…

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Kyogle Fatality

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 2

At the local inquiry into the death of C. Cooper, Kyogle, who whilst working on thehillside was killed by a boulder rolling down on to his head a witness named…

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Peculiar Fatality

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 2

At the local inquiry into the death of C., Cooper, Kyogle, who whilst working on the hillside was killed by a boulder rolling down on to his head a witness…

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