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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Miners Escape Drowning

Northern Star · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The miners at Kylee copper mine at Drake had an exceptionally fortunate escape from drowning. Heavy rain washed away the shaft timbering, and…

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Mysterios Fatality

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 1

Particulars reached Albury on Snuday, of a mysterious fatality near Bethanga, an old mining settlement about sixteen miles from…

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Motor Smash. Three Persons Killed. Fatality Near Alstonville

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 2

Three persons were killed outright and one injured in a motor smash near Alstonville during Thursday night. The names of the victims are:--…

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Motor Car Fatality. Smash Near Alstonville. Three People Killed. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

An Alstonville message states that a motor accident, resulting in the death of Mrs. Newman and two returned soldiers, Appelby aud Newman, occurred on the…

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Triple Motor Fatality. Sensational Occurrence Near Alstonville. Two Men and Woman Killed

Northern Star · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

Much regret was expressed throughout the Lismore and Alstonville districts yesterday when it became known that a pleasure jaunt in a motor car had ended fatally for three…

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Details of the Accident. Frightful Experience of Miss Stevens. Pinned Underneath Car with Dead Companions. Several Hours of Awful Suspense. Lismore

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

When Lismore awoke from its slumbers this morning it was to learn of the most sensational motor accident that has yet occurred in the district…

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Triple Motor Fatality. Inquest Held. Vesdict of Accidental Death

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 4

The deaths of J. R. Newman, Irwin Keith Appleby, 22, and Mrs. Newman, 25, caused through the motor car accident near Alstonville on Thursday night, formed the subject…

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Troop Train Collision. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

As the result of a collision between British troop trains near Rouen, twelve are dead and seventy-five injured…

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Drowning Cases at Wardell. Sad Ending to Fishing Expedition

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 4

Our Ballina representative wrote yesterday:—While on a fishing expedition neat Wardell shortly after noon to-day a boat containing a lad named Davidson and three…

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Wardell Drowning Cases. Further Particulars

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

WARDELL, Monday.—A sad accident occurred off Pimlico Island on Sunday morning, resulting in T. Connelly, about 40 years of age. and P. Davison, about 16 years,…

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Friehttul Motor Accident Three Killed, One Injured

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

A shocking motor accident occurred near Alstonville, on the Ballina-Rous-Lismore road, lute on Thursday night, whereby three persons were killed…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Three Persons Killed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality in which three persons last their lives and another was injured occurred about a mile and a half from…

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Panic on a Tram. Young Woman Fatally Injured. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 3

Several passengers, seeing smoke and sparks coming from beneath a tramcar it Malvern to-day, leapt from it. One, Miss Abrahams, received fatal…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Three Persons Killed

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 1

As the result of a motor car accident on the Wardell road, near Alstonville, early on Friday morning three persons were killed…

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The Motor Smash. Evidence at Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 2

At Lismore on Saturday, Mr. A. J. Piesley, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Alstonville motor accident, by…

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Fatal Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—John Griffin and E. Thorpe, descending opposite hills on freewheel bicycles on the Bungendore-Tarago road, canie into collision at the foot. Griffin…

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General Cable News. Troop Train Collision. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At Amiens on 8th March a British leave train collided with a stationary train and ten men were injured,…

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Frightful Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Alice Jones, 16, was working in a clothing factory at Glebe, when, by some means, her hair become caught in the belting of a machine. Her scalp was…

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Railway Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 2

A shocking, railway accident occurred at a level crossing at Moonah (Tas.), and resulted in the death of Mr. George Hall, a well-known…

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Motor Triple Fatality. Funeral at Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 8

The bodies of the two male victims of the fearful accident were brought to Grafton by car at an early hour on Saturday morning, and were at once placed in Christ…

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