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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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General Telegrams. Mr. D. Storey in an Accident

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—While Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., was driving in a State motor car yesterday it collided with a taxi cab. Fortunately the ex-Minister escaped with a…

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Drowning Case

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A number of girls from St. Bede's School went to Pyrmont baths for their weekly swimming lesson. When all were dressed and ready to go home it was…

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Accident at Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

While Mr. J. Glynn, of Glynn's, Ltd., Casino, was riding a bicycle from his home to the shop last evening a horse being driven down Walker-street shied. The shaft of the…

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Drowning Case

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Portion of the body of a young woman named Windley, who was drowned while surting near Nowra, was washed up on the rocks this morning…

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A Punt Capsizes. Man Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The [?] left the harbor this morning towing two punts laden with ballast for the steamer Suevie. When about two and a half miles out, one…

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Fatal Accident

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 4

While Mrs. James Brown was driving out from her home at South Casino our Friday evening her little daugher, Marie Jane Brown, aged five, fell out of the sulky…

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Distressing Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 2

A sudden ami sad fatality overtook a member of Mr. James Brown's family on Friday afternoon that has brought forth universal expressions of…

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Motor Car Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Several persons have been seriously inured as the result of a collision at Ballarat between a motor car containing five persons and a motor cycle,…

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Cyclists Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—John Miles and Phillip Lenthall, of Sydney, two of the competitors in the Northern Suburbs motor cycle reliability test, were travelling on a cycle…

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Three Men Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.— A collision between a motor car containing eight men and two bicycles occurred at Essendon at a late hour last night. Three men were seriously…

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General Cablegrams. Railway Collision. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday.—(Eighteen persons were killed and 60 injured in a collision at Dijon between a goods and passenger trains…

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Serious Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. J. Glynn, one of our best known and respected citizens, was a victim of a serious' accident on Friday evening, from the effects of which he is at…

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Sad Driving Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

Marie Jane Brown, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, of South Casino, was killed late on Friday afternoon last through being…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

John Mills (4) and Eric Mills (2) were missed from their parents' home last-night, and on a search being made their bodies were found floating in a…

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A Serious Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. J. Glynn, a member of the firm of Glynn's, Ltd., Casino, met with a serious accident late on Friday afternoon last, which nearly cost him his…

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Motor Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

On Friday last a motor accident occurred neat the Grafton racecourse. A motor car, in which were Mr. Brackenberg, Major T. A. Fergusson, Mr. J…

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Tram Collision. Five Persons Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A tram was proceeding down the incline from the railway station to-day when the brakes failed to act. It crashed into a stationary tram at…

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Two Boys Drowned

Northern Star · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When John Mills, 4, and his brother Eric, 2, were missed from their home at Dural a searth was instituted, with the result that both their bodies were…

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Motor Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 3

On Friday last a motor accident occurred, near the Grafton racecourse. From particulars gleaned, it appears the car, a Ford, in which were Mr. Brackenberg, Major T. A…

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Motor Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

On Friday last a motor accident occurred near the Grafton racecourse. From particulars gleaned, it appears the car, a Ford, in which were Mr…

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