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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Motor Car Fatality. Man and Girl Drowned. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

A motor car, [?] by Arthur Hampton, hotelkeeper [?] Cessnock. [?]lunged into the river off the punt at Raymond Terrace yesterday. Hampton was…

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Horse Trainer Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

John Perkins, horse trainer, was trampled on by a horse while crossing the river on Chinderah ferry on Tuesday, and as a result was admitted to hospital. He sustained…

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Three Drowned. Shocking Motor Fatalit[?]

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--A motor [?] driven by Mr. Arthur Hampton Cessnbock hotelkeeper, plunged into [?] river off the punt at Raymond…

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Accidents at Kyogle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A lad named Sargent, son of S. Sargent, of Kyogle, and late of Dunoon, was killed through being thrown from a horse on Christmas Day at…

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Train Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—At about 8 o'clock last night H. F. Stickley, a resident of Ashfield, fell from a train at Petersham station and had his right leg and right ear…

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Triple Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday,—There was a shocking triple fatality at Raymond Terrace yesterday afternoon through a motor car owned and driven by Arthur Hampton, a…

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A Boy Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday—Arthur Reid, aged 12, was drowned while bathing in Cook's River yesterday afternoon. He got into difficulties and sank, and his brother dived for him many…

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A Boy Drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—On Sunday morning Arthur Smith, 14, was drowned in a lagoon of the Lachlan River near Hillston. He was unable to swim, and was bathing with two…

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A Jockey Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.-—George Gorie, a joekey, was schooling a hurdler at Randwick this morning when the horse stumbled and fell. Gorie was thrown heavily, to the…

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injured by tree

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Miss Gillespie and a lady friend were sitting under a tree at Kogarah when it was blown down by the wind. The former received serious…

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A Shooting Case. Two Men Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Alfred Daveren, 21, and Christopher Smith, 31, walked into Sydney Hospital, at an early hour on Sunday morning. A doctor found the former had a…

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Whole Family Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fred Marshal, wife his wife and three children, all of tender yours, attempted to cross the floded Wallaby Creek (South…

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Edwards' River Fatality. Coroner's Verdict

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Coroner's in quiry into the double drowning fatality in, the Edwards' River near Deniliquin it was stated Elizabeth Jean Kelly, only chill of…

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Shocking Fatality. Four Persons Killed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A shocking fatality occurred at Woy Woy on Monday night. It appears that Wilmot Roughley, of Dural, Mrs. Victor McKenzie, of…

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Drowned in Creek. Family's End

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

ADELATDE, Tuesday.—Fred Marshall with his wife and three children, all of tender years. was crossing the flooded Wallaway Greek in a trap on New Year's Day…

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Tram and Car. Collision with Loss of Life

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

'SYDNEY, Monday.—A. terrible tragedy occurred at Parramatta to-night, when a, motor car collided with a steam tram in Church-street. Two people [?] killed,…

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Shocking Fatality. Run Down by a Train. Four People killed. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

A party comprising Wilmott Roughley (of Dural), Mrs. Victor McKenzie (Gosford), and her children, Harold, nine years, and Gladys, two years,…

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Shocking Fatality. on Railway Bridge at Woy Woy. Party Run Down by Train

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A shocking fatality occurred at Woy Woy last- night. It appears that Wilmot Roughley, of Dural, Mrs. Victor McKenzie, of Gosford, and the…

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Sensational Accident. Motor 'Bus Plunges Into River. WELLINGTON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

A sensational holiday accident is reported from Hastings, Hawke's Bay, a motor 'bus, which was conveying 14 women and children to a picnic, having…

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Fatal Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Avondale, the property of Mr. S. J. Sargent on Christmas morning, when his eldest son, Courtney…

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