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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Train Accident

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—When Henrietta Wright, aged 50, was stepping on to a train at Milson's Point station this morning the train moved off. She was jolted off and fell…

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Motorists Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—An accident occurred late last night at the junction of Windellina and Bungona roads, four miles from Goulburn. H. Knight was driving a motor…

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Drowned in Irrigation Channel

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Miss Bennett (Stanhope), Miss Taylor (Queensland) and Frank Martin (Melbourne) were drowned in the irrigation channel at Stanhope…

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Motor Launch Sinks. Number of Passengers Drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—An appalling motor launch tragedy occurred on the Hopkins River at Warrnambool yesterday afternoon. It appears that the Nestor with 80…

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Serious Cycling Accident. Mishap Near Goulburn. GOULBURN

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

Late last night an accident occurred at the Junction Roads, four miles from town. A man named Knight was driving a motor cycle and sidecar which…

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Washed Off the Rocks. Man Drowned at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

A man named Tolfree, while fishing with his wife and three children at Redhead Beach, Newcastle, yesterday, was washed off the rocks and drowned. His…

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Accident at Pigman Creek

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 2

A horse driven by Mrs. H. Rankin, drawing a sulky the occupants of which beside the driver were Mrs. [?] Barlow and Mrs. Rankin's ten months…

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Goulburn Cycling Accident Death of One of the Victims. GOULBURN

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

Mrs.Bladkett, who was severely, injured in the motor cycle accident near the Junction of Bungonia and Windlema roads on Sunday night, died at the Dis-…

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Close to Death. Accident at Pigman Creek. Horse and Sulky Fall Into Creek

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 2

People who have seen the spot where Mrs. J. Barlow and her daughter, Mrs. Fred Rankin, and Mrs. Rankin's tenmonths-old baby, went over the steep…

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Woy Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A verdict of accidental death was entered at the inquest on the deaths of the victims of the Woy Woy railway tragedy…

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Drowning Fatalities. Hawkesbury River Drowning Accident. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

Still another drowning accident occurred in the Hawkesbury River yesterday afternoon, making the eighth in the district Within three months, when…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the inquest into the death of John Ellston, who [?]lied from injuries caused by being run over by a train at Hurstville William Robinson, a…

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Shunting Mishap. Empty Trucks in Collision. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

Thirty empty sheep trucks collided with 12 other empty trucks during shunting operations at the Enfield marshalling yards. The 12 trucks ran down…

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Riding Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—While returning home on horseback on Merriwa road, Captain Cullen, son of the Chief Justice, met with a painful accident through his horse…

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Injured in Collision

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—As a result of, a collision between a cab and a motor car in Macquarie-street last night two men were seriously injured…

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Rescued From Drowning

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A remarkably fine recue was made at Bondi yesterday afternoon by Edward Fahey, of Bondi Surf Club. A woman got out past the first line of…

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Drowned Before Mother Woman's Tragic End

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—At the inquest concerning the death of Jessie Gibbona, who was found-drowned in the Parramatta River, Mrs. Bridget Lawrence gave evidence that…

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Accident at Pigman Greek

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 2

A horse driven by Mrs. H. Bankin, of Casino, drawing a sulky the occupants of which beside the driver were Mrs. J. Barlow and Mrs. Rankin's ten months' old child,…

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Accident at Ballina

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Ken. McNeil and Val. McGuire, of Pimlico, were driving down one of the side streets at Ballina on Friday night when in the darkness the Bulky wheel struck a…

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Sulky Accident

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday —Arthur Slade' made a plucky effort last night to save his yon at Roekdale. The son is six years old, and Slade had him in a sulky leaching him to…

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