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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Railway Fatality

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Ernest Dickens, junior porter at the South Brunswick railway station, and whose parents reside in Adelaide, was knocked down by a train…

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General News. Motor Cycle Fatality

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

The coroner (Mr. A. J. Peisley) has fixer 10 o'clock on Friday morning as the time of the inquest concerning the death of John Moss as a result of the motor cycle…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

A returned soldier named John Joseph Moss. of Keen-street, L [?] are, was killed in a motor accident on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, with his two…

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Poisoning and Accidents. Incidents at Trundle. Trundle

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

During the week-end two people were injured and five others poisoned. The latter were five boarders at one of the town establishments. They ate some…

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Motor Fatality at Lismore

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

A motor cycle and side-car carrying Joseph Moss, jun., a returned soldier, and his two brothers, struck a bump in the street when turning from…

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General Telegrams. a Boy Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Lawrence Sharratt, 15½ was examining a rifle at Rockdale when it went off. The bullet penetrated his right forearm and then flew upwards, striking him…

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Accident at Doble's Bight

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

Mrs. S. A. Brown, of White Hill, Doble's Bight, was admitted in an unconscious condition to the District Hospital at Casino shortly after midnight…

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Drowned in the Nepean

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man named Harding, a resident of Parramatta, became involved in treacherous currents in the Nepean and was unable to get ashore. He was…

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Drowned in the Surf

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Vivian Cummings, 23, a motor driver, was drowned in the surf at Bronte this afternoon…

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Aeboplane Crashes. Passenger Severely Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNET, Wednesday.—An Avro flying machine crashed at Box Hill, near Windsor, with John H. Summers, of Hornsby, as pilot, and Sidney Francis who resides in…

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Welsh Railway Disaster. Trains Collide. Many Killed and Injured. [?]

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

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Accident to Valuable Racer

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. E. Keys, Randwick's oldest trained had a stroke of bad luck on the occasion of his first visit to Lismore. Notwithstanding the care taken of his horses since leaving…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Timber Lorry Gets Out of Control

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

HOBART, Monday.—A motor accident occurred in the Deloraine district, resulting in the death of one person and serious in jury to another. A motor lorry was being…

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Railway Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

CASUALTY LIST. (Reuter.) LONDON, Thursday.—Sixteen dead and 14 injured is the casualty list of the Welsh…

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Railway Collision. Fourteen Persons Killed. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—Official: 14 persons were killed in a collison between the Aberystwyth-Manchester express and a local passenger train from Whitchurch to…

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Jumped the Points. Serious Railway Accident Narrowly Averted. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 2

A serious railway accident was narrowly averted on the Richmond Main railway line 9 miles from Maitland. An engine and a carriage conveying mine…

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Accident at Dobie's Bight

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

Mrs. S. A. Brown, of White Hill, Dobie's Biebt, was admitted in an unconscious condition to the District Hospital at Casino shortly after midnight on Monday. It…

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Accident in the Darkness. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.—The airship had a most exciting experience. The leviathan, when, manoeuvring in the darkness, was struck in the hull. The forward and rear…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Death of J. J. Moss

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

The coroner (Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M.) held at the Lismore Courthouse on Friday, an inquest touching the death of John Joseph Moss as a result of a motor cycle accident on…

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