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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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A Boxing Day Fatality. Young Man Drowned at Stratheden

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

thomas Ryan, aged 25, ab employee of Messrs.Scholer and McCartney, Ltd.,Casino, was drowned under unfortunate circumstances in a swamp on Dyraaba…

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Motor Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The collapse of the back wheel of a motor car consequent on the overturning of the car down an embankment on the main…

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Death by Drowning Murwillumbah Man's End. Falls Out of Sailing Boat. Fatality at Chinderah

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred near Chinderah yesterday morning when Frank Hardwick, a resident of Murwillumbah, met his death through falling out of a…

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1000 Drowned Floods in China. San Francisco

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

The Episcopolian Society of Missions has received a cable from China, reporting that the Yellow River has overflowed its hanks flooding big areas in Shantung,…

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Collision with a Bridge. Motor Cycle Accident. Two Men Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A sensational aecident occurred near Geelong yesterday. Two men named Luker and Garter were riding in a motor cycle and sid[?]ar when the…

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South Murwillumbah Drowning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

The Murwillumbah police believe that the name of the man whose body was found floating in the river at South Murwillumbah on Friday last is W. Curry…

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Pinned Down and Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.-- David Thorpe, a poultry farmer at Oxley, was crossing a washout on the Oxley road in a cart on Saturday morning whenthe vehicle…

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Chinderah Fatality. Body Not Yet Recovered

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

The search for the body of Frank Hardwick, who was drowned while sailing on the river at Chinderah on Sunday has not yet been recovered…

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Swimmers in the Heavy Seas. Narrow Escapes From Drowning

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Three men narrowly escaped drowning at Edward Beach, Balmoral, to-day. Despite the heavy seas there wore a number of people in the water and…

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A Farmer Drowned. Vehicle Capsizes at Oxley

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—David Thorpe, a poultry farmer at Oxley, was crossing a washout on Oxley road in a cart on Saturday morning when the vehicle capsized…

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Blown From a Jetty. an infant drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—During a high velocity Wind at Woy yesterday Thomas William Spencer, aged 3, was blown from a je[?]ty into the water…

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Motor and Tram Car. Collision at Mosman. Occupants Escape Serious Injury

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A motor car collided with a tram car at Mosman. Five persons were in the motor car, but though the vehicle was badly smashed they…

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Floods[?]1n Queensland. Waters Receding Rapidly. Man Drowned in Brother's Presence

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—Fine weather now prevails in southern Queensland, and all the flooded rivers and creeks are rapidly reeeding. Joseph Rovlance, single, was washed…

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Motor Car Overturns. Two Persons Killed. Four Others Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A motor ear overturned and foll over an embankment near Lillydale. Two persons were killed, namely, Elsie…

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Russian Ambassador. Death From Accident. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Saturday.—A message from New York says that Baron Rosen, the former Russian Ambassador, died following injuries received in a taxicab accident…

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Drowning Fatality Boxing Day Tragedy. Death of Popular Townsman

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

Residents were shocked on Boxing Day when the news spread that a wellknown and popular young man in the person of Thomas Ryan, 26, second…

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Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Reg Lance, of Scholer and Macartney's, Casino, and a fellow employee named Thomas Ryan, sun of the late Edward Ryan, of…

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Drowned in the Macquarie

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--It is stated in a message from Narromine that a young man, Norman Budd, a native of New Zealand employed on Collyburl station…

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Girl Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY. Tuesday.--Thora Martz, a girl nine years of age, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Penshurst on Xmas Day. She died last night…

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The Dyraaba Fatality. Coroner's Finding

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances touching the death of Thomas Joseph Ryan, which took place in a lagoon on Dyraaba Soldier Settlement on…

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