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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Floods in Queensland. Men Shelter in Trees. Miraculous Escapes From Drowning

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A message from Chinchilla states the flood waters are now receding rapidly. The council will be put to great expense cleansing and repairing the…

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Accident at the Railway

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

Mr. C. Gentle, Who recently took up duties as night officer at the Casino railway station, sustained severe injuries to the knee while engaged in…

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Body Recovered. The Chinderah Fatality

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The body of Frank Hardwicik, who was drowned in the Tweed river near Chinderah on Sunday last, was recovered yesterday morning, and the burial took…

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Coroner's Inquest South Murwillumbah Drowning. Open Verdict Returned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

An inquest into the death of William Currie, also known as "Fireman Scotty,' whose dead body was found in the Tweed River at South Murwillumbah on Sunday…

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Medical Student Killed. Sydney Street Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Samuel Asher (21), medical student, who was to have taken his final examination in March, was accidentally killed in Macquari-street last night as…

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Drowned in Floods. Fatalities in Queensland

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A message from Maryborough to-day stated that a single man, Henry Williams, who resides with his brother on a selection on the Boyne River…

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Queensland Floods Two Men Drowned. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

A message from Maryborough states that a single man, Henry Williams, who resided with his brother on a selection on the Boyne River left home to-day with…

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North Sea Disaster. German Steamer Capsizes. Seven Persons Drowned; Five Missing. Trawlers to the Rescue. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Seven persons were drowned and five are missing as the result of the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn during a North Sea gale on…

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Saved by a Dog. Help for Injured Man. a Broken Leg in the Bush

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Herman Bock was chopping wood in the bush some distance from Waterfall Sanatorium yesterday when a maul he was using slipped and struck him…

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Motor Car Accident. Car Skids Near Oberon. Occupants Thrown Clear

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A motor car containing a party of tourists skidded near Obpron, ran up an embankment and completeally overturned. The occupants were thrown…

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Drowned at Greenwich

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday--While swimming at Greenwich baths to-day Guy Herbert Searr, 30, Ridge Street, Longueville, was [?]…

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Life Saver Drowned

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--John Rowe, 25, a member of the Newcastle Life Saving Club, was carried out in the surf at Newcastle yesterday and was drowned…

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Drowned in the Tweed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Frank Hardwick, of Sydney, who had been in Murwillumbah a few weeks, was drowned at Chinderah. Deceased was out in a sailing boat with Harold…

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Drowned While Surf Bathing. Although a Powerful Swimmer

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Norris Howe, a prominent member of the Stockton surf club and a powerful swimmer, was drowned while surf bathing on Stockton beach last…

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Could Not Swim Tweed Drowning Case

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

Frank Hardwick, a resident of Marwillumbah, fell out of a sailing boat into the Tweed River, and was drowned. He had been spending his…

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Lorry and Tram. Collision in City Street

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Two horses attached to a lorry took fright at a piece of paper in Botany road last, night and bolted. They crashed into…

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Runaways in Sydney Butchers' Shop Damaged. Horses Killed and People Injured. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Damage amounting to £135 was caused by two horses bolting through the window of William Everingham butcher shop in Crescent-street, Sydney, to-day…

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Racing Accident Three Horses Fall. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

In the Maiden Plate at the Gladstone Turf Club's meeting to-day, Lady Lou, Phil Palmer and Erins Maid came down. T. Rvall, rider of Lady Lou, sustained a…

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Peculiar Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Dempsey, wife of the late. Inspector Dempsey, was seen standing in a peculiar attitude at the window of her home at Parkville, near…

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Suspected Drowning

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

A returned soldier, W. Davidson, who has been employed by Mr. T. Lean, at Thora, for some time, left for Bowra to spend his holidays, and it is…

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