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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

Two persons were treated at the St. George Cottage Hospital last night as the result of a motor ear collision at Kogarah. W. G. Carroll, Birrell-street,…

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Fatal Collision

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A fatal collision occurred this afternoon between a sulky and a tram car in Victoria-St., Carlton. The victim of the smash was…

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Local and General. Collision in Mullumbimby

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

Some excitement was caused in Mullumbimby on Saturday night when a motor car and a sulky containing two persons collided. The sulky was badly…

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Fires. Explosion in Melbourne. Man Killed, Another Injured MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 3

A fire which followed upon two explosions in a Swanston Street cafe just before midnight last night had a fatal termination, one of the proprietors…

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Fatal Accident. Mr. Percy Cochrane Dead

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

Whilst returning from Brunswick Heads on Sunday afternoon, Percy Cochrane, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cochrane, Myocum, had a severe fall…

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A Woman's Death. Shipping Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 5

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.—Among the passengers taken off the Cooma when she ran aground at Breaksea Spit was Mrs. Anna Whittaker, 63, who was returning to Cairns…

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Drowning Fatality. Two Brothers in Difficulties

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A drowning fatality occurred at Redeliffe to-day. Edward and James Taylor, sons of Edward Taylor, one of the contractors of the…

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Drowning Fatality. Boy of Sixteen Lost. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

A drowning fatality occurred at Redcliffe to-day. Edward and James Taylor, sons of Mr. Edward Taylor, one of the contractors for the new jetty, while…

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Boy Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two sons of Edward Taylor, contractor for the new jetty at Redeli[?]e , Queensland, got into difficulties while bathing…

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Fatality at Skinner's Head

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

A fatal surfing accident occurred at Skinner's, Head, a few miles north of Ballina, on Sunday morning, the victim being Vincent Henderson, 18 years of…

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Drowned in the Harbor

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- A motor launch was capsized by the wash of the steamer Wyandra near Pyrmont late this afternoon and a man named Hezelmere was…

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Injured at Bathurst Railway

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

Recently Mr. William R. Tooby, fitter's labourer at the Bathurst loco sheds, met with a serious accident. An engine was in the course of being overhauled, the men being…

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Serious Riding Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

A young man named Charles Edwards met with a serious accident at Banoon, near Barraba, as a result of which he is now in a very critical condition…

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Burning Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

Mr.J.T.Englert, son of Mr.J.J.Englert, of Maclean, was the victim of a very nasty burning accident a few days ago. Mr. Englert, son.,and the…

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Burning Accident at Maclean

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

On Friday last, as Mr. J. T. Englert, of Maclean, was in the kitchen lighting a gas ring, used in connection with the Wizard light, a bottle of…

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Accident at Coombell

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

Our Coombell corerspondent writes that while Jack Dunn, a railway fettler, was riding to Rappville oil Friday afternoon. his horse bucked and fell with…

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Young Man Killed. Motor Cycle Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Davidson, Coroner at Byron Bay, was advised on Tuesday of the death of a young man named Percy Cochrane, aged 19, of Mullumbimby, as the result of a fall…

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Ballina Surfing Fatality. Evidence at the Inquiry

Northern Star · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 6

At the Police Court, Ballina, on Tuesday morning, the district coroner held an inquiry into the death of Vincent Henderson, which occurred on Sunday morning last at the 7-mile…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. P. COCHRANE

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 5

A PARTICULARLY sad death occured on Monday, at mid-day, as the result of an accident on Sunday evening to Mr. W. G. Cochrane's eldest son…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Man and Woman Injured

Northern Star · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—As the result of a motor cycle accident at Newtown last night Mrs. Gladys Rowe received serious injuries, while her husband, Reginald Rowe, is not…

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