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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Another Motor Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

A motor car accident, which fortunately did not cause much damage or injury, occurred at Sexton's Hill on Sunday morning. Two service cars,…

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The Turf. Accident at Moorefield. Jockey Renshaw Dead

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Jockey Renshaw died yesterday as the result of the injuries he received through his mount stumbling in the Juvenile Handicap at Moorefield on…

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A Drowning Tragedy

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 4

John Moran, aged five and a half, was drowned at the flood gates at the sad of the salt water, Parramatta River. The district coroner in return[?]…

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Tram Driver Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is asserted that Patrick O'Neill, a tram conductor, was jabbed in the face with a broken bottle, and he was admitted to…

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Tram Derailed. Thirteen People Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The engine of a steam tram from Newcastle to West Wallsend left the rails at Wallsend crossing yesterday, ran down an…

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Seat Staging Collapses. Accident at Boxing Stadium. Seventeen Persons Injured. Adelaide

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at a boxing arona in Adelaide last night when a large portion of the staging collapsed, carrying with it between twenty and thirty people…

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Father's Crime Four Children Drowned. Attempted Suicide Fails. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 5

A farmer near Dinan drowned his four children aged from eight years to 20 months, one by one in a pond near the farmhouse to-day. He then jumped in…

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Tram Runs Amok Thirteen Passengers Injured. Newcastle

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 5

An engine of a steam tram travelling from Newcastle to Wallsend left the rails at a crossing near Wallsend yesterday afternoon…

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Cinema Horror. Snow Laden Roof Collapses. One Hundred and Thirteen Dead. Injured Number 120

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

NEW YORK Monday.--One hundred and thirteen bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the wre[?]ked cinema theatre at Washington…

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Collision in Railway Yards. Two Persons Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The rear carriage of a passenger train from Sutherland and the tender of the engine were derailed in a collision at the central railway yards this…

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Remarkable Accident. Pony's Legs Snap Off. Jockey Badly Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A remarkable accident occurred on the race track at Emmaville. Jack Wells was galloping a race pony when the latter's forelegs snapped clean…

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The Turf. Colt Soorak Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday—While running in a paddock at Richmond the unbeaten twoyear-old brown cold Soorak, by Woorak—So So, owned by Mr. F. G. Spurway, injured…

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Accidents

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred on. Wednesday evening, January 25th, on the Myocum Road. Arthur Muddle, 35 years of age, and employed by Messrs…

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Motoring Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 2

As the result of a motor car falling over tin embankment on the Tweed Mrs. C. H. O'Neill (of Oakbank) is lying in a serious condition, with both…

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First Fatality of Its Kind

Northern Star · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

For more than an hour afterwards several [?]harks of different sizes were seen swimming about the channel. The fatality is the first of its kind on any of Sydney's metropolitan…

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Drowned Off Dribie. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

Waiter Edward Cook, 4[?], married, manager in Brisbane of the Dayton Seales Company, was fishing with a companion off Dribie Island to-day when the…

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Collision on Railway. a Guard Killed. Van and Trucks Smashed

Northern Star · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Owing to the couplings of a heavily laden goods train snapping a serious accident occurred on the railway line between Macedon and Woodend…

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Runaway Train Quard Dies at His Post. Two Men Injured. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

A serious collision between two goods trains occurred between Macedon and Woodend at 1.30 a.m. to-day. The 8.35 p.m. through goods train to…

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General News. Accident to School Boy

Northern Star · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

A school boy named Chaffey had his arm broken on Monday last while going home from school at Byron Bay. He and other lads were skylarking and Chaffey was…

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Fisherman Drowned. Boat Capsizes While Landing Fish

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Walter Edward Cook (42), married, manager of the Dayton Scales Co., was fishing with a companion in the Brible Island passage to-day, when the…

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