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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Charge of Manslaughter. Collision Between Cycle and Car

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—At an inquest to-day at Burwood into the death of Henry Hare, who was killed in a collision between a push cycle and a motor car driven by John Peake,…

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Rode to His Death Maclean Bridge Fatality. Caretaker Committed for Trial

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

John Schipp, caretaker of McFarlane bridge, Maclean, has been committed for trial in connection with the death of George Dunn, the victim of a…

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Motor Car Accident. Collision with Telegraph Post

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A motor car containing three passengers struck a telegraph post at Woy Woy this morning. A boy was badly hurt, but the other passengers escaped…

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Seaman Drowned. Fell From Collier

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The body of Seaman Knudsen, who was missed from the collier Duckenfield on Friday, was recovered from the water near the vessel last night…

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Car Overturns. Eight People Injured

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Eight people were hurt, one seriously, when a motor overturned on the Heddon Greta road on Saturday. Arthur Wells, assistant clerk of the Cessnock…

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Smash Near Greta. Eight Persons Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A motor car overturned on the Heddon. Greta road yesterday while, going from Cessnock to the Greta races. Eight of the occunants…

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80 Miles an Hour Motor Car's Terrific Speed Man and Woman Killed in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Particulate, of the motor car tragedy which occurred at Coorparoo, a suburb of Brisbane, shortly before midnight on Friday show that the…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

Particulars of a motor car tragedy, which occurred at Coorparoo, a suburb of Brisbane, shortly before midnight on Friday, show that the impact between…

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Melbourne Accidents. Man Burnt to Death

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The fire brigrade was called to the premises of Underwood and Firth, High-street, Thornbury, to-day. The firemen recovered the body…

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Fatality at Kempsey

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

Mr. Frank Monaghan, junr., son of Mr. Frank Monaghan, storekeeper, of Beech wood, and of Mrs. Monaghan, of Marshstreet, West Kempsey, has been drowned…

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A Little Boy Drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

A very sad drowning accident took place about a mile from Coraki yesterday morning, when Mervyn, the bright little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles…

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Carried Out by Undertow. a Man Drowned

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Charles Harry Leslie, while swimming at Bondi yesterday after noon, was carried out by the undertow and drowned…

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Misadventures Accidents, Fatal and Otherwise. Three Boys Struck by Lightning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Three boys were sheltering in a hollow tree at the Courbyra, near Tumbarumba, yesterday, and were struck by lightning. Their…

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A Little Boy Drowned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

A very sad drowning accident took place about a mile from Coraki on Monday morning, when Mervyn, the bright little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles…

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Misadventures Accidents, Fatal and Otherwise. Man Drowned in the Nepean

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At Picton to-day, Arthur Ray Thompson, a well known business man, lost his life in the Nepean River. He was 22 years of…

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Dripston Cloudburst. 200 Sheep Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Further particulars of the cloudbursts at Dripston show that about 200 sheep, part of a travelling mob, were caught, in the Tush of water and swept…

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Drowned in Well at Coraki

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

A sad and tragic occurrence took place on Sunday morning, when Mervyn, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Robson, of Bungawalbin road,…

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Rode to His Death. Maclean Bridge Fatality. Caretaker Committed for Trial

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 1

John Schipp, caretaker of McFarlane bridge, Maclean, has bean committed for trial in connection with the death of George Dunn, the…

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Three Girls Killed Fourth Girl Injured. Explosion of Powder in Melbourne Factory

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A tragic fatality occurred this afternoon at the Australian Explosive and Chemical Co.'s works at Deer Park. The following were…

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A Simple Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

An example of how simply a bad accident can happen was afforded in Tenterfield last week. It appears that Mrs. Leis, wife of Mr. T. Leis, sen.,…

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