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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Price of Gallantry Judge's Son Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--John Edmunds (18), son of Judge Edmunds, was travelling on a train between Summer Hill and Ashfield late on Saturday night, when he…

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Motor Accident Warning to Drivers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

The gymnastic evolutions that one can perform with a motor car without injury to the occupants of the car are always a source of surprise. Two months…

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Little Boy Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The body of Leslie Smith, aged seven, was ricked up in the harbour near Clark Island yesterday. He went with his parents and others to a…

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Injured by Falling Lift

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--While working on a lift at the factory of Electric Motors, Ltd., at Redfern this morning. Norman Cowell and John Clark were…

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Motorists Injured Pinned Under Burning Car

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

SCONE, Tuesday.—John Woodley, of Tamworth, and Doris Stores, of Ashfield, are in the Scone Hospital in a critical condition as the result of a motor accident on the…

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Accident to Fislilng Boat

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon the visitors at East Ballina were surprised to see the pilot steamer making out to sea just after 5 p.m. It appears that the fishing…

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Accident to Fishing Boat

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon the visitors at East Ballina were surprised to see the pilot steamer making out to sea just after 5 p.m. It appears that the fishing boat Coral had…

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Motor Car Fatality Man Killed, Others Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--As a party was returning in a motor car from Waterfall Gully, Burnside, last night, the steering gear locked, and the car…

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Terrific Collision Car and Sanitary Waggon. Three Men Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A terrific collision occurred in Queen Street, Brisbane at 2.30 this morning, between a motor car, driven by Carl…

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Terrific Impact Three People Injured

Northern Star · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A terrific collision occurred in Queen-Street at 2.30 this morning between a motor car driven by Carl Johnson and a waggon driven by Jack…

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Fatal Accident

Northern Star · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

At the Court House yesterday, before Mr. R. J. Spinks, deputy coroner, an inquiry was held into the death of William Barber, which occurred at Pearee's Creek on February 4…

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Mr. Missingham Injured in Motor Gar Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Friday.—Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., received a severe shaking as the result of the car in which he was travelling swerving over a bank on the…

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Crack Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Paul Remaley, the American erack motor Cyclist, who tried to break the Sydney to Melbourne record, crashed into a motor near Gundagai, and…

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Heroic Tram Driver Three Men Saved From Drowning. Mad Prank Leads to Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--A mad prank on the part of four firemen of the steamer Osterley resulted in a tragedy to-night. The men, who were celebrating their last…

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The Motor's Victims Little Girl Killed. Ten Injured in Head-On Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two motor cars collided in Parramatta Road, between Lidcombe and the abattoirs, this morning, with the result that a girl was…

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Good Falls in Queensland. Injured in Motor Car Accident

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

GLEN INNES, Saturday.—Mr. W. Missingham, M. L. A., whilst journeying with a party from Grafton to Glen Innes, to attend the…

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Derailed Seven Passengers Injured

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Sunday—A sensational acsident occurred this morning shortly after 7 o'clock to an excursion train journeying from Mount Perry to Bundaberg…

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Seaman Drowned Tragic Result of a Wager

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The mad prank on the part of four firemen of the steamer Osterley, resulted in a tragedy last night. The men, who were celebrating their last…

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Cars Collide One Killed and Nine Injured

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday;—Two motor ears collided in Parramatta road this morning, with the result that one person was killed and nine others were injured…

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Two Killed Crowded Charabanc Overturns Fifteen' People Injured

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Two women were killed and 15 persons injured when a motor charabanc overturned while on its way to a land sale at Mount Dandenong…

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