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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Flying Accidents. Two Egyptian Fatalities

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Flying officers James MacLaren and Ronald Bruce were killed through accidents to their machines at Ismalia and Ramleh in…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 2

As the result of a motor cycle and side-car skidding near Boyd's Bay, Tweed River, on Monday afternoon, the three occupants were thrown out…

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Tunnel Collision Two Men Injured. Others Escape With Shaking

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. -- A tubt train from Hampstead collied with a stationary train in a tunnel midway between the Strand and Charing Cross…

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Driver Blamed Railway Collision Inquiry Ignored Danger Signals

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The board appointed to inquire into the railway accident outside Sydney station last Wednesday made its report to-day…

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Railway Smash Board of Inquiry Finds That Driver of Incoming Train Is Responsible for Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The board appointed to inquire into the railway accident outside Sydney station last Wednesday, in which 17 persons were…

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Driver Blamed. Railway Collision Inquiry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

The board, appointed, to inquire into the railway accident outside Sydney station last week made its report on Wednesday;—…

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A Nurse Killed Legs Crushed by Big Steam Lorry. Avoidance of One Accident Leads to Another

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Gertrude McPhail, of Bondi, a nurse in the employ of the Education Department, was knocked down and fatally injured by…

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Drowned While Fishing

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Thomas McCarthy, tram driver, while fishing at Long Bay was swept off the rocks by a huge breaker. He was carried into a blowhole and…

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Tram Driver Drowned

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Thomas McCarthy, a tram driver, while fishing at Long bay, was swept off the rocks by a huge breaker. He was carried into…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Three Men Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

As the result of a motor cycle and side car skidding near Boyd's Bay on Monday afternoon, the three occupants were thrown out and badly…

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Injured in Lion's Cage

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—While members of the staff were dismantling a lion's cage at Cole Bros.' circus at Granville last night, Thomas Scott caught one foot in a portion of the…

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Shocking Fatality at Tuckurimba. Death of Mr. W. J. McCAUGHEY

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

A profound sensation was caused on the Mid Richmond on Friday afternoon when the news spread that Mr. William John Luttrell McCaughey, one of the…

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Found Shot Tuckurimba Fatality Inquiry Gun with Hair Trigger Produced Witness Faints in Court

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

The death, on January 16 of William John Luttrell McCaughey, a widely known resident of the North Coast, formed the subject of an inquiry yesterday at Coraki,…

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In the Lion's Cage Man Severely Injured, But Not By the Lions

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--While the stall was dismantling the lions' cage at Cole Bros. circus at Granville last night, Thomas Scott caught one foot…

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Fatal Boxing Accident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Reginald Anderson, a boxer, who died following a bout at the Stadium on…

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Runaway Horse Accident Pluckily Averted

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday.—To-day when Mr. R. L. Saunders, of Cumbalum, was driving into Ballina one of the reins broke at the bit The horse, a spirited one, immediately broke…

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Four Injured in Collision

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—As the result of a head-on collision in Parramatta road, Lidcombe, this afternoon, form people were admitted to hospital suffering from…

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Motor Cycling Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

TWEED HEADS, Sunday.—Cedric Victor Bewers, 22 years of age, who met with an accident while motor cycling last Monday; died in the Florence Hewitt Hospital, Tweed…

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45 Persons Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.-- A crowded football train over ran the buffers at the central station at Glasgow yesterday. The two first coaches Were…

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Explosion Bookmaker Seriously Injured

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday,—The discovery has been made that a man was badly injured and burnt by the explosion which occurred on Thursday night in the premises of W. P…

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