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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Two Drowned. Double Fatality at Tuggerah. Man and Worn an Taken Gut in Undertow

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A double drowning fatality occurred at Tuggerah Beach near Wyong, this morning. John Wills (37), officer in charge…

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Sergeant Robinson Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

While returning in his motor car from holidays, Sergeant Robinson, well known at Murwillumbah, where he was in charge of the police station…

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Injured by Explosion

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—W. Hind (70), manager of the Clandulla dolomite quarry near Lithgow, took shelter in a bark-roofed shed While a charge was being fired…

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Impaled on Shaft. Melbourne Man Killed in Car Collision. J. W. H. T Douglas Slightly Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A motor car containing Ebenezer Fergus Baker (52), manager of the Melbourne Sports Depot, Dr. Gwynne Hughes, and…

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Drowning Tragedy. Man, Horse, and Sulky Disappear

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

A colored man, thought, to be an Assyrian named Sliba, is believed to have been drowned in Boatharbor crossing (Tweed district) shortly before 6…

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Toll of the Surf. Two Bathers Drowned. Tragedy at Tuggerah

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two lives were lost in a sensational sufing tragedy at Tuggerah Beach Yesterday morning. John Wills (45), station officer at the…

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Accident in Bicycle Race

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. Norman Ayshford, a well-known Casino cycling enthusiast while competing in a road race on Saturday, came into collision with another competitor,…

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Fatal Lorry Accident

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

JERILDERIE, Sunday.—John Baker, son of a well-known stock and sation agent, left on Friday in charge of a motor lorry loaded with station supplies for Boonoke station…

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Body Recovered. Boatharbor Drowning Fatality. Sliba's Body Found Near Crossing

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

The body of Joseph Sliba, an Assyrian, who was drowned at Boat harbor crossing on Friday, was discovered by a young man named Albert…

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A Casino Fatality

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

Stephen Dwyer (19), son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer, of Back Creek, .was saving logs on Saturday afternoon with two other men, when a tree in…

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A Motor Smash. Four Persons Are Injured, and Driver of Car Arrested

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.-- A collision occurred at Pen die Hill, near Parramatta, last night, between a motor car and a sulky…

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Strange Attitude. Injured Man Refuses to Attend Court, and Give Evidence Against His Assailant

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.-- When, Edward Parkes (54, clerk) was charged at the Central Police Court to -day with having maliciously inflicted grievous…

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Body Recovered. Boatharror Drowning Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

The body of Joseph Silba, an Assyrian, who was drowned at Boatharbor on Friday, was discovered by a young man named Albert Cox…

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A Syrian Drowned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

A Syrian, named J. Silba, was drowned at Boat Harbor Crossing, Tweed River, about 6 o'clock on Friday night. The river was running high as the…

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Collision with MiLK CART

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A motor car proceeding, along King-street, St. Peters, early this morning swered to avoid a Chinaman's cart and collided with a milk lorry,…

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Railway Collision Guards Van and Trucks Damaged

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

During shunting operations in the Bendigo railway yards one night last week, a collision occurred, which resulted in damage to several trucks and a guard's…

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Brawl in the Dark. Man Seriously Injured. Man Detained by Police

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 2

Early on Saturday night, in a room of a dwelling in North-street, Casino, a serious brawl is alleged to have occurred, as the result of which William…

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In the Nick of Time. Mail Carrier and His Wife Have Narrow Escape From Drowning. A Wall of Rushing Water

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A message from Broken Hill states that a mail contractor named T. Clarke had a sensational experience on Saturday night…

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Train Derailed. Serious Accident at Yenda

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

GRIFFITHS, Wednesday.—Considerable damage was caused at Yenda when a van some tracks of a goods train were derailed. The permanent way was…

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Off the Line. Serious Accident at Yenda. Guard Found Unconscious

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

GRIFFITH, Tuesday.--Considerable damage was caused at Yenda on Saturday,when a Van and some trucks of a goods train were derailed. The…

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