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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Two Men Drowned. Picnic Party Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday. While a number of men belonging to a picnic party were bathing at East Beach, Low Head, yesterday afternoon, Norman…

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Motoring Fatality Man Killed at Kyogle Kyogle

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 4

About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon an an accident resulting in the death of a man named Thygesen occurred on the Wiangerie road, about two and a half miles from the…

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Accident to Steamer Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

A message received in Sydney to-day states that the Commonwealth line steamer Boorara is held up in the Indian Ocean as a result of engine trouble. No anxiety is…

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Surf Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 4

On Sunday at Byron Bay a young man named Munro, from Alstonville, while surfing was very badly dumped. He was knocked out while in the water. Mr. Gosper,…

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Pinned Under Lorry. Kyogle Road Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of Lauritzer Thygesan, a resident of Wiaugarie for a number of years past, which occurred on…

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Sensational Motor Accident Car Dives Off Punt

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--A motor car, with a man, his wife and three children, dived off the punt into the river at Mokau. The husband saved…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Lorry Overturns. Man Killed

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

As the result of a lorry overturning on the Wyangarie road at Green-meadows on Sunday afternoon, Lauritzer Thygeson, who was engaged in…

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Accidentally Shot Dead Perth

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 5

James Twyning and a youth named Charles Ley left home to shoot kangaroos. Twyning was walking some little distance behind Ley, who was carrying his gun over his shoulder…

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The After-love. Strange Perth Tragedy. Daughter Says Shooting of Father was Purely an Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday. According to a statement by Alice Clarke, who was arrested on the charge of unlawfully killing her father, the shooting was…

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Fog Bound Collision on Columbia River (Australian Press Association) VANCOUVER

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

The cargo steamer Welsh City, bound, for Australia, is dry-docked at Astoria (Oregon) for survey. She collided in the Columbia river in a fog with the motorship Carriso,…

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Destroyer in Collision Naval Officer Swept Into Sea (Reuter) BREST

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

H.M.S. Wolfhound and the rest of a flot lla of torped boats and submarines were steaming towards the Spanish coast at night in a storm when the lookout sighted a…

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Sheffield Shield N.S.W. v. South Australia Bardsley Injured Macartney's Faultuess Cricket Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

South Australia easily avoided the follow on in the match against New South Wales the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day Grimmett and Arthur Richardson…

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Coolup Tragedy. "Tragic Accident." Statement by Daughter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

From a statement made by a girl, Alice Victoria Clarke, to the police, upon her arrest on a charge of unlawfully killing her father at Coolup…

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Painful Accident

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

Mr. Frank Lloyd, of South Casino had the misfortune to meet with a painful accident at Christmas time. He was nailing some greenery to a wall…

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Motor Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Another man, whose name is unknown, was run over and killed by a motor 'bus in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst. He is believed to…

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Councillor Drowned

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 3

When hauling a fishing net at the Tea Gardens, Port Stephens, a youth named Duffy discovered the body of James Francis Franklin, who was…

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Accident at Show. Lady Rider Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Miss Nancy Mann (23), was injured at Ives show to-day, when a horse she was riding bolted and after jumping a fence, jammed…

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Railway Fatality Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 13

A message from Goulburn states that while going to the scene of a derailment on a tricycle on Wednesday night F. Weatherby (50), a fettler, was run down and…

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Cowardly Assault. Man Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 4

Sydney, Friday.--Jack Krashavin, 36, was walking along Riley-street, city with his mother-in-law, late last night, when three men approached…

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Italians Missing Believed to be Drowned

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Two Italians who arrived at Broadford recently and began wood-cutting, were reported missing on Sunday…

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