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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Five Injured. Violent Explosion at Pyrmont Sugar Works. Wall of Main Building Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturdays. Five men were injured, three of them seriously, in a violent explosion, which wrecked a wall of one of the main buildings at the…

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Actor's Injuries. Oar Accident on Stage

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.-Frank Neil, the well-known actor-producer, was knock-ed down by a motor car on the stage of the Majestic Theatre, Newtown, on…

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Killed Her Father Murder Charge Against Girl. Says Rifle Accidentally Exploded

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

PERTH, Saturday. The inquest on Henry Clarke, a farmer of Cool[?], who was fatally shot on the premises of a neighbouring farm of Llewellyn Swan,…

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Toll of the Motor Accidents on Parramatta Road. Woman Killed at Camperdown

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. Two persons were killed in motor accidents on the Parramatta Road to-day. A motor cycle and side-car, containing…

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Roundabout Accident (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Valencia correspondent reports a ghastly accident at a fair, when the pivot of a large "aeroplane" roundabout broke while the roundabout was revolving at full…

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Accident at Fair. Five Killed, Many Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

VALENCIA (Spain), Saturday.--There was a ghastly accident at a fair when the pivot of a large "aeroplane" roundabout broke, while the…

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Three Boys Drowned Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Three boys, William Strathford (16), Charles-Thomas (13), and Kenneth Thomas (11), of Brisbane, were drowned while bathing at Woodypoint yesterday afternoon in…

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Motorist Injured Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Yesterday morning at Seven Mile Beach, Mr. Wes. Davis, of Tuckombil, met with,a serious accident. Hp was riding along the beach and evidently got too close to the…

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Drowned in Copper. Old Man's Faie

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--George Bailey (68), of Marrickville, was found drowned in a copper of water, yesterday. He had been subject to fits for…

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Painter Killed Another Injured. Fell Fifty Feet from Scaffolding

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Charles Price (40), a painter, of Hurstville, was killed, and Rowland Pearce (40), a painter, of Lewisham, was injured when…

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Three Drowned Bathing Tragedy Near Brisbane. Three Boys Perish. Girl's Narrow Escape

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--A triple drowning fatality occurred at Woody Point yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock, when three boys, William…

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From Jaws of Death Girl's Remarkable Escape. Plucky Rescue by Nurse: Child Nearly Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

A little girl, nine years of age, was literally snatched from the jaws of death, near Tweed Heads, on Sunday afternoon, by the pluck…

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Steering Gear Again Defect Causes Car to Dash into Fence. Woman Killed, Others Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--A car, driven by George Crich, and occupied by five people, was returning to Maitland from Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, when…

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Serious Motor Accident Woman Killed Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

A car driven by George Crich and occupied by five people was returning to Maitland from Newcastle yesterday afternoon, when the steering gear went wrong…

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Boy Drowned South Lismore Fatality

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

George Edward Feeney, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Feeney, of Gundurimba road, South Lismore, was drowned in the Richmond River at Lismore yesterday morning…

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Boy Drowned at Lismore

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

George Edward Feeney, 17, son of Mr.and Mrs. John Feeney, of Gundurimba road, South Lismore, was drowned in the Richmond River at Lismore…

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Dinghy Capsizes. a Man Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

Perth, Tuesday.--A dinghy containing two men capsized off Fremantle. The occupants swam for two hours. Eventually one, William…

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Boy Drowned. Tragedy at Geelong

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--Claude Barrel, 13, was drowned in the Barwon River at Geelong yesterday. With a number of other boys he went into the…

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Ferry and Wharf. Circular Quay Collision

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The ferry steamer Kos[?]iusco collided with the Neutral Bay wharf at Circular Quay, last night. Portion of the woodwork…

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Peculiar Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

When Jack Cowling, aged 28, of Glenreagh, finished cutting a track through some scrub on Saturday he walked on to a log and tripped,…

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