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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Sailing Fatality Man Drowned In Tweed River

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

Frank Hardwick fell overboard from a sailing bout in the Tweed River yesterday and was drowned. The boat was travelling at a terrific…

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Drowning Accidents. in Hobart. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Two drowning accidents marred the commencement of the New Year holidays in Southern Tasmania. The first occurred in the Plenty River on…

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Nearly Drowned. Narrow Escapes at Balmoral

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Three men narrowly escaped drowning at Edward's Beach, Balmoral, to-day. Despite the heavy seas there were a number of people in the water, and…

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German Sensation Bomb in Market Place Fifty injured LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

Berlin correspondent: A bomb was thrown in the market place of Dinkelabuchi. Fifty persons were wounded, but…

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Motor Cycle Accident Little Girl Killed An Arrest Made SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

Thora Martz, aged 9, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Penshurst, and died in the hospital several hours later…

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Accident at Bronte

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Tremendous seas are breaking on all the surf teaches. A party of two men and three boys was walking along the beach near the rocks at Bronte when a…

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Drowning Accident Boy Scout Washed Off a Log SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 1

While attempting to cross the iver at Sutherland, on a log, Martin McGrath a boy scout, was washed off and drowned…

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Man Drowned. Fell From Sailing Boat. Tweed Heads

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 1

A man named Frank Hardwick fell overboard from a sailing boat at the Tweed River yesterday and was drowned. The boat was travelling at…

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Motor Lorry and Train Collide at Level Crossing. Drives Killed, Two Injured. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

A motor lorry proceeding to a picnic ground near Auckland collided with a train at a level crossing to-day. The lorry was wrecked, and the driver,…

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Fatality in Sydney Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 1

Samuel Asher, 21 a medical student, was killed instantly in a collision between a motor car and a sulky in Macquarie Street, Sydney, last right…

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Local and General Workman Injured

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Herman Parh[?]l who is employed by Mr. Charles Pumpa. of Downside, Wagga, met with an accident yesterday morning while unloading [?]oats…

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Steamer Capsizes. Seven Drowned, Five Missing. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Seven were drowned and five are missing, owing to the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn, of 167 tons, in a North Sea gale on Saturday. The…

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A Shocking Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

A shocking accident, having serious results, occurred yesterday shortly afternoon, when a party motoring to Pomingalarna had a nerveracking…

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Drowning Fatality at Yenda

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Joyce Lilian Lowrie, 1 year and 11 months, wandered into a tank on her parents farm, No. 1381, Yonda on Friday last, and was drowned. At 5.30 in…

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Collision at Wagga

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

As the result of a collision between a motor car and horse at Wagga, Miss Hill, who occupied a scat in the car with a number of…

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Swimmer Drowned a Life Saver’s End. Newcasle

The Daily Express · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

John Rewe 26 a member of the Newcastle Life Saving Club was carried out by the surf at Newcastle yesterday and drowned He was a strong…

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Accident at Griffith

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

The many friends of Mr. Jim Coulter will be sorry to learn that he mat with a very painful accident. Mr. Coulter was standing on the step of…

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A Fettler Injured

The Daily Express · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Whilst unloading sleepers, beween [?]abo and [?]ana, one of the fettlers on the [?] Reginald [?]ant, met with an accident. The handle of the…

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Shocking Fatality. Newcastle Life-saver Drowned. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

With the head and upper part of the body eaten away, the remains of John Rowe, permanent Newcastle life-saver, were found floating or Stockton Beach…

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