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Accidents, 1922

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Terrors of the Bush an Out-back Accident. Bathurst

The Daily Express · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 1

Newell Gilmour was admitted to the Bathurst Hospital to-day with a fractured thigh. He lives in mountainous and sparsely-populated country at…

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Unusual Accident Fatal Fall on a Baby. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 1

Mrs. Ellen Allsop, who resides with her married daughter at 53 Stanley Street, Burwood told the District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark),…

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Over a Precipice. Accident at the Hawkesbury. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 4

An extraordinary accident happened to a picnic party of four on the Hawkesbury River to-day as a result of which Marjorie Cassidy, a…

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Strange Street Accident. Victor Overturns Wagon Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

A remarkable escape from death or serious injury and the remarkable behaviour of a licensed hire motor driver, were the chief features of a…

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A Boy Drowned. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

A lad named Anderson was drowned in Mordialloc Creek to-day. He and a companion were racing across the creek whtn Anderson suddenly…

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Believed to Be Drowned Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

Mrs. J. Robertson, of Cooledah, Victoria, motored alone to the Blow Hole at Peterborough yesterday, to fish off the rocks. Later her car was…

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Off the Line. Tram Accident at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

A tram which left Newcastle at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, leaped the rails near an old colliery at Wallsend and fell down a 5ft. embankment on…

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Fatalities and Accidents Cheek Torn Off

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

George Shales, aged 32, received a painful injury near the Redfern Railway Station on Saturday afternoon. Shales got half-way across the road…

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A Riding Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

An accident happened at Sandigo on Thursday to a girl named Zillah Harris, niece of Mr. Oliver Harris of "Windermere." The girl, who rides to…

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Drowning Fatality at Ebden Weir

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

Early on Monday afternoon, the body of a young man named Brook son was found lying in about 2 feet of water in a pond in the vicinity of the…

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Ship and Whale. Collision at Sea. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 1

Just after the steamer Easter Light, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Durban, had left the South African port the struo[?] a wh[?] in…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Hits a Whale. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

The steamer Eastern Light, which arrived in Sydney today, had an unusual experience. Just after leaving Durban she ran down a whale, and…

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Mailman Killed Fatal Sulky Accident

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

About 4 o’clock yesterday morning Mr. John Mitchell, of Urang[?] when about a mile from Urangel[?] Post office, found the dead body of William…

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A Near Collision

The Daily Express · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 2

A motor car and buggy were being driven at a fair pace in the same direction in Baylis Street last night when the driver of the buggy, not…

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Grazier Injured. Inverell

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 2

Charles Magg, a well-known Inverell grazier, decided to spend the night near the sheep yards in the hope of shooting a dingo that had…

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For the “Movies” Star Actor Injured.new York, April 18

The Daily Express · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 2

William Desmond, the cinema star, has probably been fatally injured in a 60ft. fall from a cliff .while a moving picture was being taken…

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Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 6

An accident that could have been accompanied by more serious result happened to Mr Alf. Cashmere on Thursday. It appears that whilst…

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Fatalities and Accidents Demented Woman's Action. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

As a train from Toowoomba (Qld.), was approaching Branley last night, Kathleen Comerford, aged fifty, who escaped from a mental asylum during…

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Car and Sulky Collision

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

Whilst coming from the cricket match at Junee Reefs to Junee on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Cecil Lord, driving a motor car, collided with a…

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Fatalities and Accidents Four Children Killed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

A boy of five years of age. Leslie Gray, who lived at Manly, was run over and killed early to-day. He ran across the road from behind a train…

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