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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Shocking Fatality. Woman Succumbs to Burns. Mrs. P. Jeans the Victim

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 2

At Wagga yesterday morning a shocking burning accident occurred. Mrs. P. Jeans, of Kincaid-street, was lighting a methylated spirit lamp when…

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[?]Al Burning [?] Explodes [?] Appalling Accident

The Daily Express · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 2

Mrs. [?] wife of Mr. [?] hall porter at the Commercial [?] was yesterday the victim of a [?] burning accident at her [?]…

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Coronal Inquiry. the Burning Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, the coroner, an inquest was held into the cause of the death of Mrs. P. J. Jeans, who died at the…

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Shocking Fatality. Mrs. P. Jeans the Victim

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

At Wegga on Sunday morning a shocking burning accident occurred Mrs. P. Jeans, of Kincaid-street was fighting a methylated spirit lamp…

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Shooting Fatality. Boys Playing Cowboys. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 1

David Kennedy, aged 11, and Robert Daily, were playing cowboys at East Perth yesterday. Daily pointed a pea-rifle at Kennedy and…

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Accidents at Griffith

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

Mr. Middleton, of Hanwood, recently had the [?]fortune to break his left ankle. He was riding a horse at the time. It fell with the result…

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Sensational Motor Accident. Mackay (Qld.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

A sensational motor accident occurred late on Tuesday night. A car with two passengers was proceeding near the river bank when it went over the…

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An Accident of Surgery. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

An er[?]soldier, George Nicholls, was operated on the abdomen and died on December 27. A postmortem showed a piece of gauze a foot lone and eight…

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Burned and Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

Wearing a fancy drees largely composed of cotton wool, a woman lighted for way through a lonely Somerset valley with a cycle lamp. She did not…

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Hit a Pole. Boy Injured Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

Early this morning a motor car containing three passengers struck a telegraph post near Eisalong Beach Woy Woy. All the passengers were…

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Race Bus Overturned Shire Clerk Injured Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

A motor overturned on the Heddon Greta Road, yesterday, while going from Cessnock to Greta races. Eight occupants were thrown out…

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Restless Horse Takes Fright. Baby Fatally Injured. BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

A Maryborough (Q.) message says, that with her three months' old baby in her arms, Mrs. Hare, accompanied by a boy, was driving in a…

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Week End Accidents Many Bad Car Smashes Reported Fatal Collisions in Brisbane and Melbourne Searching for Driver of One Car in Melbourne Suburbs

The Daily Express · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

Just before midnight last night a motor car, containing nine young men and women, collided with a cart .and all the car oocupacta were thrown…

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Viaduct Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. S. Shep[?] the coroner, at an inquiry into the cause of the death ot Charles Bye. aged 69 years railway bridges and…

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Mother Injured, Baby Killed. Maryborough (Qld.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

A message says that with her three months' old baby in arms, Mrs. Hare. accompanied hy a boy was driving in a buggy at Mullet Creek, when the horse…

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Car Accident at Woy Woy Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

A motor car containing three passengers struck a telegraph post at Woy Woy on Sunday morning. A boy was badly hurt but the other passengers…

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Distressing Accident. Maryborough (Q.)

The Daily Express · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

Mrs Hare, accompanied by a [?] was driving a sulky at M[?] near Bundaberg, yesterday, w[?] horse was frightened by [?]…

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Viaduct Tragedy How Inspector Bye Died. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Daily Express · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

The Wagga District Coroner, Mr Geo, S. Shopher[?] yesterday conducted an inquiry into the death of the late Charles Bye, who was killed…

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Drowning Accidents Picton

The Daily Express · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 4

Arthur Roy Thompson, a well [?] business man, lost his life in the [?] River. His companion [?] over Maldon Bridge to get…

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Explosion Three Girls Killed a Power Works Fatality Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 1

A shocking fatality occurred this afternoon at the Australian Explosive and Chemical Co. Ltd., Works, at Deerpark and three girls were killed,…

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