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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Gun Fatality. Boys Play with Weapons. Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

Three little boys at Lake Finnigan, King Island, were amusing themselves in a bedroom by catching blow. [?] and imprisoning them in the…

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Tram and Bus an Unusual Accident. Melbourne. Wed

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

A “trak” [?]bus on the way to St. [?] attemted to pass an electric [?] and came in contact with a [?] box containing an [?]solating…

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Random Readings. Proposed by Accident

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. Spooner, a clergyman, who became famous for those humorous misplacements of initial consonants that have become known as…

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Motor Car Accidents. Woman Fatally Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2

Hurled from a motor-car on the Geelong road, near Footscray, to-day, Mrs. Bowen as so seriously injured that she died shorely…

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Six People Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2

Six people were injured when a heavily laden motor lorry collided1 with a post in the Parramatta road near Homebush, late last night. There…

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Prince of Wales Broken Collarbone How Accident Happened London February S.

The Daily Express · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 1

The Prince's right collarbone is broken. It is a simple fracture and was surgically attended to in London by a specialist at York House, where…

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Harbor Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

The body of Leslie Smith (7) was picked up in the harbor near Clark Island yesterday. He went with his parent and others to picnic at Clark…

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Fatality on Railway

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

The body of a man, terribly mutilated, was found near Oaley railway station Sunday morning by a guard who was coming off duty. As…

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Lift Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—While working on a lift at the factory of the Electric Motors Ltd., at Redfern this morning, Norman Cowoll and John…

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Railway Collision. Passengers Escape

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 2

A mixed train Gympie to Brisbane was standing at Yandina Platform Last night when a special…

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Riding Accident

The Daily Express · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Peter Duff, while riding Air Dempsey's horse “Irrigator” in the [?] Jump at Leeton Show met with [?] accident but fortunately [?]…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 2

A curious accident occurred last week when a Whirlpool developed at Horseshoe Bend, on the N.S.W. side of the Murray River near-Swan Hill…

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Accident on Albury Road. Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Late on Saturday afternoon a serious motor cycle accident occurred on the Albury road, as a result of which two young men were injured. Mr. Samuel…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Paul Remaley, the American crack road motor bikist, lies in Gundagai Hospital nursing bad injuries to his knees, and having a deep gash in his…

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Stevedore Injured Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

A bag of potatoes fell 40ft to a stevedore named Alfred Fretwell, whole the steamer Morabool was being unloaded at Miller's Point…

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Items Oe News. Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr. A. M'Guire met with a rather simple but n[?]sty accident. Whilst mounting his bicycle he struck his leg on the. pedal, the metal…

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Collusion in Tompson Street. Boy Badly Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

At "6 o'clock last evening. Tompson street, between Peter and Baylis streets, was the scene of an unfortunate and nasty accident. A…

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Later Particulars. Well- Known Wagga People Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Later particulars by telephone from Sydney indicate that the injuries suffered by Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Talbot are not so serious as was at firsr…

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Charabanc Capsized Two Killed; Fifteen Injured. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

Two elderly women were killed and 15 persons injured when a motor char-a-banc overturned while on its way to a land sale at Mount…

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Motor Smashes Sydney and Melbourne Three Killed; Many Injured. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

A Ford car containing five passengers collided on parramatts Road, near Flemington this morning with a Buick containing six…

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