Back Injured Accident At Fire Station Youth Falls 30ft. LISMORE
Sheldon Varley (20), of Lismore, fell about 30 feet when portion of a disused bell tower at Lismore fire station collapsed late on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
Accidents, 1939
767 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 39
COLLISION Three Hurt At Burligh Lorries Hidden by Smoke. Brisbane
Dense bush fire smoke is believed to have been responsible for a head-on collision on the Pacific highway between two three-ton transports near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Christmas Road Accidents
"The appalling toll of the road over the Christmas holidays demonstrates the forcibly that the time has arrived when sterrer measures must be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bullet Wounds Man Shot By Mates Accident Int Bush. Sydney
Accidentally shot at Marshall Mount, near Dapto, last night Leslie Thompson, of Lidcombe, was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Dead in Week-end Accidents. Sydney
Two people were killed and two others critically injured when a utility truck overturned at Rose Bay this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Overturned Struck Trailer Accident Near Halfway Creek
Mrs. John McLennan and her son, Mr. John McLennan, were injured when a sedan car, driven by Mr. McLennan, sen., of Bowen Terrace. New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →44 DEATHS Since Christmas Eve Nine Were Drowned. Sydney
The death roll in New South Wales since Christmas Eve is 44, of whom 2 died in road accidents. This compares with a death roll of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Killed in Car Accident. Newcastle
Alexander Patrick Nowlan, 20, of Singleton, was killed and his mother seriously injured, and his sister, Alma, 14, suffered abrasions; when a car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bodily Harm Charge Injured Man Disappears. Sydney
Hamilton Gibb, 25, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Clifford John Richards at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cars Collide Christmas Eve Accident
While returning from Grafton on Christmas Eve night a head on collision occurred on the Pacific highway near Moonee between a sedan car, driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →George Robey Famous Comedian Injured
George Robey, the comedian, sustained serious spinal injury and broken ribs when he fell from the stage into the orchestra pit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Falls on Factory Pilot Killed. Six Girls Injured London
A training machine crashed on to the Rolls-Royce factory at Derby, killing the pilot and injuring six girls working In the blue print room…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured When Trains Collide Trucks Smashed by Impact. Orange
Three men were injured one critically, when a fast stock train crashed into the rear of a stationary stock train at Eastfork Junction, near Orange this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fingers Severed Circular Saw Accident at Dundurrabin Sawmill
Victor Arthur Livermore (19). an employee of Joseph Reid's mill at Dundurrabin, had three fingers of his left hand severed when he came into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Best Man
To have to enter hospital only a few hours before he was due to act as best man at his brother's wedding was the unlucky fate of Mr. Clive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality at North Beach Stan. Braham Loses His Life
While the gloom caused by the fatal accident at Cascade, to a young Dorrigo resident, still hung heavily over the community, a further severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Beach Fatality
Stanley Braham, aged 20, of Deervale, Dorrigo, was drowned at North Beacli whilst surfing on the day after Boxing Day. He was the son of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coronial Inquiry Into Death of Ivor Jones Injured in Blasting Accident
On 20th December last, the District Coroner (Mr. E. J. Andrew J.P.) held an inquest on the body of Ivor Jones, who died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narrow Escape Old Man Injured Struck by Car. Maclean
Edward Garde (85), an old man, stooped with age, sustained severe abrasions to the face, nose and severe shock when he was struck by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident on Forestry Dept. Road Work
A sad fatality occurred on the road instruction works being carried out by the Forestry Department at Cascade, about 11 o'clock on the…
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