Works to Cost £200,000 Child Drowned
Straying from his bedroom, where he had been left asleep. Cyril J Graham, aged two years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham, of Bingara, was drowned in…
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Accidents, 1939
767 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 39
Child Injured Tree Crashes on House
A Boambee family had a narrow escape from being killed when a tree crashed onto the home while they were having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shean Injured Thrown Off Respirator. Melbourne
When going on to the track at Caulfield this morning Respirator stumbled and his rider, Fred Shean, was thrown, resulting in one of his ribs being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Native Quarrel? Woman Dead, Man Injured Police Search for Husband Darwin
An aboriginal woman named Brumby, was found dead, and a male aborigine seriously injured, at Maronboy tinfield, 40 miles east of Katherine and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Injured in Car Collision
Gordon Hayes, 9, of Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, received head injuries when a collision occurred on Saturday between a car in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bicycle and Car Abattoirs Collision Youth Taken to Hospital
Rain was the cause of a youth on a bicycle coming into collision with a motor car outside the abattoirs at South Grafton on Saturday morning, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Flooded Creek Two Women And Child Car Overturned by Torrent Molong
Two women and an infant were drowned when a motor car was swept away in a flooded creek near Manildra last night. A party of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Thorby in Car Accident. Sydney
It was revealed to -night that the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby, and the chief accountant of the National Insurance Commission, Mr. P. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Injured
Aubrey Edward Cavanagh (22), of Dorrigo, aud Stanley James Peters, of Grafton, both employed by the Forestry Commission on new road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Fishermen Narrow Escape From Drowning. Brisbane
When their 17-foot motor launch was swamped while they were fishing to-day, Henry Samin, his son, Neville and Alfred Kilburn, all of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Injured Knocked Down By Car Lismore Accident. Lismore
Merle Clark. 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Clark, of Rous Mill, was knocked down by a car in Keen street, this afternoon and received a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head-on Collision Two Dogs Killed One Grafton-owned. Lismore
Leafty Willow was killed instantly, and Horton Gag died shortly after receiving injuries in a head-on collision at Ballina coursing meeting to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck by Girder Workman Injured at Woolgoolga Jetty. Woolgoolga
Two workmen, W. Anderson, laborer, and A. Jackson, driller, were injured on Woolgoolga jetty reconstruction works this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Men Drowned in Car Plunged Into River Two Others Rescued Adelaide
Four men were drowned and two had lucky escapes from death when a closed car in which they were riding fell over a bank into the water at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woolgoolga Accidents
Mr. W. Anderson employed on the Woolgoolga jetty reconstruction, suffered head injuries and slight concussion yesterday morning, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nasty Accident
Mr. Vic. Allen met with an accident last Saturday morning that could easily have proved far more serious. He was taking off a big tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twelve Die Express and Goods Train Collision in France. Paris
An express tram from Paris to Toulouse crashed into a goods train at Cheatar Roux late last night. Twelve were killed and thirty injured. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thumb Amputated Accident with Brush-hook. Coff's Harbor
Mr. Pat Reedy, of Coff's Harbor Jetty, while cutting lantana on the plantation of Mr. A. Shepherd, with a brush-hook, on Monday. was holding a strong piece…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Drowned Slipped Off Log Into Creek
A four-year-old girl was drowned late on Saturday afternoon when she slipped off a log into five feet, of water in Upper Dora Creek. near Avondale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swept Overboard Tweed Fisherman Drowned While Crossing Bar. Murwillumbah
When he was swept out of a fishing launch while crossing the Tweed River bar this morning, Edward Johnson, 42, married, a fisherman, of Tweed Heads,…
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