Accident to Farmer
Mr. G. M. Atkins, of Mitchell's Island, Manning River, was ploughing with a tractor last Tuesday, when the tractor overturned on top of him and…
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Accidents, 1939
767 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 39
Youth Killed Shotgun Accident. Melbourne
Hector Jenkins 17, of North Kew, was fatally wounded to-day when a shotgun which his brother was carrying accidentally discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hynes Injured N.S.W. Fast Bowler Car Strikes Telegraph Pole. Sydney
Lincoln, (Bob) Hynes, aged 26, the fast lefthand bowler of the New South Wales; Sheffield Shield team, was injured when his car crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incinerated in Overturned Car Three Men and Woman Shocking Accident in N,z, Auckland
Three men and a woman were burned to death at Takanim, near Auckland, last night after their car swerved off the road, turned upside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woolgoolga Accidents Wounded with an Axe. Woolgoolga
While J. McConnon, the well-known carrier and sporting identity of Woolgooiga, was cutting timber on Friday last his axe slipped and he sustaineo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Scalding Accident
The nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Davis, of Kyogle, has died in hospital as a result of being scalded when he upset a kettle full of boiling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Injured in One Day
Three of the men engaged on the reconstruction work at Woolgoolga jetty were injured in incidents last Tuesday. During the morning Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Sisters Drowned in Murray River. Melbourne
Two young children, Edith Betson, 10, and her sister Desma, were drowned at Torumbarry Weir, near Echuca. Their bodies were found locked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Radio Used Man Injured On Ship While Going Down Clarence
A radio message from the s.s. Port Tauranga to Brisbane, from where a telegram was sent to the Grafton District Hospital, was used to make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lying on Road Badly Injured Man Picked Up by Motorists. Melbourne
With most of his clothing stripped off and suffering from severe head injuries, William Hughes, 50, of Werribee South, was found last night lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic Lights Reduce City Accidents Experiment in U.S.A.
The value of traffic lights in reducing city accidents was demonstrated in New York recently. In an effort to minimise traffic accidents in that city…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilot's Fear Grass on Runway Katherine Accident Insufficient Speed to Lift Plane Sydney
The crash of the Lockheed aircraft at Katherine, Northern Territory, in which four men were killed, was due to the pilot attempting to lift the air…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured on Ship
Edward Elliott received injuries to the toes of one of his feet while he was working on the s.s. Matthew Flinders loading timber, yesterday. A girder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jap Submarine Sinks After Collision. Tokio
The Navy Office has announced thai Japanese submarine No. 163 sank yesterday morning, after a collision with another submarine during manoeuvres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Lower Southgate Punt. Lower Southgate
On the 1st inst., Mr. S. K. Short was crushed on the gates of the Lower Southgate punt by a young horse he was taking over the river, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Drowned Picnic Party Tragedy. Sydney
Irene Lake. 9, of Glenfiald, was drowned in a river near her home today. She was a member of a picnic Party and evidently felt into the river…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week-end Accidents Struck by Bicycle
Miss Joyce Trent, of Garden street. Grafton, suffered an injury to the head as the result of having been knocked down by a bicycle in Bacon street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smash at Cangai Car Over Bridge Three Persons Injured
While crossing a bridge over a small gully at Cangai yesterday a car in which were two officers of the Tick Board of Control, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed Fell 110Ft. Off Bridge Accident at Brisbane. Brisbane
Falling 110 feet into the Brisbane River from a partly built bridge across the river to-day, Alfred Jackson, 56, carpenter, was seriously injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifteen Drowned Floods in Africa. Durban
Fifteen have been drowned and thousands rendered homeless by heavy floods in Natal and Transvaal. Roads and bridges have been…
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