300 Drowned When Nazi Troopship Torpedoed London
A German troopship four miles from Norway, carrying 500 troops, was one of at least four victims of the British navy to-day. A U-boat was also sunk…
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Accidents, 1940
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Million Damage Q'sland Sugar Crop Three Drowned in Floods. Brisbane
John Allen, his son aged ten, and daughter aged eight, were drowned today at Pelican Creek, 30 miles from Collinsville, when their home was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nasty Accident Man Injured While Splitting Timber
While splitting timber on a property four miles from the main road at Upper Thora on Monday, Norman Miller was seriously injured when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured in Buck Jumping Contest
Colin Aspinall, aged 18, of Abbott street, South Grafton, had a narrow escape from serious injury, when he was dislodged from a buckjumper at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Man's Grit Leg Cut in Bush
With his leg severely gashed above the knee, Mr. "Bill" O'Reilly, well-known at Eastern Dorrigo and Coffs Harbour,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Tragedy Wife's Awful Ordeal Saw Husband and Children Drowned. Brisbane
Mrs. J. Allen, of Bowen River, who saw her husband and two children swept away in floodwaters, was marooned in a tree for 19 hours…
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At the Grafton Show yesterday afternoon Walter Jones (32), employee of Skuthorp's buckjumping show, suffered a lacerated wound under the chin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death at Casino Motor Cycle Accident Another Collision Injures Four. Lismore
William John Wornes died in the Casino Memorial Hospital this morning as a result of injuries received last night in a motor cycle accident on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militiaman Killed 23 Others Were Injured Military Truck Overturns Newcastle
One militiaman was killed and 23 others were injured two critically, this afternoon, when a military truck skidded and overturned between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Drowned Washed Off Rocks Tragic Fishing Trip Fourth Was Found Unconscious Sydney
Three men, members of a fishing party, were drowned between Wattamolla and Garrie Beach to-day, when they were washed off the rocks by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Case Adjourned Collision In Prince Street R. T. PAUSEY v. H. W. PEARN
In the Grafton Small Debts Court yesterday, Robert Thomas Pausey, a corpor[?] of the R.A.A.F. Mobile Re[?]ting Centre at Grafton, proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youths Injured
S. McFarlane and V. Green, whilst travelling on a motor cycle to their home at Woodford Leigh, on Monday night, collided with a horse and were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crushed by Tree Tweed Man's Death Accident at Middle Pocket Mullumbimby
Alfred Samuel Cox, 33, single, resident of the Murwillumbah district was crushed beneath a falling tree when working at Middle Pocket, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Overturns M.H.R. in Accident. Canberra
A car in which Mr. McCall, M.H.R., and Mrs. McCall were travelling to Canberra from Sydney overturned near Collector to-day. The car which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arm Amputated Engine Driver Injured Mishap at Grafton Station
James Dredge (51), married, of Bottomley street, Ipswich, Queensland, employed as an engine driver in the Department of Railways, had his left…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at Casino on Tuesday, when an inquest into the death of William John Wornes was held. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash 27 Killed, 100 Injured Engine,and Six Cars Derailed Little Falls (New York, Saturday.)
Twenty-seven persons were killed and one hundred injured in the wreck of the Lake Shore Limited New York to Chicago 16 coach train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Footballers Injured
Three members of the Mullumbimby foot ball team were injured in a match against Wollongbar Old Boys at Mullumbimby on Sunday. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Bromwich Injured In Accident Unable to Play in Q'sland Championships. Brisbane
John Bromwich, Australia's number one tennis player, will not be able to contest the Queensland championships. He was drawn in two matches on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge Proved Negligent Driving Defendant Fined £5 Collision on Armidale Road
Before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning, Thomas Harold Coultan, of Nymboida, was fined £5,…
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