Local and General Accident at Coff's Harbor
Barbara, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. McCrystal, of Coffs Harbor, met with a painful accident on Sunday. She fell out of a tree up which…
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Accidents, 1940
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Accidental Death
At the Armidale Coroner's Court on Saturday morning. Mr. R. L. Blake returned a verdict of accidental death of John Piper (75), who died as the…
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When a motor truck which he was driving crashed into a timber bridge about one mile on the Brunswick Heads side of Mullumbimby late on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MIRACULOUS Van Driver's Escape Collision with Express. Melbourne
A miraculous escape from death was experienced by John Banks, 30, baker of Lara, at a level crossing near Corio to-day…
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Arthur Walkins, of Ulmarra, sustained a fracture to the left foot when engaged in work on a bridge in the vicinity of Wooli yesterday. A jack, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclists Three In Speedway Smash Two Seriously Injured. Sydney
Three motor cyclists were injured, two of them seriously, when they crashed while rounding a bend on the Penrith speedway to-day. R. Taylor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apple Lorry Upset Accident Near Repton
Mr, Bob Andrews' apple lorry left the road at a bend in the road on Repton Hill last Friday, o[?]psized. and tell about 30ft. down the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Track Accidents Jockeys Hurt at Caulfield. Melbourne
Track accidents at Caulfield this morning resulted in three jockeys being injured. K. Bird, who was riding Charika, was…
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Several cyclists received first aid attention at the carnival on the Lismore Recreation Ground on Thursday. Their injuries were received from falls…
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Garath Charles Lees (2), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lees, of Fry street. Grafton, suffered an injury to the back of the head when he fell from the back…
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Dick Ferguson, an aboriginal, of Courts Crossing, was transported to the Grafton District Hospital by the Grafton District Ambulance suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Despatch Rider Killed in Collision. Brisbane
A few hours after he had completed training as a despatch rider at Lyttom Camp, Jack Victor Colburn Mayne, 20, of Highgate Hill, was killed in a…
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When exercising a racehorse at the Grafton racecourse yesterday morning, Neil Joseph. McKenna, a jockey, of Southgate road, sustained injury to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Drowned on Fishing Exclusion
Robert Stephen Jarrett (52), married, of Oxley, Brisbane, was drowned on Wednesday afternoon in Currumbin Creek, about half a mile above the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These Cause Accidents Straying Stock
Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidentally Killed Fatality At Glenreagh Inquest at Grafton
"I find that Arthur Henry Willson was found dead with inform to the skull, in the bush about six north-west of Glenreagh, in the police…
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Mervyn Carr (13), son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Carr, of Alice street, Grafton, suffered a fractured left collarbone whilst playing football yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Eatonsville the Tail of a Shirt
Last week at the Banka homestead, Eatonsville, Mr. MacDuff arrived home to find his wife attacking his best shirt in a most barbarous manner. Rubbing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Die In Drammoyne Collision Four Others Injured. Sydney
When a motor cycle and car collided with terrific force at Durmmoyne this afternoon, two persons were killed and four others injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Killed 12 Others Injured Two Cars In Collision Worst in F.C.T. History Canberra
Three men were killed and 12 ether persons were injured in the worst traffic accident in the history of the territory late on Saturday…
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