Tick Inspector Injured
Suffering from a fractured jaw and lacerations to the face and chest, Mr. Owen Charles (45), a tick inspector, of Murwillumbah, was found lying on the…
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Accidents, 1940
559 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 28
A Serious Accident
A well-known resident of this district was the victim of a serious and very unusual accident a few days ago. Its unusual character and the…
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When a motor car struck an electric light post on the Dungowan road, 11 miles from Tamworth, on Saturday afternoon, one of the occupant was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Drowned W.A. Week-end Accidents Two Men Washed Off Rocks. Perth
William Reid, 36, and William Rankin 44, were drowned, when they were washed off the rocks near Yallingup Caves House…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision Case Cow "May Stand and Stare"
A collision between a cow and a motor car was the subject of a case in the London Court of Appeal recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Deaths In Road Accidents
This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sleepwalker Injured
When he fell from a balcony and fell about 20 feet at the Gwydir boarding house at Moree, Leo Nicholls (35), of Wahroonga. sustained injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Address Over Station 2Nr Carlessness Causes Many Accidents
"It some new epidemic or pestilence were suddenly to strike New South Wales, sending more than 500 persons to their graves and moer than 8000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thrown From Sulky Aged Man Injured
While driving to Maclean on Friday Mr. Charles Henricksen, of Tullymorgan, was thrown from his sulky at the foot of the hill at Ashby dock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dorrigo Accident at Timber Mill
Mr. Eric Corbett, of Muldiva, suffered a painful injury, when he badly gashed his foot whilst cutting timber at the mill. He was attended to by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Accidents Trailer Hits Car ANOTHER'S 150ft. DROP
Two accidents happened on the Eastern Dorrigo mountain road last week-end. Vehicles were damaged, but fortunately the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Accidents
Extensive burns to the face were suffered by Myrtle Harper, 18 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Harper, of Murwillumbah, when she pulled…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Newton Boyd
Mr. M. Nichols, of Newton Boyd, sustained serious Internal Injuries when riding after cattle at Newton Boyd on Saturday last, Mr. Nichols, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nasty Accident Electrical Engineer Injured
In the course of his duty one day last week, Mr. W. P. McSkimming, electrical engineer, met with a mishap which resulted in his receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tank Explodeds Melbourne Soap Works Man Killed Others Injured Melbourne
The explosion of a vacuum tank at the soap and glycerine works of J. Kitchen and Sons, Pty., Ltd., at Port Melbourne, to-day resulted in Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Accidents Trailer Hits Car Another Drops 150ft
Two accidents happened on the Eastern Dorrigo mountain road last week-end. Vehicles were damaged, but fortunately the…
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A party from Kinchela, travelling to Macksville last Sunday to attend the funeral at the late Mrs. A. P. Rowe, came upon a family party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Toll Fewer Deaths and Accidents. Sydney
A reduction of fourteen per cent in accidents, 15.8 per cent, in deaths and nine per cent, in the numbers injured were shown in the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chatsworth Accident
Mr. Allan Causley narrowly escaped being fatally injured on Friday last. It appears that Mr. Causley had jumped off the tractor he was driving, when…
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