Maclean Tragedy Mas Nearly Drowned in Bath
A happening occurred at Maclean which could easily have ended m a major tragedy: At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning…
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Accidents, 1940
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Road Smash "Bluey" Wilkinson Dead World's Speedway Champion Wife Seriously Injured Sydney
Arthur George ("Bluey") Wilkinson 28, world famous Australian speedway rider, was fatally injured last night when his motor cycle and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child's Death Mother In Hospital Burning Accident at Kyogle. Lismore
Kathleen Cameron, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Cameron, of Back Road, died in the Kyogle Memorial Hospital as a result of severe burns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXPLOSION In U.S.A. Paint Works 5 KILLED, 200 Injured. Camden (New Jersey)
Five persons were [?] and 200 injured in an explosion and fire in a paint works. The fire which followed destroyed 53…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grader Over Gorge Road Works Injured, Brisbane
While the range section of the [?] mom road was being reconditioned to-day a large motograder, driven by Oliver Scott, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →43 DEAD Level Crossing Horror Head-on Collision in U.S.A. Cuyahoga Falls [?]
Forty-two were killed when a single gasoline electric-powered coach crashed head on into a two-engine [?] railway goods train on a level…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured Back
Cecil W. Smith, of Turf street, Grafton, suffered an injury to his back when he slipped and fell whilst carrying a heavy piece of timber up the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Critically Injured
Minnie Cox, 10, daughter of Mr. F. Cox, of Bexhill, was admitted to the Lismore Hospital in a critical condition late on Thursday afternoon, suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Lives Lost in Accidents
Deaths in road accidents in this State have been increasing each week until, at the end of July, the position was nearly as serious when the figures were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Injured Car Leaves Road [?]
When a sedan car driven by Mr. R. o'[?] of Brushgrove, left the road close to the Maclean lee works, on the Pacific highway late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Soldier Injured
Pte. Don Kenny, formerly of Bellingen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kenny, was knocked down by a bus when returning to Greta Military Camp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17 DEAD; 40 Injured Indian Railway Disaster. Calcutta
Seventeen were killed and 40 injured on the Ducca to Calcutta mail train, 70 miles from Calcutta, Sabotage is suspected as a length…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painful Accident
Last week we reported briefly that Mr. Fred White, of Coffs Harbour, was in hospital at Coraki. "Richmond Hiver Herald." has the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck by Sledgehammer Telegraph Linesman Injured
Clarence Fart Hamilton telegraph linesman [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elderly Man Injured
On Friday evening, near the Presbyterian Church, on the Jetty Road, Alick Whitelaw, aged about 60, was knocked down by a motor truck, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claims for £15,200 Truck Collides With Car Five Passengers Injured, Melbourne
In the Supreme Court to-day, the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Mann, was asked to assess damages in five undefended claims totalling £15,200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Killed Collision Will Car. Sydney
An hour after a car and had figured i[?] a [?] with a motor cycle at Liverpool to-day. The cyclist was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Jap, Women Injured
When their car overturned at Bendemeer bridge on Saturday night three Japanese women were injured and taken to the Tamworth Base Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation Court Bridgework Accident
In the Workers' Compensation Court at Coffs harbour to-day before His Honor Judge Perdriau Lawrence Birdsell Argent claimed for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Motor Accident
Mr. William Donaldson, of the Bellinger, was seriously "injured about the head in a motor accident at Boambeo this morning. He was…
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