Boy Injured Attacked By Kangaroo Nearly Thrown Over Cliff
Suffering wounds to. the face, arms, legs and back, Lawrence Myers, 14, son of Mr. A. Myers, of Sandy Hollow, was admitted to the Denman Hospital on…
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Accidents, 1940
559 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 28
Collision at Sea Dutch Ship Sinking. London
An American radio station picked un an SOS from a Dutch steamer of 6800 tons, saying that the vessel was sinking, 60 miles from Bishop's Rock, after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tornado Killed 50 500 Others Injured. Albany (Georgia)
A tornado killed 50 and injured 500 of whom 250 are in a critical condition, and caused property damage to the extent of five million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goods Train Derailed Thirteen Trucks Leave Line Accident Near Karangi Brisbane Express Delayed Four Hours. Coff's Harbor
Thirteen trucks of a goods train, 138A from Murwillumbah to Darling Harbor, were derailed near the Karangi railway station about eight miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bondi Tragedy Life Saver Drowned Body Washed Up on Rocks. Sydney
Henry Flynn. 45. of Bondi, a former life saver, was drowned in mysterious circumstances at Bondi to-day. He was seen swimming from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widow Sues Clam for Insurance Husband Drowned In Car Allegation of Suicide Melbourne
Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Mann, and jury to-day, Louise Alinia Gourlay sued the Australian Mutual Provident Society for £750,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caught by Falling Tree Timber-getter Fatally Injured. Murwillumbah
Joe Taggett, a timber-getter employed at Kunghur, suffered extensive head injuries, which resulted in his death when scrubbing at Lillian Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LAWRENCE Fine Neighborliness Filled Injured Farmer's Silo
A typical example of Australian neighborliness and social service was exemplified at Lower Southgate last week, following On the severe injury to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tinsmith Injured
When working on a tank yesterday morning, Harold Hastings, a. tinsmith, aged 20 years, an employee of Schaeffer and Sons, Grafton, slipped off a box…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cr. Burke Injured a Serious Accident
Cr. P. Burke, Coffs Harbour, is a very fortunate man that he was not killed in an accident that befel him at his garage last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two People Injured Mishap On Woodburn Road. a Strange Coincidence
Two people, Mr. and Mrs. Flight, of Adelaide, South Australia, were injured at about midday on Wednesday last, when the car in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lives Blighted by Accidents
Through road accidents in this State since December 1 last six children have been orphaned and from once happy homes they are now living in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Insurance Claim Jury Finds No Suicide Bank Clerk Drowned in Car Melbourne
After four hours deliberation a special jury in the Banco Court tonight found that Allen George Gourlay, a bank clerk, did not commit suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tamworth Fatality Youth Struck By Truck When Boarding Bus
When about to board a bus near an intersection at West Tamworth, on the Goonoo Goonoo road, for a picnic on Sunday morning, John William Baigent,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buoyancy Destroyed After Accident Melbourne
Buoyancy, while running in the Brunswick Handicap, at Moonee Valley races to-day, broke a fetlock and was destroyed. Buoyancy was a useful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidental Death the Budgery Crossing Drowning Fatality Coroner's Finding
The Bellingen District Coroner. Mr. H. V. Wood, conducted an inquiry at the Bellingen Court House, on Monday, 12th inst., into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elderly Cyclist Injured
Mr. Alt. O'Toole, who lives at Macaulay's Headland, was riding his push bike to Coffs Harbour on Wednesday night, when he was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moth Plane Down At Belmont Cadet Officer Injured. Brisbane
Cadet Officer M. Finster, 22, of Melbourne, was seriously injured to-day when his Moth plane crashed at Belmont and burst into flames and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by Car Accident At Casino Comments by Coroner
At an inquest at Casino on the death of Mr. Charles William Cross, 48, breadcarter, of Casino, as a result of being struck by a car, driven by Kevin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Youth Drowned
A former resident of Lismore, Gordon McDonald (17), of Toowoomba, was drowned in a dam near his home whilst picnicking with friends at…
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