Accident with Bull Elderly Farmer's Death the Late Mr. Robert Thompson
At the Grafton District Hospital yesterday morning the death occurred of Robert Thompson, aged 70 years, who had been admitted to the institution on…
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Accidents, 1940
559 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 28
Cyclist Injured
Mr. Raymond James, farmer, of Milton street, Grafton, suffered lacerated wounds to the right thigh and leg when the bicycle he was riding ran off…
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Leonard Jeffrey, 18, of Douglas Park, was drowned while swimming in the Nepean River this afternoon. Jeffrey was seen to disappear by a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Drowned Fell From Ferry Dramatic Rescue Effort. Sydney
One thousand passengers witnessed a dramatic but vain effort to save a woman who fell from the Manly ferry, Dee Why, late to-day, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Drowned Mother And Two Children Sydney Harbor Tragedy. Sydney
Missing since yesterday the bodies of Mrs Thelma Mav Wells, 31, of North Sydney and her two children. Ronald, aged 5 and Beverley Lorraine,…
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Torn three times from the grasp of rescuers by waves, George Jones 28. of Tighe's Hill, was drowned at Newcastle Beach to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cars Collide Woman Seriously Injured Mishap Near Mororo School
Mrs. Anne Falls, of Upper Mongogarie, near Casino, received severe lacerations to the head, a fractured skull and severe shock, and Mrs. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Killed Three Persons Injured Car Accident Near Quirindi. Tamworth
A woman was killed and three other persons were injured when a car skidded after a blowout and capsized on the main north-western road eleven…
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Tireless efforts for two hours by ambulance officers, including treatment in an iron lung, failed to save the life of Aileen Abrook, 9, of Kogarah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomb Burst Student Experimenters Injured. Melbourne
Two students of Geelong Grammar School, L. V. Lansell, 17, of Melbourne, and R. O. Jose, 16. of Adelaide, were injured when a bomb which they had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Drowned Bathing At Ballina Visitor Saves Brother. Ballina
Kevin Henry Hooper, aged five and a half years, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hooper, of Tamar street. Ballina. was drowned, and his brother, Carlyie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skidding Car Over Mountainside Three Persons Injured. Brisbane
Three of six occupants of a motor car were injured, but not seriously, late last night, when the vehicle skidded while rounding a curve and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forced Landing Aeroplane Damaged Pilot and Passenger Injured. Launceston
A Tasmanian Aero Club machine was extensively damaged in an emergency landing near Beaconsfield this afternoon. The pilot and one passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cars in Collision on Woolgoolga Road. Woolgoolga
Two cars met in collision on the Pacific highway at the top of the range near J. Hofmeier's residence, 26 miles from Grafton, on Friday morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horse Trips Man Injured at Corindi
Mr. George Charles Taylor, 74, of Upper Corindi, suffered probable internal injuries when a horse he was riding on Mr. A. Simon's property at Corindi,…
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When their sedan car skidded and overturned on the Woodburn road in the vicinity of Mororo on Tuesday, two lady cocupants, who were travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lorry Overturns Coffs Resident Injured
Mr. W. Rees, who recently took over the late Mr. D. A. Morrison's lorry and carrying business at Coffs Harbour, struck a patch of bad luck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbor Collision Police Launch Sinks. Sydney
A 14ft. police patrol launch was holed and sunk following a collision with a 24ft. speedboat in the harbor Off Pt. Piper to-night. No one was…
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Word was received at Woolgoolga on Tuesday afternoon that two Woolgoolga members of the 15th A.IL.H. in camp at Armidale, E. Toovey and M…
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Collapsing whilst swimming across Fraser's Creek with a fishing line, Clifford Farnant, of Bukkulla, was rescued in an unconscious condition,…
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