Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

431 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 22

Planes Collide Verdict of Accidental Death. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day by the Canberra Coroner at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Corporal…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Child Drowned at Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

Donald Ross Kelly (4), of 96 Marius street, Tamworth, was drowned in about 6ft. of water in the Peel River early on Thursday afternoon. The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Car Overturns Four Men Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

When a motor car, in which were eight men who had been working at Eastern Dorrigo, was returning to Grafton yesterday afternoon, it…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Four Killed Melbourne Accidents. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

Four people were killed and two seriously injured in accidents in Melbourne suburbs to-night. Mrs. Jessie May Kinsie, 44, of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Alleged Cruelty To Injured Cow Southgate Farmer Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

For alleged cruelty to a cow, which he allowed to lie on the road near Alumny Creek for 24 hours with a broken leg, George Stokes Barnier, a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Deervale Mill, Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

Mr. Tom Casey, mill band, was injured by a rolling log at Pitman and Maloney's mill at Deervale last week. While lie was working in the log yard…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Horseman Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 4

Clarence Amos Lee, a married man, of Gillett's Ridge, Ulmarra, was rendered unconscious when he fell from a horse at his farm yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Mechanic Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 4

John Riley, a garage mechanic of Casino, suffered a large wound on his right hand when the glass windscreen or a motor lorry slipped and struck…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Safety First Railway "No Accident" Drive

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 3
Also in Coffs Harbour Advocate

The New South Wales Railways are very p[?] their safety record, and well they might be, having carried no less than 2,200,000,000…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

At the Crossroads Beware Of Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents could…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Seven Soldiers Injured in Car Smash. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 6

Seven soldiers were injured, three seriously, when a car in which they were travelling home to Inverell on leave crashed through a fence and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Struck by Log Timber Worker Killed Accident at Wooden Bong. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 6

Andrew Mills, 35, henchman, was killed instantly at Woodenbong to-day when he was struck over the heart with a heavy piece of timber while…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Two Killed in Road Accidents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

Two men were killed in motor accidents in the coalfields area at the week-end. John Bowie, 20, of West Maitland…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

R.A.A.F. ACCIDENTS What You Should do

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 1

The Department of Air has Issued advice to country property owners on dealing with air accidents and forced landings on their property…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Boiler Burst One Killed Three Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

The boiler of a steam shovel at Mackav Harbor Works burst last night. killing S. Connell, 25, single, fireman, outright…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

When Colin Ravenscroft, of North Dorrigo, riding a motor cycle and sidecar, attempted to pass a car driven by Mr. Pomroy, of Dorrigo, on the road…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Local and General Mill Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

When a sharp piece of iron passed through his shoe inflicting a severe gash in his foot on Thursday whilst he was working at the Colonial Sugar…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

At the Crossroads—Beware Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 6

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents could…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Unusual Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 6

An instance of how simply an accident will lead to serious results was supplied in a household at Marulan the other day. When a door…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →