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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Two Killed Oar Accident Near Moree Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

Henry John Milling, of Wattle Avenue, Manly, and a man named Onus, owner of Yagobic Station, Biniguy were killed when a car crashed into a…

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Boy Predicted Death. In Poem. Premonition Before Drowning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

A poem, written by Charles Millar, 15, which appeared in the magazine of the Maitland Boys' High School, of which be was a pupil,…

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Heavy Floods in the North. Man Drowned. Many Rescues by Boat. GRAFTON

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Flood waters are to-day swirling over large areas on the North Coast, causing thousands of pounds damage. One man has been drowned, hundreds…

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Boy Predicted Death in Poem. Premonition Before Drowning

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

A poem, written by Charles Millar, 15, which appeared in the magazine of the Maitland Boys' High School, of which he was a pupil, seemed to…

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Dramatic Recues of Many Marooned Families. Man Drowned. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 7

Flood waters are to-day swirling over large areas on the North Coast, causing thousands of pounds damage. One man has been drowned, hundreds…

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Strange and Spectacular Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 7

For a man to be bitten by a dead shark sounds like a fisherman's tail tale, but it has happened to a young amateur photographer of Durban…

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Drowning Fatality. Mr. Robert Henry Moir

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

The body of Mr. Robert Henry Moir was recovered from the Manning River on Monday afternoon by the Wingham Police…

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Aged Woman Critically Injured. Adelaide

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

Shot several times in the back and hand and battered on the head with the butt of a rifle, Miss Kitty Bradle, (63), of Rove, is in a critical…

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"Very Stupid Liar" Accident Story Told

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

To prolong his holiday at his sweetheart's home, Allan Down, aged 27, of Bredon, Devon, invented a story of a motor accident. This was…

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Macksville Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. Bert Boyes, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Boyes, of Kempsey, fell from a motor truck on the Congarinni road, near Macksville, Monday…

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Man Drowned. Body Seen Floating Near Devil's Elbow

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 2

Since about the middle of last week, the whereabouts of Mr. Robert Henry Moir, aged about 48, a timber getter and resident of Wingham, have…

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Injured by Fall

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

At an early hour this morning Mr. Charles Eden, a boarder at the Royal Hotel, had a nasty fall in which he struck his head heavily. He was…

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Killed by Falling Tree. Fatality at Bonville

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

A tragic accident occurred at Bonville on Monday morning when Bruce, ten year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Teague, was killed by a…

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Fatal Accident Impounding Officer Loses His Life Through Straying Stock

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

On Monday night, about 7.30 o'clock, Mr. R. Anderson was driving his motor truck along Congarinni Road. When about a mile and…

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Man Drowned at Devil's Elbow

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 1

The body of Mr. Robert Henry Moir was recovered from the Manning River on Monday afternoon by the Wingham police Mr. Moir left hie home in…

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Found Drowned. After Midnight Swim. Well-known Gawtell Resident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 6

Mr. Claude Harold Rogers, aged 55 year's, a well-known resident of Sawtell and hon. secretary of Sawtell Surf Club, was found dead on the…

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Vivid—realistic—romantic "Stratosphere Express" Stratoplane Was to Be Lost— Accidentally

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 8

Croft shrugged his shoulders. "I don't rightly know what happens I can't, somehow, see him lotting the others kill you. Because, of course, the…

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Local and General. Injured When Horse Fell

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 4

When his horse stumbled and fell on Saturday last, Mr. A. K. Lovenfosse, of Mooneba, was thrown heavily. He later attended the ambulance…

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Wingham Drowning Coroner's Inquest

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 3

At the Court Houses at Taree and Wingham on Friday the Coroner. Mr. H.P.C. Flett, held an inquest concerning the drowning of Robert Henry Moir…

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Drowning Near Wingham. Evidence at Coroner's Inquest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 4

On Friday last the Coroner, Mr. Hubert F[?]ett, J.P., held a Coroner's Robert Henry Moir, the first port[?]…

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