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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Pinned to Ground When Tractor Overturns Accident at Mitchell's Island

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

On Tuesday last Mr. G. N. Atkins, of Mitchell's Island, was driving a tractor attached to a plough, when the plough struck a submerged root, causing the…

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Shooting Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

On Thursday, Bob Unicomb, Lome, aged 14 year, was out shooting with a boy friend when the rifle the friend was handling exploded. The bullet…

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Cricketer Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

While Lincoln Hynes, 26, a fast left-hand bowler, was on his. way to play for N.S.W. against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match to-day, his…

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Terrific Storm Near Wingham. Mr. J. B. Richardson Injured. Pinned Under Ruins of Shed

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Serious damage was caused by a terrific storm which passed over Ding Creek and the area adjacent thereto on Wednesday afternoon last…

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Willawarrin Fatality. Mr. Chas. Clarke Killed by Falling Limb

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

A sad and shockingly sudden fatality occurred on Monday when Mr. Charles Terence Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Clarke, of Mungay…

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'Plane Accidents Three Men Killed. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 3

After a bomb had exploded in his hand Pilot Ernest Buck, of Newcastle, crashed to his death on the aerodrame at an aerial pageant at Orange…

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Youth Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon Lyle Garner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Garner, of Collombatti, was passing through a doorway when he struck his…

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Racing Dog Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

On Tuesday night last the Macleay Greyhound Racing Association conducted dog trials on the. Forth- street track. Included in one trial was…

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Launch Smashed Man Drowned Near Jervis Bay Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 4

Trapped under a 250 feet cliff, and swept by seas for 24 hours, a naked man, Robert Nashford, 45, of Artarmon, was rescued near Jervis Bay lighthouse…

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Terrific Storm Near Wingham. Mr. J. B. Richardson Injured. Pinned Under Ruins of Shed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

Serious damage was caused by a terrific storm which passed over Dingo Creek and the area adjacent thereto on Wednesday afternoon of last week…

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Accidents, Offences, Etc. a Miraculous Escape

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 4

Extracted from "The Sydney Herald," Wednesday, February 20th, 1839. A few days since, a lad belonging…

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Injured by Disc Harrow

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 4

On Thursday last Mr. George Pither, of Austral Eden, slipped while working a disc harrow and sustained a nasty wound on the left ankle,…

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Coronial Inquiry. Belmore Drowning

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday morning last Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of Terence Francis Scott,…

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Drowning Tragedy at Cundletown

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Mr. J. L. Street, aged about 40, storekeeper of Cundletown, in company with Mr. Victor Jobson, was out in a boat on the river at Cundletown last…

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Quarry Workman Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

While working in the New Entrance quarry this week Mr. Cecil Brady was struck on the left temple when a piece of stone flew from beneath a…

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Tragic Drowning at Cundletown. Mr. Jack Street Loses His Life in Beating Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

A tragic drowning fatality occurred at Cundletown Manning River, last evening in which Mr. Jack Street, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Local and General. Child Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

When she tripped and fell Margaret, the infant daughter of Mrs. N. Carroll, of West Kempsey, struck her head on a brick, sustaining a…

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Manning Ambulance. Accident on Marlee Road. Miraculous Escape

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

February 8: Mr. W. Eriksson, of Macquarie Street, Taree, was conveyed to the M.R.D. Hospital. Mr. J. Butler, of Coomba, was conveyed…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Mr. Jack Street the Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

Cundle and Manning district was shocked on Friday (yesterday), morning to know that Mr. Jack Street a well-known Cundle storekeeper, had…

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Action for Damages Following Car Collision Machin v SNAPE

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 1

Before His Honor, Judge Edwards, at the District Court at Gunnedah, Henry Machin and Sons Pty., Ltd., sued John Edmund Snape for £125 damages in…

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