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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

326 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 17

Latest German Atrocity. 83 Children Drowned When Evacuee Ship Torpedoed. 294 Dead Out of 406. LONDON

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 2

Striking in the darkness during a storm in the Atlantic, a German Uboat torpedoed a vessel conveying child evacuees from Britain to…

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A Peculiar Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 4

Mr. Mervyn Glanville, an employee at Nestle's factory, Smithtown, met with a peculiar but nevertheless painful accident on Monday morning. He…

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Risks That Cause Accidents

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 8

I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of either bumping into the rear of another car or of being bumped…

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Motors in Collision

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 September 1940 · page 3

On several occasions following accidents at the spot, we have drawn attention to the dangerous intersection at Queen and Barrington Streets…

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Guntrap Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1940 · page 3

Friday last Armidale reported that a Metz resident, Gordon Bramwell Sewell, 36, single, whose leg was amputated Thursday, died in hospital…

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Child Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 4

As a result of a fall down some steps Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neville Worboys, of Elbow Street, West Kempsey, sustained…

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Level Crossing Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 3
Also in Macleay Argus

There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more and in the present…

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[Short Story] A Fortunate Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 7

Martha was preoccupied as she drove home from the office that Saturday afternoon. For Martha, who had been driving her little car only six…

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Two Girls Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 4

On Sunday night Mr. J. G. Kerr, of Mungay Creek, was driving his car on the Willawarrin Road and when just outside the township on the…

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Unique Air Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 7

Sunday last, 1000 feet up above Brocklesby, near Corowa, two Royal Australian Air Force planes collided and, became firmly locked together,…

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Pilot's Feat. Lands Two Planes. Interlocked in Collision. Wagga

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 1

When two large R.A.A.F. reconnaissance planes collided in mid-air near Junee on Sunday, the trainee-pilot of the top machine landed his plane…

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Crossing Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 4

There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more and…

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Level Crossing Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1940 · page 1
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

There were 51 level crossing acci­dents during the year ended 30th June, 1940. In the previous year there were many more, and in the…

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Coronial Inquiry. Fatality at Log Wharf. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 3

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday last a Coronial inquiry was held regarding the death of Henry John Wicks, six-year-old son of Mr. and…

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Forest Tragedy Mr. E. J. Hackenberg Fatally Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 4

Mr. Edward John Hackenberg, son of Mrs. S. H. Hackenberg, of West Kempsey, was fatally injured by a, falling limb whilst he was at work in…

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Level Crossing Accidents

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 3

There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended Juno 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more and in the present year the figures…

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Serious Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 2

Tinonee, August 10. 1872: A serious accident happened to one of Mr. Thomas Stewart's children last Saturday morning, when the…

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"Little Accident." Liberty's Film Programme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 6

Baby Sandy returns to the liberty screen to-morrow night in "little Accident." The supporting feature is "Everything Happens at Night,"…

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