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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Car Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 5

Gunner James Isaac Bardsley. aged 29. was killed, and Alfred Aldershaw, 21, Army Service Corps, and Clement Constantine Brightfield, 36,…

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"Accidental Death." the Coroner Holds Inquests

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 6

At the Kempsey Court House on Saturday morning last Mr. N. L. Parker, District Coroner, conducted inquests into the deaths of Edward John…

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Injured by Circular Saw. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 5

Thomas Barker, 35, had all the toes of his right foot cut off by a circular saw at Five Dock Ice Works. He He was standing on the saw bench…

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Latest Telegrams. Soldiers in Car Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 5

Private John Murray, 22, was fatally injured, and Lieut. Norman Keith Hughes, 26, of Greta Camp, seriously injured, near Rutherford. Murray…

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Injured Constable Still Unconscious. Three Men Before Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 October 1940 · page 10

It was stated at the Glebe Court on Tuesday that Constable S. D. Smith, who was injured on September 28, was still unconscious and in a…

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V.C. Killed in Car Accident. Major Stewart Dawson

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 October 1940 · page 3

Princess Radziwill, of Billyard Avenue. Elizabeth Bay, received a cable from the Air Ministry last Thursday week that her son, Major…

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Latest Telegrams. New Zealand Express Accident. Auckland

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 5

The names of the killed in the New Zealand train accident were J. C. McGubbin (enginedriver) and C. J. Ritchie (fireman). Ten passengers…

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Injured by Cow

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 4

Mr. James Pullen, a farm labourer employed at Summer Island, met with an extraordinary mishap on Wednesday. He was engaged milking…

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Sad Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2

Bellingen "Courier" reports that Mr. Andy Vermeesch, one of the most popular members of the Bellingen community and captain of the…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Man Killed; Boy Hurt Near Wauchope

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 2

A man was fatally injured and a boy seriously hurt in a crash between a train and a utility truck at a level crossing near Wauchope at dusk on…

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Gored By Bull. Mr. John Lattimore Injured

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 2

Mr. John Lattimore, of Taree Estate, suffered painful injuries on Saturday morning last, when be was attacked by a Jersey bull…

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Local and General. Injured While Using an Axe

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 4

On Sunday last Mrs. S. Wilkes, of Austral Street, Central Kempsey, was using an axe when she was struck on the right wrist, fracturing a bone…

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Mr. George Wells Meets With Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 2

Mr. George Wells, well-known resident of Wingham, had a big slice of bad luck whilst attending a party at Elands an Saturday night last…

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New Conditions New Accidents

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 November 1940 · page 4

New: conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions came…

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Fall From Horse. Young Man Fatally Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 2

At Gangat late on Wednesday afternoon, Eric George Yeark was thrown, from his horse, receiving injuries from which he died in…

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Looking Behind the Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 7

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation…

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New Conditions—new Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 3

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Looking Behind the Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 2

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful stroy of anguish and desolation. Some that have…

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Looking Behind the Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 4

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation…

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Kempsey Butcher Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 5

Yesterday the local ambulance gave attention to Mr. Yabsley, who sustained an injury to his back while at his business premises in Belgrave…

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