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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Child Accidents on Roads

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 6

Request has been made by several country branches or the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see…

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Road Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 4

Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock, Mr. George Thornton, 22, of Glenrock Plains, was driving a horse and dray down the Frederickton road,…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Near Craven

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

A motor accident with fatal results to an elderly lady, occurred near Craven during Easter Monday…

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Road Safety Beware of Making Orphans. Lives Blighted by Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

Through road accidents in this State since December 1 last six children have been orphaned and from once happy homes they…

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Child Accidents on Roads

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 3

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see…

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Fatal Accident Near Gloucester

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred about two miles south of Craven on Monday last. It appeal's that Mrs. Ann Thomas, of Stockton, her daughter and two…

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Latest Telegrams. Husband and Wife Injured. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 5

Staggering from her home in South Melbourne last night, Mrs. Martha Berry, aged 42, who had several stab wounds in her chest and right arm,…

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Coronial Inquiry Clybucca Motor Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 3

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday morning the District Coroner, Mr. I N. L. Parker, J.P., held an inquiry , regarding the death of John Henry…

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Latest Telegrams. Soldier Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

Michael O'Shea, 38, of the Second A.I.F., was admitted to Sydney Hospital early this morning with a bullet wound between the eyes. His…

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Real Accident Causes

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus

The question has often been asked: What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents ? Actually there are more than 200 causes of…

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Accident While Cranking Car

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

While cranking his car Mr. Steve Eggleton received a very painful injury as the crank handle of his car kicked and broke two small bones…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 5

Mrs. Ann Thomas, of Chester St., Stockton, was returning from a holiday at Port Macquarie with her daughter and her husband,…

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Accident Figures—New Record

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 3

More people were killed on the roads of Great Britain during last December than in any month in any year on record. The total was 1,155,…

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Real Accident Causes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 3

The question has often been asked: What is the most serious cause of the death in road accidents? Actually there are more than 200 causes…

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Road Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 3

The question has often ben asked. What is the most serous cause of the deaths [?] road accidents? Actually there are more than 200 causes of…

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Accident Figures, New Record

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

More people were killed on the roads of Great Britain during last December than in any month in any year on record. The total was 1115, compared…

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Injured His Toe

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon Mr. William Williamson, wood-vendor, of Elbow-street, West Kempsey, met with a mishap as a result of which he…

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Naval Reservists Drowned. Wellington, N.Z.

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 5

It is feared that three Royal Naval volunteer reservists, William Ryan, Desmond White and J. Dallow, were drowned when a yacht capsized…

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Inquest. Recent Motor Collision. The Late Mrs. Hannah Yarnold

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. H. W. Flett, on Monday, April 15, 1940, at Wingham Court House, conducted an inquest into the death of Mrs. Hannah Yarnold,…

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