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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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These Cause Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 3
Also in Macleay Argus

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the…

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Cow "May Stand and Stare" Motorist Lost Appeal in Collision Case

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 2

A collision between [?] a motor car was the subject of a case in the London Court of Appeal recently…

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Real Accident Causes

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 8

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 accidents…

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Inquest. Recent Motor Collision

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 6

The Coroner (Mr. H. P. C. Flett) on Monday, April 13, 1940 at Wingham Court House, conducted an inquest into the death of Mr. H[?]nnah Yarn[?]…

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Wingham Inquest Recent Motor Collision the Late Mrs. Hannah Yarnold

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

The Coroner (Mr. H. W. Flett). on Monday, April 13, at Wingham Court House, conducted an inquest into the death of Mrs. Hannah Yarnold. Who…

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Coronial Inquiry Accidental Death From Suffocation

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 3

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday, 20th April, Mr. N [?]. Parker. J.P., District Coroner; held an inquiry into the death of Margaret…

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Injured While at Play

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

While playing at the Jerseyville School on Wednesday last Eric, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Bullock, of Jerseyville, fell heavily and sustained…

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Local and General. Injured by Axe

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

As a result of a mishap with an axe Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Whitred, of West Kempsey, sustained a badly lacerated wound on…

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Fatal Car Accident. Adelaide

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 5

Three persons were killed and two injured, one critically, when a motor car, after ploughing through an acre of water on the roadside, swerved…

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Fatal Aftermath of Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

Widespread regret was expressed throughout Kempsey and the Macleay district generally this morning (Friday) when it became known that the…

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Paris Road Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 9

Paris road accidents totalled 453 deaths in 1938, 506 in 1939. The total of accidents, including those of a nonfatal character, in the Department of…

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Death of an Infant. Accidentally Smothered

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 7

An inquiry was held by the District Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Margaret Claire Chapman,…

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These Cause Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 6

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the…

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Injured at Football

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 4

While engaged in a football match at Smithtown on Sunday Noel Flanagan, of Gladstone, fell heavily and was attended by ambulance officer…

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Workman Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

While working at his place of employment at West Kempsey Mr. Robert Dare sustained a severe incised wound on his right hand when it came…

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These Cause Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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These Cause Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of provincial…

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Paris Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 6

Paris road accidents totalled 453 deaths in 1938, 506 in 1939. The total of accidents, including those of a nonfatal character, in the Department of…

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These Cause Accidents (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 4 May 1940 · page 1

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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