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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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These Cause Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

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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Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mr. L. G. Lambert, who is employed by Mr. Os. Bird, of Karaak Flat, was riding one horse and leading another. The horse…

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Collision Case Cow "May Stand and Stare."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

A collision between a cow and a motor car was the subject of a case in the London Court of Appeal recently…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has…

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Accident Causes

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

The question has often been asked : What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents 7. Actually there are…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 1

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has revealed…

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Child Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4

This morning John, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tassell, of West Kempsey, was playing when he fell backwards against a canoe,…

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Collision Case. Cow Can "Stand and Stare."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

A collision between a cow and a motor car was the subject of a case in the London Court of Appeal recently. The appeal was against a county…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 6

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has…

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Drowning Narrowly Averted

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

On Wednesday last it appears that Colin Diamond, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Diamond, of South West Rocks, was being…

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Injured by Chisel

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

Elliott Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hart, of West Kempsey, met with a painful accident while working at Gill's furniture works at East…

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Tragic Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 5

On Sunday last, Mrs. F. C. Watt, of Eastwood, accompanied by her three sons Ian 18, Bruce 12, and Malcolm 4, were motoring with the…

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A Diesel Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 5

Akroyd Stuart, inventor of the Akroyd type heavy oil engine, was directed towards diesel inventiveness by an accident at his home in…

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Drowning Fatality at Taree. Mr. Thomas Francis Brownlee the Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 7

Yesterday (Friday) morning, about 3, when Mr. John Ryan, jr., of Oxley Island, pulled in to Connell's wharf at Taree to tie up, he noticed the…

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Drowning Tragedy Mr. Tom Brownlee

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 5

At about 8 a.m. on Friday the body of Mr. Tom Brownlee, of Taree, was found floating in the river near Connell's wharf. The discovery was made…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 6

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has…

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A Diesel Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 3

Akroyd Stuart, inventor of the Akroyd type heavy oil engine, was directed towards diesel inventiveness by an accident at his home in Llanelly…

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Strange Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 6

I saw a strange accident the other day. A lady stopped her car, switched the engine off, and applied the handbrake, and left the car in goar, which…

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Drowning Fatality at Taree. Mr. Thomas Francis Brownlee the Victim

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 2

On Friday morning last about 8 o'clock, when Mr. John Ryan, jnr., of Oxley Island, pulled in to Connell's wharf at Taree to tie up, he noticed…

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Injured in Car Mishap

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 4

As a result of a motor mishap late on Saturday night in Belgrave-street, George Hobbs, junior, of Smith- street, sustained severe lacerations…

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