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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Mr. Joe Clarke Killed Car Accident Near Gloucester

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

Many people in this district will be sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Joseph P. Clarke; the very popular manager of the Newcastle branch of…

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Lad Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 2

A desire to make their warlike toys as near as possible to the real thing has earned James Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith, of Stuart…

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Youthful Swimmer Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

For months past youths swimming Kempsey traffic bridge have been in in the river at the eastern end of the the habit of swinging over the water…

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Injured at Sports

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

While participating at the Rollands Plains sports on Saturday last James A. Wallace, of Martin Vale, had a nasty spill from a horse. He…

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Local and General. a Peculiar Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

When he accidentally struck the rear glass panel of a car at the Rollands Plains sports on Saturday, William Engliss sustained a badly…

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Car Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. James Rossiter, with their daughter, Miss Joyce Rossiter, had a nasty accident on the night of Saturday, 28th March. Mr. Rossiter…

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Escaped Drowning in Trench

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 4

When a two-year-old girl fell into an air raid trench filled with water to a depth of more than six feet at Armidale, she was saved by her…

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Nightwatchman Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 4

Making his way across the yard at his place of residence in the very early hours of Wednesday morning, after coming off duty, our popular…

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Fatal Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 3

An accident which unfortunately was attended with fatal consequences and which ilustrates the great risks to life and limb to which workers in…

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Flying Boat Accident in Darwin Harbour Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

Melbourne: Thirteen of 15 passengers were rescued when an Empire flying boat dived into Darwin Harbour recently, as it was about to alight…

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Cattle on Roads Army Vehicle in Collision

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 5

To hold up, retard or damage a military vehicle in transit is a serious matter these days. Dairymen should, therefore, be particularly…

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Realistic Exercisers Two Killed, Fifty Injured London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 5

Fourteen men were killed, including a brigadier, during combined army and air force exercises and between 40 and 50 officers and other ranks…

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Fatal Accident. Lad Killed at Timber Dump

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

Saturday afternoon last, about 2.30, Ronald Mark Field, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Field, of Bissett Street, East Kempsey, met his death in sadly…

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Escaped Drowning

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

When a two-year-old girl fell into to a depth of more than six feet at an air raid trench filled with water at Armidale, she was saved by her…

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Workman Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

On Wednesday while working on a bridge Mr. Frank Kelly, of Lachlan Street, Kempsey, met with a painful accident. By some mischance he had…

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Man Fatally Injured Mishap at Gladstone

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

On Saturday night last Mr. A. E. Tilt, an elderly resident of Gladstone Street, Gladstone, was struck by a motor car and seriously…

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Interrupted by Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 4

How a military manoeuvre was interrupted by an accident is told in Dorrigo "Gazette." A sham fight between patrols was planned between…

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Child Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

On Monday Ruby, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rose, of Nulla Creek, Upper Macleay, was having great fun with a…

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Youthful Rider Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

Lewis Glasoff, aged 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Glasoff, of Jerseyville, had a nasty spill from a horse on Monday afternoon, sustaining a…

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Fatal Accident. Mr. George Sutherland Dead

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 4

Friday last, whilst drafting stock at Chain o' Ponds, near Kempsey, Mr. George Sutherland, of West Kempsey, son of the late Mr. George S…

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