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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Flood Losses Cattle and Horse Drowned

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 2

Mr. H. T. Oakes, of Dondingalong, sustained a severe loss in last week's flood. On Friday morning the water…

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Nambucca Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

On August 19, Mr. Ernest Buchanan, of Valla, Nambucca River, was shocked on returning from the polling booth, to find his elder brother,…

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Flood Losses on Macleay. Cattle and Horse Drowned

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 1

Mr. H. T. Oakes, of Dondingalong, sustained a severe loss in last week's flood. On Friday morning the water…

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Little Things Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 4

"Oh, I'm too busy—I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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Soldier Fatally Injured Falls Under Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 2

At Kempsey Railway Station on Saturday night an Australian soldier named John Gloyn, who had been serving with the American Naval…

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371 Killed in Road Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 6

Three hundred and seventy-one persons were killed and 4719 injured in 6955 road accidents in New South Wales during the year ended June…

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Toll of Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last totalled 3150, causing the dentil of 152 persons…

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Shocking Accident at Bobin. Mr. Robert Kippax Fatally Injured

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

An unfortunate and sad accident happened on the farm of Mr. B. Connellan at Bobin on Wednesday morning 13th September, 1944. It seems…

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Shocking Accident at Bobin Mr. Robert Kippax Fatally Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 2

An unfortunate and sad accident happened on the farm of Mr. B. Connellan at Bobin on Wednesday morning. It seems that Mr Kippax was…

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More Child Victims of Road Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 3

Although there was a substantial reduction in the number of persons [?]ed and injured in road accidents last year, the figures for children…

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Fatal Accident at Bobin

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 5

An unfortunate and sad acrid cut happened on the farm of Mr. B. Connellan at Bobin on Wednesday morning. 13th September. 1844. It is…

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Road Accidents More Child Victims

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 1

Although there was a substantial reduction in the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents last year, the figures for children show an Patients at the Australian General Hospital at Lae are assisted back to benith by the good services of the Red Cross Society which conducts regular pienies for the putients. Those outings are held about three times a week. An eight miles launch trip lands the…

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Shocking Accident at Bobin. Mr. Robert Kippax Fatally Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 2

An unfortunate and sad accident happened on the farm of Mr. B. Connellan at Bobin on Wednesday morning, 13th September, 1944. It…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Fatal Accident at Bobin. Death of Mr. Robert Kippax

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 4

At Wingham Courthouse on Monday. 18th September, 1944, a Magisterial Inquiry was conducted by Mr. G. N. Douglas (Coroner) into the…

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Fatal Accident at Bobin Coroner's Inquiry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 3

At Wingham Court House on Monday 18th September a magisterial inquiry was conducted by Mr. G. N. Douglas (Coroner) into the circumstances…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Fatal Accident at Bobin

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 1

At Wingham Courthouse on Monday, 18th September, 1944, a Magisterial Inquiry was conducted by Mr. G. N. Douglas (Coroner) into the…

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Car Accident. Four Killed. Glen Innes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 3

Four members of a picnic party lost their lives when a car left the road and somersaulted several times and then smashed against a telephone…

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Road Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 3

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for year ended June 30 last totalled 1150, causing the death of 152…

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Coronial Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 2

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday. October 7, Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P. District Coroner, presided at an inquiry into the death of John…

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Fatal Accident. to Thomas Powell

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Powell fell from a motor lorry on Thursday afternoon, 5th Oct., whilst returning to his home at Bendolba from Dungog, and…

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