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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

163 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 9

The Accident That Wasn't (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

Police officers soo many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some of the things they see are not…

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Man Thought Drowned. in Barrington River

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 2

Ernest Leslie Garland (58) of Bulliac, is thought to have been drowned in the Barrington River on Tuesday morning last…

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Man Thought Drowned in Barrington River

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 1

Ernest Leslie Garland (58), of Bulliac, is thought to have been drowned in the Barringlon River on Tuesday morning last…

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Kempsey Ambulance Accident Risks

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

In view of an unusual accident which befel Katoomba ambulance recently, the monthly meeting of the Kempsey Ambulance Board on…

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Sad Shooting Accident. 11-years-old Boy Fatally Shot

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 2

A tragic shooting accident occurred at the residence of Mr. Albert Wallis, of Dingo Creek, on Sunday last, when Robert Samuel McBain, aged 11 years,…

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Shooting Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 3

Robert Samuel McBain, aged 11 years, and his brother, Alistair. aged 5 years, went to the dairy of Mr. Albert Wallis, at Dingo Creek, on…

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Boy Killed Shooting Accident at Dingo Creek

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 2

A distresisng accident occurred on the farm of Mr. Albert Wallis, of Dingo Creek, last Sunday. It appears that Robert Samuel McBain, aged 11,…

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Footpath As Dump Report on an Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 3

Taree Municipal Council last Wednesday night received two complaints from the Bank of New South Wales…

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Big City Smash Van Crashes Into Lunch-hour Crowd Thirty Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 5

Racing across King Street at 30 mph, a runaway panel van crashed into lunch-hour crowds in George Street, Sydney, yesterday, mowing…

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Sad Shooting Accident. 11-Years-old Boy Fatally Shot

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 2

A tragic shooting accident occurred at the residence of Mr. Albert Wallis, of Dingo Creek, on Sunday last, when Robert Samuel McBain,…

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Wingham Tragedy Fatal Shooting Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 5

An eleven-year-old boy, Robert Samul McBain, was accidentally shot by his five and a half year old brother Alastair at Wingham on…

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Brothers Drowned When Mustering Cattle Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 4

The bodies of two brothers, Stuart and John Coutts, 19 and 17, who had been missing from Apollo Bay since Monday, were recovered from about…

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Twin Boys Drowned Fell Into 80Ft. Waterhole Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 5

Late last night police and a fireman recovered from a quarry at Preston the body of William Francis Eccles, aged 12. The boy and his twin…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Sad Shooting Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 2

A Magisterial Inquiry was held by Mr. G. N. Douglas, JP, Coroner, in the Court House, Wingham, on Saturday, 30th June, 1945, as to the cause…

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Footballer Fatally Injured in Match at Stroud

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 2

In the football match. Bullahdelah" v. Stroud, played at Stroud on Saturday last, Oven Relf, 17 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ernest Relf, of…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Sad Shooting Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 5

A Magisterial Inquiry was held by Mr. G. N. Douglas, JP, Coroner, in the Court House, Wingham, on Saturday, 30th June, 1945, as to the cause…

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Magisterial Inquiry Shooting Accident at Dingo Creek

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 4

A Magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. G. N. Douglas, JP. Coroner, in the Court House, Wingham, on Saturday, 30th June, as to the cause of…

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Youth Killed, Eleven Injured Bomb Fatality at Byron Bay

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 2

When a fire bomb with which they were playing exploded at Byron ay on Sunday, Bruce Graham (16) was killed and 11 others whose ages…

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Sydney's Worst Air Accident. Crew of Six and Six Passengers Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

Shortly after taking oft from Mascot Aerodrome at 8.5 last night, on RAAF Transport Command 'plane with a crew of six and six passengers—…

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Injured Okinawan Child Treated by U.s. Navy Doctor

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1945 · page 4

A U.S. Wavy medical corps doctor treats an Okinawan child for a skull fracture. Among the first patients at army and navy aid stations were Okinawan civilians found to need medical care by U.S. Tenth Army forces that invaded the main Ryukyu…

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