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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Car Accident. Mr. W. P. Shaw Fatally Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on Gladstone road on Saturday, just at the lower turn-off to Austral Eden, when a car driven by Mr. Harold…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. William Patrick Shaw, 43, of Belmore River, died a few hours after admission to the Macleay District Hospital, from injuries…

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Serious Motor Accident Youth's Thigh Fractured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 5

In a collision on December 22nd, Alfred Christenson (18), of Cundle, received serious injuries. Christenson was riding a motor…

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Accidents Busy Time for Taree Ambulance

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 4

Six accidents were among the events which during the Christmas holidays made calls upon the time of Manning District Ambulance…

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Urunga Fatality Manslaughter Charge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

The death in Bellingen hospital on December 27, of Victor Edward Johnson, 20, of Urunga, has resulted in John Westley Whitfield, 53, of…

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Crushed Under Tractor Accident to Mr. Les Dornan

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. Les Dornan, 27, single, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adin Dornan, of East Frederiekton, is a patient in Macleay District Hospital, victim of an…

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Tractor Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. Les Dornan, of Pola Creek, was found in a serious condition about 12 miles out on the Greenhill-Taylor's Arm road on Monday, his…

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Accidents Busy Time for Taree Ambulance

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 4

Six accidents were among the events which during the Christmas holidays made calls upon the time of Manning District Ambulance…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. William Patrick Shaw, 43, of Belmore River, died a few hours after admission to the Macleay District Hospital, from injuries…

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Unusual, Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

On Xmas Eve, Santa Claus was not meant to smile on young Peter McCrea,. a well-known toddler about town. Peter, generally his…

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Aircraft Accident S.L. DOUGLAS M. Davidson, Dfc, Killed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. N. N. Davidson, manual work teacher at the Taree High School, received the sad news on Saturday that his brother, Squadron Leader Douglas…

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Dorrigo Fatality. Man Slept Under Lorry

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

How an elderly man received injuries which eventually caused his death in Dorrigo hospital last Saturday, puzzled the police for several…

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Local and General Eye Injured by Flying Wood

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

Walter Putland, 25, of Carri Street, South Kempsey suffered a severe eye injury on Wednesday, necessitating his admisison to hospital. Whilst…

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Soldier Killed in Tram Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

Signaller G. M. Thomas, of the AIF. whose home is in Victoria, was fatally injured in a troop train travelling North on Tuesday night. He put his…

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Trams Collide on Harbour Bridge 24 Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 4

Twenty-four people were injured, two seriously, when a Crow's Nest-hound tram crashed into the rear of a Lane Cove tram on Sydney…

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Heron's Crekk Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

At Noone's mill on Wednesday, Mr. McCarthy sustained injuries to his right hand, and was admitted, after being conveyed by ambulance, to the…

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Accident Near Bundook Soldier Killed on Train

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

Early on Tuesday evening Signaller G. M. Thomas, of Victoria, was killed whilst travelling north on a troop train. The unfortunate accident…

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Drowning Tragedy MRS. A. H. Morrison's Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

Mrs. Dorothy Elsie Morrison, wife of Mr. Alexander Robert Morrison, Secretary of Macleay District Hospital, was found drowned in the…

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Skull Fractured Man's Accident With Horse

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. K. Cheers, late of the Royal Australian Air Force, survived all the dangers of war to incur his greatest peril only a few miles from home…

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Tragic Drowning Mrs. D. E. Morrison Body Found in River

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 5

The death in tragic circumstances on Tuesday afternoon of Mrs. Dorothy Elsie Morrison, wife of Mr. A. R. Morrison,…

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