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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Car Crashes into Timber Lorry. Bowman Farm Resident Injured. Lorry Occupants Lucky to Escape Injury

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

A car hit a timber lorry with such on impact on the Barrington Road, two miles from Gloucester, on Wednesday evening that it ended up…

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Narrow Escape From Serious Accident. Straying Poddy Calf Crosses Road in Front of Car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

Mr. H. Davey, of Killawarra, had a narrow escape from serious accident on Thursday morning last, while motoring to Wingham. In the vicinity…

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Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 2

Mrs. J. Frost, of Wyoming, had the misfortune to sever the thumb of her right hand when using an axe on May 13 She was conveyed to a…

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Fall Over 600 Foot Cliff Believed Accidental Evidence at Inquest

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 7

A Sydney transmitter sending messages worrying a person without a receiver, a "gorilla" built man, of the size to take three…

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Injured Players

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 2

The management of the Roxy Theatre, West Kempsey, has kindly granted the West Kempsey Pootball Club three picture nights at the Roxy…

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Newcastle Fatality John Coyle's Untimely End

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 4

As announced in Tuesday's "Argus" the death occurred early that morning of John Coyle, a young man well known to many Kempsey…

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Forest Loneliness Injured Man's Ordeal at Dorrigo

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 5

After falling 30 feet from a tree on to a log in the dense forest at the top of Dorrigo Mountain, Mr. James King was forced to lie in acute…

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Trains in Collision on Southern Line Three Rail Men Hurt Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 5

Three railway employees were injured' at Minto, near Campbelltown, at 4.30 this morning, when a passenger train crashed with terrific…

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Current Topics Mr. Clem Walsh Injured. Truck Capsizes Near Krambach

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. Clem Walsh was injured when his truck capsized about four miles the Gloucester side of Krambach last night. A passenger, Mr. Bill…

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Local and General Injured Footballers

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 4

In order to assist injured members of West Kempsey FC an entertainment has been arranged by the Dancing Classes in the Savoyan next…

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Head-on Collision Car and Utility Truck

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 5

Occupants of a car and a utility truck had a miraculous escape from more serious injuries when the vehicles met in a head-on collision near…

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Mr. Ron Gresham Killed in Road Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 2

News of the death yesterday of Mr. Ron. Grosham, of Stratford, in a road accident near Taree cast gloom over the district…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

On Sunday last, Robert Gayden, the 4 1/2 years old son of Mrs. M. Gayden, of Belbora Post Office, had a narrow escape form drowning…

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Young Man Killed Accident on Old Bar Road

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

As the result of a car accident on the Taree-Old Bar road on Monday morning, Mr. Ronald Gresham, aged 33, of Stratford, near Glouces[?] lost his life…

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Fatal Accident On Old Bar Road Young Stratford Man Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. Ronald Gresham, 27, a well-known resident of Stratford, near Gloucester, was fatally injured in a motor accident on the Old Bar Road…

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Fatal Accident On Bar Road Young Stratford Man Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. Ronald Gresham, 33. a well-known resident of Stratford, near Gloucester, was fatally injured in a motor accident on the Old Bar Road,…

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Fatality On Old Bar Road Finding of Accidental Death

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 8

At the Taree Court House on Friday, the Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the circumstanced surrounding the…

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Old Bar Road Fatality Coroner's Inquest

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 4

At the Taree Court House on Friday the Deputy Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawjins, conducted an inquest concerning the death of Ronald Edward Gresham, of…

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Railway Fatality at Taree

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 8

Lawrence John Gooch, aged 19, a junior porter, died on Wednesday afternoon following injuries received while shunting trucks in Taree…

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Fatality on Old Bar Road. Finding of Accidental Death

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 4

At the Tarec Court House of Friday, the Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the…

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