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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Car-bus Collision Constable Injured Near Nambucca Head

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 7

Constable William Endicott, of Nambucca Heads, received injuries necessitating ambulance attention, when the car in which he was…

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Wire Rope Across Road Four Persons in Car Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 5

Four occupants of a single-seater car received injuries yesterday afternoon when the vehicle came in contact with a wire rope across the…

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Railway Worker Injured by Sleeper

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 2

When he was Working near the Gloucester Railway station on Wednesday, Charles Gallagher, of Krambach, who was a member of a…

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Serious Accident. Man Has Right Arm Broken

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 2

Mr. Hubert Henry Trenchard met with a serious accident at the Wingham Rural Co-op. Society's Factory at Wingham on Thursday. Mr…

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Truck Concerned in Two Accidents. Two Mem Burned, One Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 2

Two men were, badly burned about the arms and legs when petrol they were siphoning into the carburettor of their truck caught alight at…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Forster

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 1

Travelling on his cycle from his home down a side street near Tuncurry Post Office towards the maip highway on Thursday afternoon last…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Cyclist Crashes Into Truck

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 2

Travelling on a motor cycle from his home down a side street near the Tuncurry Post Office towards the main highway on Thursday afternoon, James…

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Fatality at Tuncurry

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 4

Travelling on his cycle from his home down a side street near Tuncuny Post Office towards the main highway on Thursday afternoon last…

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Current Topics Badly Injured in Tractor Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

Harold Holstein was badly injured at Ward's River yesterday when a tractor capsized and rolled on him. He received a severe crushing and…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Cyclist Crashes Into Truck Forster

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 1

Travelling on a motor cycle from his home down a side street near the Tuncurry Post Office towards fie main highway on Thursday…

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Tuncurry Fatality Coroner's Inquest

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 2

At the Forster Court House on Wednesday, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, of Taree conducted an inquest concerning the death of James Maxwell Nicholson, of…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Inquest Into Young Man's Death

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 2

At the Forster Court house on Wednesday afternoon, the Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the death of James…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Inquest Into Young Man's Death

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 4

At the Forster Court house on Wednesday afternoon, the Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the death of James…

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Burning Fatality Myra Theresa Mainey

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 2

A dark shadow of sorrow came to the Macleay, and particularly to the Upper Macleay, on Wednesday last when Myra Theresa Mainey, aged 8…

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Local and General Minor Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 4

Keith Hickson, 15, suffered a fractured right thigh and shock yesterday when he was struck by a piece of wood at Jamieson's sawmill,…

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Crushed by Log Wauchope Fatality

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 4

Shortly after dark last Wednesday evening, Mr. George Hector Rae met his death in tragic suddenness (states "Hastings Shire Gazette")…

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Thrown From Horse. Young Girl Injured

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

Ruth Allan (15), daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. J. Allan. of The Bight Wingham, was injured on Wednesday last, when she was thrown from the…

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Injured in Fall in Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

When he fell about fifteen feet in the tunnel of the old Mountain Maid mine at Copeland on Sunday afternoon, Frederick Waters, of…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Rider Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 2

On Saturday last, Mr. M. Smith, 21, of Merrylands, Sydney, was motor cycling to Stratford to attend a wedding, and was accompanied by…

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Valuable Colt Injured. Near Front Leg Broken. Mr. W. S. Andrews Has The Leg Set

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 2

Mr. W. S. Andrews, of Somerset, Mount George was in Wingham on Wednesday last, and informed us that just recently a valuable colt, only two…

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