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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Judge in Car Accident Incident Near John's River

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 October 1946 · page 2

His Honor, Judge Storkcy, VC, who presided at the Taree Quarter Sessions of Tuesday and Wednesday was involved in a car accident on Thursday,…

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Judge in Car Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 October 1946 · page 2

A car in which were Judge Storkey, V.C., Mr. B. F. F. Telfer, Crown Prosecutor; Mr. G. H. Finn, court reporter, and Mr. O. H. Knight…

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Valuable Colt Injured. MR. W. S. Andrews Has Tide Leg Set

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1946 · page 1

Mr. W. S. Andrews, of Somerset, Mount George, was in Wingham on Wednesday last and informed us (says the "Wingham Chronicle")…

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Accident at Kempsey

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 October 1946 · page 2

Two seriously-injured children, one aged 3 months and the other 3 years, and an elderly couple aged 76 and 77, were among sue injured…

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Car Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1946 · page 2

A serious car accident occurred on the Kempsey-Port Macquarie road, near Kundabung, on Sunday evening about 6.20, when a car driven by Capt…

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Local and General Child Injured Playing with Pocket Knife

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 4

A five-year-old child was admitted to the district hospital on Wednesday suffering from a large lacerated wound to the forehead. The child was…

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Accident on Kempsey Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 2

Seven people were injured, three seriously, when two motor cars collided head-on on the Pacific Highway about ten miles out from Kempsey on…

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Tetanus Fatality Coroner's Inquest

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 4

On Saturday in the Kempsey court house the District Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, held an inquiry into the death of Edward Raymond Donnelly, 13,…

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Sad Fatality at Elands. Falling Tree Kills Youth

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 2

A very sad accident happened at Elands, on Sunday last, November 10th, 1946, when Walter Stanley Green, of Elands, was instantly killed. The…

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Fatality at Elands Palling Tree Kills Youth

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 2

A very sad accident happened at Elands on Sunday last, when Walter Stanley Green, of Elands, was instantly killed. The late Walter Green was only…

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Sad Fatality at Elands Falling Tree Kills Youth

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 2

A very sad accident happened at Elands, on Sunday last, when Walter Stanley Green, of Elands, was, instantly killed. The late…

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Carriages Derailed Train Accident Near Sydney Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 2

Seven people—six of them women, were injured or badly shocked when two carriages of an electric train bound from Liverpool to the city with 1000…

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Magisterial Enquiry. Sad Accident at Elands. Death of Walter Stanley Green

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 3

Mr. George Noble Douglas, Coroner, on Monday last, 18th November, 1946. conducted an enquiry into the death of Walter Stanley Green, who was…

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Bellingen Fatality

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 4

Edward Ernest Richards, aged 21, was fatally injured when a motor cycle got into difficulties near Repton on Tuesday. Richards struck a…

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Accident at Elands Inquiry by Coroner

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 1

Mr George Noble Douglas, Coroner, on Monday, the 18th November, conducted an enquiry into the death of Walter Stanley Green, who was killed at Elands…

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Car Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon an accident occurred on Pacific Highway, near C[?]areval, when a car driven by Mr. Frederick B. Cooper, 59, skidded in…

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Fatal Knife Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 1

The Port Macquarie District Coroner, Mr. T. Maloney, found on Friday, that Ronald Douglas Noakes, 43, of Telegraph Point, died in…

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Three Killed—twelve Injured Grafton-Armidale' Bus Overturns

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 December 1946 · page 7

Three married women were killed and 12 other passengers were taken to hospital on Tuesday, when the Grafton-Armidale bus overturned…

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Racecourse Accident. Man Seriously Injured by Flying Iron

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 2

When a southerly buster unroofed the jockey's and weighing rooms at the Gloucester Races on Saturday afternoon last, Roy Wonders, of…

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Supreme Court Settled. Motor Car Accident at Port Macquarie

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 5

In the Supreme Court in Sydney, before Mr. Justice Owen and a Jury, Edith May Riordan sued Ebenezer Arnold Sawtell, also of Port…

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