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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Sea Tragedy Two Brothers Drowned At Smoky Cape

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 2

Two brothers, Messrs Stephen Watson (32) and Sydney Watson (29) were drowned in the sea on Tuesday night last week when their fishing…

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Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 3

On Sunday, Mr. Arthur Juratowitch, of West Maitland, whilst playing football at Tuncurry, had his left leg fractured. He was…

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Four Injured in Car Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 September 1947 · page 2

Messrs. Bill Court, Fred Humphreys, Leo Northam and his son Arthur, were injured as the result of a car skidding on loose gravel…

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Series of Accidents Attended by Ambulance

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 4

Kempsey District Ambulance has had a series of accidents to handle since last Thursday, and possibly the most serious of them…

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Seats Collapsed Ten People Injured at Circus

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 5

Ten people were injured and many others had narrow escapes when the crowded wooden seating accommodation of a circus…

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Refugees Drowned River Overflows in India

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 3

NEW DELHI (AAP).—The West Punjab Government, fearing that even natural disaster such as the drowning of a thousand Moslem refugees in a…

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Accident In Isabella Street. Child Injured

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 2

A young child, Marie Meldrum, aged of victoria Street, Tare, was injured when she was struck by a car i in Isabella Street, Wingham, yesterday…

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Injured at Sports. Noted Horseman Hurt at Callaghan's Creek

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 2

Mr. Wally Stewart, a noted horseman of the Upper Manning district, was injured at the Callaghan's Creek sports on Saturday last. Mr. Stewart…

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Gloucester Races Good Meeting Marred by Unfortunate Accident. H. Martin's Wantima Destroyed

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 3

An otherwise successful meeting of the Gloucester Race Club on Saturday was marred by an unfortunate accident to one of Mr…

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Carri Fatality Man Killed by Falling Tree

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 4

A Sydney man, Eldred Earl Laird, 50, of North Ryde, was killed near Willi Willi late on Saturday when a tree fell on him…

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Armidale Road Fatality Motorist Killed by Rolling Log

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 4

Mr. Alfred Austin, 38, a married man with four children, of Hillgrove, on the Armidale-Grafton road, was killed almost instantly…

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Carrai Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 2

Mr. Eldred Searle Leard, 59, of 38 Bellevue Avenue, West Ryde, was killed at Carrai on Saturday while felling timber. He had just felled a…

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Railway Accident in Queensland. Six Dead, Fifteen Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 2

Police are investigating the head-on train smash at Tamaree (Q.) on Saturday morning in which six people were killed and 15 injured…

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Killed by Falling Tree Kempsey's Third Fatality in Four Days

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 4

The third fatality, in four days, in which a married man lost his life through timber causing head injuries occurred on Wednesday…

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Mayor of Wingham Meets With Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 2

Mr. G. N. Douglas, Mayor of Wingham, met with a nasty accident this morning (Friday), when he fell from the new clinic building in course of…

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Local and General Log Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 4

Mr. Gideon Gill, of East Kempsey, and employee of Hennessy and Sons, Sawmillers of West Kempsey, received a fracture of…

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Claim for Damages Sequel to Collision on Kendall-comboyne Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 October 1947 · page 2

Before his Honour, Judge Storkey, V.C. in the Taree District Court on Wednesday last, Robert James Kerr proceeded against Valen Duck, claiming…

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Constable Killed in Motor Collision

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 4

A young Grafton special traffic patrol police constable, Lawrence Ernest McNeil, was killed instantly late on Saturday night when…

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Mayor of Wingham Meets with Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 2

Mr. G. N. Douglas, Mayor of Wingham, met with a nasty accident on Friday morning last when he fell from the new clinic building in course…

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Holiday Party in Accident Car Over Bank at Belbora

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 2

Four young Sydney men on a trip to Queensland ended their holiday on Saturday night at Gloucester when their car ran over a bank on the…

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