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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Sequel to Road Accident Charge of Grievous Bodily Harm Quarter Sessions Case

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 3

Before His Honor, Judge Storkey, V.C., at the Taree Quarter Sessions on Wednesday,. George Thomas Stevens pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Lower Macleay Injured Players

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

The Dance Club had a very enjoyable evening on Saturday for the second of the series to raise funds to liquidate the debt on the Lower…

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Dance Club Aids Injured Footballers

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 7

Those indefatigable workers at the Dance Club on Saturday night scored another win by being able to announce that they…

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Fall From Diving Tower to Concrete Floor Accident at Baths

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

A nine-year-old child, Jill Roberts, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Roberts, of Perrins Lane, was seriously injured when she…

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Girl Badly Injured When Horse Falls on Her

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

Beryl Campbell, about 13, schoolgirl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Campbell, of Upper Avon Road, Stratford, was badly injured on…

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Mill Owner Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

Fred Ballard, a mill owner of Thumb's Creek, above Macksville, was critically injured this afternoon when struck by a piece of…

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Few Accidents at Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

The Gloucester Ambulance had its busiest time at the Show during the bullock riding and then fortunately it only had two cases to attend to…

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Court of Petty Sessions Taree, Monday, 2lst MARCH (Before Mr. E. J. Gibson, S.m.) Sequel to Collision

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 4

George Thomas Stevens was charged with driving a motor car in a negligent manner, and also with failing to drive as near as practicable to the left hand…

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Sequel to Road Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

George Thomas Stevens was charged with driving a motor lorry in a negligent manner, also with failing to drive as near as…

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Pillion Rider Injured in Collision with Lorry. Accident on Brushy Cutting

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

A pillion rider on a motor bicycle had his left leg broken on Wednesday morning when the bicycle collided with a cream lorry on the Brushy…

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Cars in Head-on Collision Six People Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

SIX occupants of a motor car were injured and taken to the Macleay district hospital early last night following an almost…

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Fatal Fall From Electric Light Pole Taree Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

Mr Harold Walsh (Charlie) Brown a leading hand linesman employed by the Manning River County Council and a well known…

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Ambulance Cases Motor Cycle and Truck in Collision

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

Westley Jones, 21, of Middleton Street, South Kempsey, received severe injuries last Friday when a motor cycle he was…

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Age Tells in Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 1

About half of the 180 pedestrians killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year were over 60 years of age, stated Mr. L. Jacobs, hon. secretary…

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Cars in Collision Six People Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

Six occupants of a motor car were injured and taken to the Macleay district hospital early on Thursday night following a collision on the…

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Cars in Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

Thursday last six Sydney folk, holidaying at Port Macquarie, visited Kempsey and were returning to Port Macquarie when their taxi came into…

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Child Drowned at Kew

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, Marion Judith Cox, aged 18 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Cox, of Kew, was drowned in a waterhole…

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Pillion Rider Injured Accident on Brushy Cutting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

A pillion rider on a motor bicycle had his left leg broken on Wednesday. morning last, when a collision occurred on the Brushy Cutting, near…

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Sad Happening. Little Boy Drowned

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

A two-years-old boy, William Somerset Andrews, was drowned in a swamp near his parents' residence on Thursday afternoon last. The child was…

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Child Drowned at Kew

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 4

On Sunday evening of last week residents of Kew were shocked to learn that Marienne Judith Cox, 18-months-old…

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