Little Boy Drowned
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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Only One Easter Road Accident. Woman Breaks Both Legs. Quiet Time for Local Police
With only one road accident, this Easter was the most accident-free Easter here for many years. On Good Friday a woman had both…
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The Kempsey district ambulance had one of the quietest show periods on record according to Superintendent Menger…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tyrell St. Accident. Young Man Injured
A member of a dancing party who had been practising the debut ceremony for the Church of England Bull this month was injured on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Lands on Stump Down 25ft Bank Miraculous Escapes in Accident at Belbora
A father and son had miraculous escapes from serious injury on Wednesday night when a car ran off the road at Belbora, overturned down a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics Chip in Eye—small Girl Injured
Margaret, the 2½ year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Henderson, of Mograni, was injured on Thursday last when a chip of wood from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miraculous Escapes in Accident at Belbora
A father and son had miraculous escapes from serious injury on Wednesday night last, when a car ran off the road at Belbora, overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Cases South Kempsey Collision
Two people were injured last night when a car and utility were involved in a collision near Dornan's store in Lachlan Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Current Topics Poddy Calf Causes Accident at Firefly
When a motorist swerved to avoid an 8 weeks old poddy calf, which jumped from the grass on to the road at Firefly yesterday his car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Tunnel Freak Lightning Accident
LONDON (AAP): One man was killed ana 16 injured (ten seriously) when lightning set off explosives in the Western Clucie Tunnel at Pitlochry—part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Fog on Highway
A man and his wife were slightly injured when a car and a lorry drawing a semi-trailer collided in a thick fog on the main highway south of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality. Mr. Terence McGrath Struck By Train And Killed Near Karaak Flat
Mr. Terence McGrath, one of the best knows and most popular railway gangers in the district, was killed on Thursday afternoon near Karaak…
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On Thursday evening last week when a car driven by Mr. Cadell was proceeding out of town it collided with a horse on the eastern side of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Ganger Killed Accident Near Karaak Flat
Mr Terence McGrath, aged 51, a railway ganger living at Karaak Flat, was killed on Thursday at about 1 p.m. when the tricycle he was riding was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on Railway Line
Terence McGrath a railway ganger, of Karaak Flat, was killed when a tricycle he was riding was struck by a goods train travelling south…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality. MR. R. H. Milligan Killed
Mr. Robert Hector Milligan, aged 47 years, member of the bridge building] and sawmilling firm of Milligan Bros. (Kempsey), was killed in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Thrown to Road After Collision
The "Lithgow Mercury," Friday, May 27, 1949, states; Hurled into the air when the motor cycle he was riding came into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Killed, 32 INJURED Sydney's Worst Bus Smash
A double-decker bus, carrying mostly women and children, crashed through a fence and plunged 30 feet into a gully at the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Near Kempsey Driver Killed
The driver of a heavy duty timber truck was killed instantly and three other occupants injured on Monday night, when the vehicle left…
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Arthur Anderson, aged 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Anderson, of Comboyne, sustained a fractured right arm, involving the elbow, when…
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