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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Young Girl Drowned Tragedy at Coolongolook

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

Gloom was over over the district on Saturday morning last when t became known that Esme Gordon, l5-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs H. K. Gordon,…

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Worst Flood in State's History Eight Drowned

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 3

Seven persons were drowned, thousands are homeless, and enormous damage has been done by floods along the central coast of NSW in…

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Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

R. Darcy, of Kendall, an employee of Middlemiss' mill, Kendall injured an eye when it was struck by a piece of flying wood whilst at work on…

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Young Man Electrocuted Thrown Out of Truck Cabin Fatality at Kew

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 2

The Manning friends of Mr Norman Palmer, of Laurieton Road, Kew, were deeply grieved when the news came through that he was electrocuted while…

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Fatal Accident at Kew

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 1

A fatal accident occurred at Kew about 2.30. on Wednesday afternoon, when a well respected young man in the person of Mr. Norman Palmer,…

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Coolangatta Man Believed Drowned

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Sun.--Norman Wilkins, 41, of Coolangatta, is missing, believed drowned, from a 15ft. motor…

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Six in Hospital Bus in Collision with Lorry

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

Six people, including four school children, were injured early on Monday morning when the Millbank-Kempsey bus was…

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Bus in Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 2

The Millbank-Kempsey school bus. conveying sixteen passengers, mostly High School pupils, to Kempsey on Monday morning, came into collision…

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Motor Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. Reuben Burnett, of Kempsey, was struck by a passing motor lorry near Clybucca turn-off on Saturday evening and sustained a severe skull…

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Coronial Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday, Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of the late Robert H. Milligan…

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Salesman Killed Accident Near Gloucester

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

On Monday afternoon Mr R. G. Olsen, of Sydney, sales supervisor for Moffatt Virtue Ltd., was driving his car in a northerly direction on the Pacific…

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Fatal Accident at Stratford

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

Mr. Raymond George Olsen, sales supervisor of Moffitt-Virtue, was travelling north in a car on Monday afternoon, when a collision…

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Unusual Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

An unusual accident occurred in Central Kempsey on Thursday evening, fortunately without serious result. Mr. Cecil Paul Keast, of Betts Street,…

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Fatality Near Gloucester. Mr. R. G. Olsen, of Dungog, Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

There was quite a gloom cast over Dungog and district on Tuesday last when the rad news came through that Mr. Raymond George Olsen,…

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Drowning at Coolongolook Coroner's Inquest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 4

At the Nabiac Court House on Thursday, the Coroner, Mr. L. J. McGrath. conducted an inquest concerning the death of Esma Dawn…

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Drowning of Girl Coroner's Inquest

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 6

At the Nabiac Court House on Thursday, the Coroner, Mr L. J. McGrath, conducted an inquest concerning the death of Esma Dawn Gordon, who was…

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Drowning at Coolongolook Coroner's Inquest

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 4

At the Nabiac Court House on Thursday, the Coroner. Mr. L. J. McGrath, conducted an inquest concerning the death of Esma Dawn…

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Death of Footballer Fatality at Bullahdelah

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

A young footballer died on his way to Bullahdelah Hospital last Saturday afternoon after having been found in a state of collapse in a…

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Motor Cyclist Breaks Leg — Collision with Truck Near Krambach

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

Another young motor cyclist was involved in a collision on the Pacific Highway this week. He was William L. Holstein, of…

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Inquest Into Death of Mr. R. G. Olsen. Blow Out or Flat Caused Accident. Opinion of Witnesses

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

A blow out or a sudden flat tyre had caused the accident in which Raymond George Olsen received injuries from which he [?] 11th July…

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