Child Drowned at Failford
A three years old boy, who had been missing for about 15 minutes, was found drowned at the edge of the…
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3-Year-old Drowned Nr. Failford
Norman Barry Pritchard, aged 3 years and 9 months, was drowned in the Wallamba River, near Failford,…
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Wililam Gene Tettie, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tettie, of Rollands Plains, sustained second degree burns to left…
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Norman Barry Pritchard, aged 3 years and 8 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Pritchard, of Wallamba…
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Isobel Henry, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry, of Austral Eden, suffered considerable pain and shock,…
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MACKSVILLE, Sun.--Ronald Smith, 50. of Nambucca Heads, suffered a painful accident on Friday…
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Wingham captain Walter Murray suffered a badly cut forehead while batting against Taree on Saturday…
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Private Tom Clune, of Langley Vale, who was due to sail for Korea a fortnight ago was taken off the draft at the last…
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A man, who received extensive lacerations, when the back wheel of a blitz waggon caught him on the foot…
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Mr. Leon Saville, of Kempsey Forestry field staff, whilst using an axe at work in the forest at…
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Richard Burger, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Burger, of South West Rocks, had his left arm fractured on…
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A verdict of accidental death from drowning was returned by Mr. W. D. Evans, J.P., at a Magisterial inquiry…
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Mr. Albert Chapman, of Crescent Head Road, whilst working at Hennessy's mill yesterday, was struck by a…
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MACKSVILLE, Thursday.-- Trevor Channells, 22, suffered lacerations and friction burns to both legs when he…
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Mr. Eardley Booth, of Broughton Street, West Kempsey, who met with a serious accident in Sydney on April 2, is still a patient in St. Vincent's Hospital, where he will probably have to…
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SYNEY, Sun.: As the result of severe injuries received by two girls near Penrith today, a 19 year…
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Trevor Channells, 22, suffered lacerations and friction burns to both legs when he became entangled…
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A man was injured on Saturday night when a car he was driving on the Giro road plunged over a cutting. He is Paul Robert…
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Accidents to young children frequently occur when they run, carrying breakable objects such as bottles or glasses; also when…
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Joseph Patrick Martin 6, of Marshlands, Dungog was found by his parents on Friday drowned in Hanley Creek…
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