County Cl. Man Injured in Fall from Tree
An employee of Manning River County Council suffered severe injuries to the ribs and shock when he fell from…
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Damages For Collision
His Honor, Judge Storkey, V.C., in the Taree District Court yesterday, awarded a verdict of £184- to Donald…
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Two soldiers were drowned and a third is missing, believed drowned, after big seas swamped and sank eight…
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MELBOURNE, March 9. -- The second service disaster in the past two days occurred today in Port Ph[?] Bay when a 20ft naval cutter foundered after it was struck by a freak wave, and two naval…
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Allan Munro (21), surveyor's assistant, of Wynter St., Taree, who was injured in a collision at the intersection of…
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A Newcastle furniture re-movalist suffered a probable compound fracture and lacerations to the right ankle in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accident at Wingham
Knocked down by a motor vehicle in Isabella St., Wingham, last night, Harry Horan, of Bobin, received a…
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Mortimer Bede Kerwin, 56, of Annandale, who is attached to the 54th Batt., A.I.F., sustained painful…
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Mr. Alf Davis (20), of Dungay Creek, put up a unique performance recently when he seized a full-grown dingo by…
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Kay McFedden, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. McFedden, of Kundabung, sustained slight concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishing Boats Come Into Collision at Rainbow Reach
Mr. Ivor Harold Roy Graham, of Verge Street, Central Kempsey, went to Rainbow Reach yesterday afternoon…
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When 14-years-old Norman Case left his Dawson River home on Wednesday afternoon, it was with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Couple In Waterlogged Car After Accident
A man and his wife faced the danger of drowning when their car went through a culvert and landed in Belbora Creek on the…
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Mr. James Hickson, of Yaelwood Street, sustained lacerated wounds to the index finger of both hands, injuries to ribs,…
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While working at Taree Case Mills yesterday morning, a man suffered a severely lacerated wound to the…
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Keith Booth, 14, son of Mrs. A. Booth, of Herborn's Lane, suffered a severe lacerated wound to his right…
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"I have no doubt that the accident was the result of the speed at which the deceased was riding his motor cycle, and when an emergency arose he was unable to control his…
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A Newcastle furniture removalist suffered a probable compound fracture and lacerations to the right ankle…
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Mr. David Whittle, 43, a member of the P.M.G. field staff, working on a telegraph line at Five Day Creek yesterday, fell 20 feet when he accidentally severed his safety belt with a tomahawk he was…
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Harry Burns, 70, a well known aboriginal identity who resides at Greenhill, was found on the…
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