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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Eight Killed Week-end Motor Accidents SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 1

Eight persons were killed in motor accidents in N.S.W. on Saturday and Sunday, including four in a service car crash between Albury and…

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Miss Moncrieff Injured. Manager Hurt Also

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 2

Miss Gladys Moncrieff and her manager, Mr. Iredale, were seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon while travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne, when their…

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Reducing Fatigue Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 6

This every [?] should [?] at the wheel is the subject of a[?]…

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Station Worker Injured

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 2

Reginald Frederick Bruen, who is employed on "Eural" Station, Boomi, was injured on Friday, while engaged on crutching operations. He opened…

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Chemicals Explode Boys Injured SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 1

Two boys were trying to ignite a mixture of chemicals with sulphuric acid, at Renuera, New Zealand, when the glass beaker exploded. William…

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Stationmaster Killed. Strange Railway Accident. Molong

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 2

Joseph Aloysius Gough, 48, station-master at Molong, was killed while engaged in shunting operations at the local railway yard on Saturday night…

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Three Men Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

The local police have received word to the effect that while demolishing operations of the Victoria Hotel, Narrabri, were in progress yesterday one of the…

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Three Injured When Brick Wall Falls Remarkable Escape

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 1

With a deafening crash that could be heard is all sections of the town, spectators in Maitland street, in the vicinity of the post…

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Drover Drowned Hat Costs Life WAGGA

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 1

Martin Henry Jackson, 68, a drover, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at Wagga yesterday while trying to re-trieve his hat in a blinding dust-storm…

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Car Collision Man Killed: Four Others Injured Pacific Highway Tragedy

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 1

Francis Darcy, 72, of Catherine Hill Bay, died on Tuesday afternoon from injuries received when two motor cars came into collision on the Pacific…

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Child Injured

North West Champion · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

Yesterday morning Yvonne, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Winter, of East Moree, narrowly escaped serious injury, when the wheel of a trailer…

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Injured by Falling Tree

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 4

Injured when a large dead tree fell on top of their car while travelling to Goondiwindi on Wednesday night. Mrs. J. Riddle and Mrs. McGregor both local…

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Germany's Road Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 1

At last the percentage of accidents per car has fallen in Germany, and with it the insurance rates—slightly. Viewing this state of affairs with…

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Accidents That May Be Avoided

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

We all know, I think, how many lives are lost through motor accidents and other accidents on the road, on the sea. in the air. and in factories…

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Internally Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

While lopping a tree for sheep feed on Courallie station Mr. Charles Edwards had the misfortune to have a limb on him. He was knocked…

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Escapee Drowned? MELBOURNE, Thursday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

The police believe that John Melville, who escaped from McLeod Settlement, on French Island, was drowned. They found a homemade…

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America's Road Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 6

The Automotive Safety Foundation of America has advised the N.R.M.A. that there are now many encouraging factors in the outlook for highway safety in the…

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Accidents Analysed Speed a Menace

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 3

One of the most, comprehensive surveys made of motor traffic accidents is that conducted annually by the Travellers Insurance…

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Accidents

North West Champion · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

While shutting a gate on his property, "Corinda," Mr. Dan. Allen of Boomi, sustained severe injuries to his right hand when it got jammed. The…

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Fatal Furnace Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 4

When a "blow back" occurred inside a furnace at the premises of Malleable Castings Ltd., Marrickville, yesterday, William Florence, 17, who was…

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