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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

163 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 9

Latest Telegraphic and Gable News Peculiar Accident Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

While Percy Williams, 25, was seated in the backyard of his home at Newtown yesterday he was hit on the head by a tail skid shoe which dropped…

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Road Safety Accident Reduction

North West Champion · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 3

Lt[?]-Col. H. A. Youden, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary, Road Safety Council of South Wales, writes:— [?]the first time since road…

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Road Safety Accident Reduction

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 2

For the first time since road accident statistics have been Kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and…

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Young Man Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 2
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

George Taylor, son of Mr. aud Mrs. Roy Taylor, of Heber Street, was admitted to the Moree District Hospital on Monday afternoon as the result…

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ACCIDENTS How They Occur

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 6

The chief causes of motor traffic accidents can be attributed to 7 important improper acts, says the Dunlop Perdrian Bulletin:…

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Car Accident

Manilla Express · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 2

When the rear wheel of their sedan car came off at Upper Manilla the lady occupants had a miraculous escape from serious…

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Resuscitating the Apparently Drowned

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 5

The following is recommended by Dr. Brodnax as an excellent method in resuscitating the apparently drowned: Open the mouth and take…

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Two Injured Dog Box Falls 100ft. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 1

When the dog box in which they were working crashed 100 feet to the ground from the top of a building in Wilmott street city today, Laurie…

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Injured by Concrete Mixer

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

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Unusual Fatality At Guy Fawkes' Celebration MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 1

John Day, 15, was fatally injures in unusual circumstances during the Guy Fawkes celebrations on Saturday night…

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Reducing Road Accidents. Duty of Citizens

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 4

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Reducing Road Accidents Duty of Citizens

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of…

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Two Lads Drowned. Wellington. N.Z..

North West Champion · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 2

Two boys, Roy Shepard and Jimmy Marrash, each 13, were drowned in the harbour last night, when their improvised craft capsized. The…

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Reducing Road Accidents

Manilla Express · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 4

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task…

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Picnic Train Crashes Several Injured. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 1

Twenty people were Injured, one seriously, when a railway engine crashed into the rear of a stationary train at the Hawkesbury River…

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Car Accident. Three Persons Killed. Adelaide

North West Champion · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 2

Three persons were killed, namely, Franklin, a man believed to be David Kearns, and a woman whose body has not yet been identified, when…

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Motor Car Accident. Woman Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 November 1938 · page 2

Mrs Roger Greane of Melbourne was admitted in Narrabri Hospital yesterday suffering from an injury to her spine which she received when the car…

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