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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

186 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 10

Parents Killed. Cost of Road Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 3

Last Easter a man. his wife and two young children were motoring along one of the State Highways to bring horn" for the holidays a daughter who was…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Hand Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. Alan Giles, driver of the Shire Council's speed patrol, has been of duty with a badly jarred hand. Hospital Workers Pleased…

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Alleged Assault Man Seriously Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

A brawl among a number of aborigines occurred on Easter Monday afternoon at the Aborigines Mission Station near Boggabilla, as a result of which…

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Horseman Injured

North West Champion · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

While riding a horse at training on the Moree racecourse track this morning, George Gardiner received a compound fracture of the left leg…

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Two Fishermen Drowned. Melbourne

North West Champion · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Two members of a party of five fishermen were drowned at Port Fairy yesterday afternoon, when a netting boat capsized in the strong seas. The…

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Man and Girl Killed. Newcastle Accident. Newcastle

North West Champion · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Arthur Eddie, 17, and Olive Muril, 16, were killed almost instantly late last night when the motor cycle on which they were riding came into…

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Accidents in Industry. Protective Measures. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Bellmore, Under-Secretary Department of Labor and Industry, announced to-day that a panel, headed by permanent…

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Latest Telegraphic and Cable News Traffic Accidents. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 2

Sergeant G. F. Davis, of the Traffic Branch of the Police Department, in an address to drivers of 110 orange-top taxi cabs at the drivers'…

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Show Horses Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Sinclair, of Collymongle, who is a great supported of not only the Moree Show but all shows in the north-west, suffered a keen disappointment on…

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Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 4

Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding and in the…

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Road Safety. Skids Cause Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 4

Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding and to the coming months many more…

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Four Injured. Head-on Collision at Bankstown. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

Four people were injured in a headon collision between two cars at Bankstown early this morning. They were Bejamin O'Donnell, 28, who received…

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Cars Collide 4 Injured SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 1

Four people were injured in a head-on collision between two cars at Bankstown early this morning…

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Coral Searchers Drowned. Aborigines' Launch Capsizes. Townsville

North West Champion · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

Four aborigines are believed to have perished as a result of a launch capsizing off the Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement on Saturday night. It…

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Driver Drowned Fainted at Wheel MURWILLIMBAH

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 1

The body of S. A. Avery, 31, of Dulgaigan, was recovered by the police yesterday morning from a utility truck found standing on…

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Bullarah Youth Killed. Horse Dashes Into Tree. Plantation Station Fatality

North West Champion · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

Ross Andrews, aged 17, of Bullarah, died in the Moree District Hospital at 8.30 this morning from shocking internal injuries received when he was…

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No Golf at Garah. "Balls Were Drowned." an Old-timer's Story. How Progress Kills Progress

North West Champion · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

The man from Garah scratched his back on a verandah post, removed his pipe from his mouth, and spat angrily on the road. "Bah!" he said…

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Accidents at Corners. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure of…

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Accidents at Corners

North West Champion · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 4

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure…

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Bore Baths Accident. Child Almost Drowned

North West Champion · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 5

A narrow escape from drowning was experienced by Ian Crowe, aged 6, son of Mr. V. J. Crowe, of Moree, at the Bore Baths late on Tuesday…

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