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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Accident on Bridge Approach—

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 1

The Ambulance was called on Friday night to the approach of the Namoi River Bridge, where a utility truck, driven by Mr. Arthur Cameron…

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Woman and Child Drowned SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 1

The bodies of Mrs. Charlotte May Cubby and her seven months' old son Alan, were recovered yesterday from three feet of water in Holllngsworth…

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Death of William Tramby Coroner's Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 4

In returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquiry held at the Moree courthouse on Monday last in to the circumstances regarding the death of…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

Mr. W. Bushby was involved in a nasty accident recently. He was employed tree lopping on a property near Wean. A limb…

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Cars in Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

Two motor cars, one driven by Mr. H. A. Bedford, of Moree. and the other by Mr. Frank Lees, of Alison Road, Wyong came into collision at the…

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Child Accidents on Roads

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 6

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see…

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Fatality Near Quirindi

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

Mrs. F. Yeatman, of Hall Street, Auburn, was killed on Tuesday when the car in which she was riding skidded and overturned, following a…

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Local & General Three Toes Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

Gwen Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Simpson, of Oak Street. East, Moree, sustained severe injuries to three of her toes when she accidentally…

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Tree Lopping Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

Mr. W. Bushby, who met with a nasty accident at Arizona recently, has sufficiently recovered to leave hospital. Mr. Bushby…

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Real Accident Causes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4

The question has often been asked What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more than 200 causes of…

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Accident Figures—New Record

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 6

More people were killed on the roads of Great Britain during last December than in any year on record. The total was 1,155, compared with…

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Real Accident Causes

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 4

The question has often been asked: What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more…

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Accident Figures—new Record

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 6

More people were killed on the roads of Great D[?] during last December than in any month in any year on record. The total was 1,155 compared…

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Head-on Collision. Five Persons Injured. Two Seriously

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 1

As the result of a collision between two cars at a point between the four and five mile [?] on the Moree-Boggabilla road shortly after…

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Utility Overturns Woman Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 1

As the result, of a motor accident yesterday morning, Mrs. Violet Francisco, wife of Mr. J. Francisco, of Dunbar, Daymar, Queensland, is at…

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Bromwich Injured

Manilla Express · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4

John Bromwich, Australia's champion tennis player, was injured when a car in which he was travelling crashed into a…

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Man Fatally injured Arm and Leg Amputated

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 5

Mr. Hubert Taylor, a returned soldier, died in the Werris Creek Hospital on Saturday afternoon as the result of injuries received when he slipped off…

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These Cause Accidents Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…

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These Cause Accidents

Manilla Express · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and…

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Accidents v. Diseases

Manilla Express · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

Infectious desease figures for Australia for 1939, released by the Commonwealth Department of Health were made the subject…

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