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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Many Accidents During Easter Weekend Ambulance Busy

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 1

The local Ambulance Superintendent has had a very busy Easter week-end and besides attending to a number of medical…

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Compressed Air Accident

North West Champion · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 1

The friends of Mr. J. H. Johnston, manager of the Moree Electric Light Co. Ltd., will regret to learn that he is at present nursing an injured…

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Safety First Railway "No Accident" Drive

North West Champion · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

The New South Wales Railways are very proud of their safety record, and well they might be, having carried no less than 2,200,000,000 pas[?]…

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Accidents

North West Champion · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

Mr. E. Dennison, an aborigine, was admitted to the Moree District Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from injuries to his head. Mr…

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Safety First Railway "No Accident" Drive

North West Champion · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways are very proud of their safety record, and well they might be, having carried no less than 2,200,000,000…

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Safety First Railway "No-Accident" Drive

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 2

Too New South Wales Railways are very proud of their safety record, and well they might be, having carried no less…

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Girl Fatally Injured Inquest Adjourned

North West Champion · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 1

Jean Mary Tener, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tener, of Coopernook, Taree, passed away in the Moree District Hospital…

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Burning Accident

North West Champion · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 1

Mr. E. Bell, of Tononga Station, Moree, met with a severe burning accident on Saturday, as a result of which he is now an inmate of the…

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Road Accidents Decline

North West Champion · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent., from 578 in the first three months of…

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Well-Known Grazier Killed Two Others Injured. Car Crashes into Tree

North West Champion · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 1

Mr. John Corlis, of "Laurel Vale," Dolgelly, an old and well-known grazier was killed, and his son, Mr. Wallace Corlis, and…

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Station Employee Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Mr. Henry Neville Cluff, employed on Welbondongah Station, Moree, has been admitted to the Moree District Hospital suffering from injuries to…

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ACCIDENTS District Ambulance Service

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

The Namol-Walgett Ambulance officers had a busy afternoon attending the football match at Narrabri last Sunday afternoon…

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At the Crossroads Beware Accidents

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 4

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which…

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At the Crossroads. Beware of Accidents

North West Champion · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 3

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents…

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Accidents

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 1

On Wednesday morning, Mr. Chas Jones, of Doyle Street, Narrabri, was injured while working on the telephone line just out of Narrabri. The…

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Police Court Heavy Fine Accident Not Reported

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 2

Failure to stop and render any assistance in his power when involved in an accident resulted in a heavy fine for Kenneth C…

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Man and Woman Drowned. Adelaide

North West Champion · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 1

It is believed that Mr. Lloyd Siegert, a farmer, of Jamestown, and Miss Eva May Horner (27), of Wirrabara, were drowned when the car in…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents?

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being idiled on the roads of the State at…

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Right Arm Severely Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 1

Sergt. Stenner, of the Boomi Police Station, was admitted to the Moree District Hospital last night in a serious condition as a result of a severe…

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Failed to Stop After Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 1

At the local police court, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., John Joseph Geraghty, bus proprietor, pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed…

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