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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Injured on Wire

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 6

Bernard Lee, the 5-year-old son of Mr. G. H. Lee, of Rosebank, was treated by Lismore ambulance on Sunday night for a large incised…

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Injured While Ploughing

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

Mr. A. Blanch, a farmer, of Kyogle, suffered a probable fracture of the ribs while ploughing in a paddock this morning near the…

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Car in Ditch Driver Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 8

[?] Parker, a lorry driver, of [?] received a compound frac[?] of the nose and abrasions to the forehead when a car he was…

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Back Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

Yesterday an employee of the Main Roads Board at Yelgun, M. Lampus, was lifting a log when he slipped and fell…

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Accidental Death Cawongla Man Inquest Into Smith's Creek Fatality

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 4

A finding that Reginald Gerald Murphy (29), of Cawongla, had died from the effects of injuries accidentally received when he was…

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Injured While Ploughing KYOGLE

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

Mr. A. Blanch, a farmer of Kyogle, received a probable fracture of the ribs this morning while ploughing in a paddock near Kyogle…

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100 Killed, 300 Injured Madrid Bombed 17 Planes Participate in Raid

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Monday:-- A Madrid message says that 100 persons were killed and 300 were wounded in an air raid to-day on the…

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"ACCIDENTAL" Cawongla Man's Death MURWILLUMBAH

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

A finding that Reginald Gerald Murphy (29), of Cawongla, had died from the effects of injuries accidentally received when he was pinned beneath an…

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Marine Court Inquiry Loss of Tug Collision Near Geelong

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--An enquiry was commenced by the Marine Court to-day regarding the collision between the…

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Four Persons Badly Injured Cars Collide Serious Smash at Currumbin

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Four persons were seriously injured and others sustained minor injuries when two motor cars came into violent collision at…

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Telephonist's Death Accidental, Says Coroner

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: -- At Yeo to-day the Coroner concluded the inquest into the death of Violet Webb (19), telephonis. at Yeo, whose body…

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FINED £5 Accident Sequel Licence Suspended KYOGLE

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

A fine of £5 was imposed upon Alfred Harold Slade (36), at Kyogle Police Court this morning, on a charge of having driven a motor…

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Waterspout Engulfs Lugger Divers Drowned

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7

Letters from the Aru Islands, 300 miles north a£ Darwin, report a strange accident causing the deaths of two Malay divers…

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Four Boys Drowned? Clothes Found Near Baths

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday:--It is thought possible four boys were drowned at Leichhardt Park this afternoon. A boy found four pairs of short trousers,…

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Boy Drowned in Dam Tragedy at Golf Links

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

MURGON, Thursday:--Allan Leslie Dilger (10) was drowned in the dam at Murgon golf links to-day. It appears the victim, with another boy,…

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Disappeared from Plane Was It an Accident?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

The question whether he fell or jumped from a passenger aeroplane at an altitude of 3000 feet is raised in connection with the disappearance of Max…

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FINED £5 Licence Suspended Accident Sequel

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

A fine of £5 was imposed upon Alfred Harold Slade (36) at Kyogle Police Court on Wednesday, on a charge of having…

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Four Boys Safe Fears of Drowning Unfounded

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--After police had searched in the baths all night for the bodies of four boys Whose, clothes were found in Leichhardt Park…

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Correct Signalling Reduce Accident Risk

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 5

CORRECT signalling by the driver of a vehicle is a most important matter, and if all motorists realised this, motoring…

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Girl Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

When proceeding to Murwillumbah from Coff's Harbor, yesterday afternoon, a car driven, by Mr. Archibald, of Coff's Harbor, skidded on the…

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