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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Woman Fatally Injured Motor Car and Truck Collide

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 6

LISMORE, Tuesday:--Mrs. Kathleen Wilhemena Gill (43), wife of Mr. Godfrey Manning Gill, a hide dealer, of Newrybar…

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Invalid Fatally Injured Motor Chair Got Out of Control

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Wednesday:--Fatal head injuries were suffered by an invalid, Charles Tremewan (53) when his motor invalid chair got out of…

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Accident Victim's Husband Collapses

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 9

Mr. Godfrey Manning Gill, husband of Mrs. Kathleen Wilhemena Gill, who received fatal injuries when she was struck by a truck…

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Woman Killed In Car Collision

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

Mrs. Kathleen Wilhemena Gill, 43, wife of Mr. G. M. Gill, hide dealer, of Newrybar, received fatal injuries in a motor collision in Clune's…

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Drowned in the Surf. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

Howard Beresford, 17, was drowned near Corrimal while surfing with other lifesavers. He was training for the big surf…

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Two Drowning Tragedies in Sydney Man and Boy Lose Lives

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:-- A man and a boy were drowned in Sydney to-day. While swimming in Duck Creek at Auburn, Kenneth Middleton (8), of…

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Young Man Injured Motor Lorry Overturns

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

When a motor lorry driven by Mr. James, of Crystal Creek, overturned when proceeding along the Crystal Creek road towards Murwillumbah…

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Man Drowned When Car Runs Off Wharf Well-known Brisbane Resident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.-- Howard Joseph Eakins (33), of Hamilton, well known in Brisbane's business, and social life, was killed early…

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Three Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

Three persons were treated at the week-end by the Coolangatta Ambulance for minor injuries sustained accidentally. Harold Schraber, laborer,…

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S.A. Fatality ADELAIDE

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 10

Barry Leanne (11), Southwark, was drowned in the Torrence River yesterday. He was the third member of the family to die in tragic…

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Two Drowned Newcastle District Tragedies NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 7

Sidney Wilsonholme (24) of Lewisham, lecturer in economics at the Sydney University, was drowned in Wyong Creek to-day when he fell…

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Fed. Minister Aids Injured Cyclist Woodenbong

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

While Richard Mavin was lying on the roadside awaiting the arrival of the Ambulance to convey him to hospital for treatment for a…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Sir Earle Page Gives Aid

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

WOODENBONG. Sunday:--While Richard Mavin was lying on the roadside awaiting the arrival of the ambulance to convey him to…

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"Fell Like a Leaf" Survey 'Plane Crashes: Crew Injured LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 5

A de Havilland Dragon 'plane belonging to Air Travel Survey Ltd., Sydney, and piloted by Captain Bailey, crashed onto a railway line…

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Boy Fatally Injured Remarkable Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 4

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday:--Frederick James Bishop (8) died in Yeppoon hospital this afternoon from injuries received on the Yeppoon road…

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Drowned Off Aquaplane. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 3

Mr. Sydney Herbert Wolstenholme, lecturer in economics at Sydney University, was drowned in Wyong Crook yesterday…

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Injured Man Aided By Fed. Minister

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

The Federal Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, assisted Richard John Mavin, 21, of Woodenbong when the latter was…

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Lorry Fatality Inquest At Ballina To-day BALLINA

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 6

After a delay caused by the serious injury received by occupants of the vehicle, the inquest into the death of Michael Maher, of Ewingsbrook,…

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"ACCIDENTAL" Knockrow Lorry Fatality BALLINA

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 4

A verdict that Michael Joseph Maher had been accidentally killed when a motor lorry, in which he was an occupant, capsized at Knockrow…

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Four Injured in 'Bus Accident Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 6

Four people were injured this afternoon when a 'bus left the road and went over an embankment about a mile…

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