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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Local and General Motor Cyclist Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

Mi. Norman Latta, of Mullumbimby, received a fractured forearm when his motor cycle and a car driven by Mr. J. Harkness, of Mullumbimby Creek,…

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Bomb Sent by Post Two Killed and Three Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

SOFIA, Thursday: -- Two were killed and three injured by a terrific explosion at the house of Dr. Solenevitch, the editor of a Russian emigre paper…

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Two Injured in Collision

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 6

TWO persons were injured and a car badly damaged when a motor truck collided with a small car on the…

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Surfer Drowned At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 7

Ten people were in difficulties on Newcastle beach this afternoon. All were brought ashore, but it was impossible to revive Frederick…

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Girl Drowned In Mowbray Park Baths

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday:--Elsie May Duncan (11) was drowned in Mowbray Park baths to-day. In spite of the repeated efforts of many at the baths,…

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Five Miners Killed, 12 Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 3

OTTAWA, Saturday:--At Sudbury (Ontario) five miners were killed and 12 injured when a hoist carrying 20 men in the…

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Worst Surf Tragedy on Record 200 Bathers Swept Out to Sea at Bondi Four Drowned Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 7

IN the worst surf tragedy on record, four persons were drowned, 35 were treated for shock and immersion, and two hundred bathers were carried 80 yards out from Bondi beach in heavy surf this…

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Five Persons Drowned Bondi Surf Disaster

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:-- The police are satisfied that five persons were drowned when 200 surfers were caught in two…

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Railway Porter Injured CASINO

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

Hugh Sharpe, of Ballina, a relieving porter at Casino railway station, received a lacerated wound on the forehead when he slipped and fell and his…

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Bondi Sensation 200 Men and Women Swept Out. Five Men Drowned

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

Four men were drowned, and two others admitted to hospital suffering from shock and immersion, when, on Sunday afternoon, at…

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10 Killed And 46 Injured Political Fights in Egypt

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Monday:--"The Times" Cairo correspondent declares that 10 were killed and 46 injured in a fight…

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One Injured Truck Overturned at Horseshoe Ck. Hit Bridge Post

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

On their way from Kyogle on Saturday afternoon, five occupants of a utility truck had miraculous escapes from serious…

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Three Farmers Involved in Accidents Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 6

Michael Croke, a farmer, of Wood- view, Tenterfield Road, near Casino, received a severe injury to the lower part of the abdomen when a plough…

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Horseman Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 4

William Flick was riding a horse near the edge of the road at Ryan's Hill, Mullumbimby, yesterday afternoon when the animal fell into a…

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One Killed; Two Injured Car Crashes Into Culvert

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Kenneth Backway (17), mill employee, was killed instantly and Frederick Owens (26), laborer, and Sydney Murray. (24),…

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Rider Injured Horse Fell Into Cutting MULLUMBIMBY

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 8

William Flick was riding a horse near the edge of the road at Ryan's Hill, Mullumbimby, this afternoon when the animal fell into…

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Sequel to Accident. £3 Fine: License Is Suspended Influence of Liquor

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

An accident at Horseshoe Creek on Saturday had a sequel in Kyogle police court on Wednesday when William James Matthews…

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Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 8

George Linden, a married man employed as a clerk by the engineer's branch at the Lismore post office, was knocked from Iris bicycle as the result…

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Man Fatally Injured Fell 50 Feet Into Iron Bucket

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday:--Peter Phillips (52), of Leichhardt, who fell 50 feet from a building at the corner of Martin Place yesterday, died to-day. He…

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Storm Leaves Trail of Desolation Dozens Injured and Hundreds Homeless in America

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday:--Besides known dead in the storm cabled earlier, dozens were injured and hundreds of families are homeless. Heavy rain followed the wind storm, increasing the misery. The destruction of crops…

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