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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Woman Drowned In Manly Pool

Northern Star · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A woman was drowned and a man was dragged from the water unconscious from Sydney beaches during the week-end. The…

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Youth Drowned in Brisbane River

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday:-- Roy Jones (18), of Wooloowin, was drowned in the river at South Brisbane to-day after an attack of cramp. The body…

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Pedestrian Road Accidents Comments By N.R.M.A.

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 3

The improvement in the general road accident situation last year, although not as great as was hoped, was not extended…

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Injured Girl to Marry

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--As soon as she recovers, Miss Merle Heineman, whose leg was amputated in a tram…

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Vice-marshal Killed in Air Accident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Friday:--Air Vice-Marshal C.D. Breese has been killed on active service as a result of a flying accident. Air Vice-Marshal Breese was…

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Fatal Accident at Shooting Gallery

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 3

GYMPIE, Friday:--A live shell left in a rifle at a shooting gallery after a customer had finished his shot was responsible for the…

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Accidental Death Ballina Road Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 5

A verdict that Leonard George Rose (20), dairy farmer, of Goonellabah, died from injuries accidentally received when he…

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Three Feared Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Three men are believed to have been drowned while on a fishing trip last night…

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Airman Drowned in Surf

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 4

EVANS HEAD, Sunday.-- Leading Aircraftsman Murray Horwood (23), of North Unley, a suburb of Adelaide, South…

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Three Surfers Injured

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 4

The North Coast junior surf swimming champion, G. Hampton, of Byron Bay, was one of three men injured when a motor car…

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Airman Drowned at Evans Head

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday:--Leading Aircraftman Murray Horwood (23), of North Unley, South Australia, was…

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Youths Injured in Street Attacks

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:--Two men were injured in street attacks on Saturday night. John Power (21), of Redfern, was stabbed six times in the…

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Byron Bay Surf Men Injured Car Capsized Near Woodburn

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday:--The North Coast junior surf swimming champion, G. Hampton, of Byron Bay, was one of three men injured…

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Teamster Injured Difficult Trip for Ambulance

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 6

CASINO, Tuesday--Joseph Stanley Patmore, 58, a teamster, of Old Bonalbo. was admitted to the Memorial Hospital to-night suffering from…

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"Car Driver Not to Blame for Fatal Collision"

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 8

After returning a verdict of accidental death at an inquest at Lismore into the death of Leonard G. Rose, dairy farmer, of Goonellabah,…

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Foreman Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

Towards dusk on Wednesday afternoon, while he was engaged on work in connection with the installation of the new filtration plant at…

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Child Crushed to Death Two Others Injured

Northern Star · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.--Denise Steel (3 years) was crushed to death, her brother Kevin (2) was critically injured, and…

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Accident on Filtration Plant Work

Northern Star · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.--While engaged on work in connection with the installation of the filtration plant at Mullumbimby, Mr. Arthur Pearce…

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Collision at Ewingsdale

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 4

P. W. Stone, of Byron Bay, received injuries to his arms, fractured [?]lbs and shock on Wednesday night When a collision occurred between the…

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Soldier Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 1

DUBBO, Sunday.-- Police discount the story of foul play in the death of an A.I.F. corporal, whose body was found yesterday floating in the…

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