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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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11 Killed; 100 Injured in British Train Crash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday:-- At least 11 persons were killed and about 100 injured when a workers' special and a passenger train from Leigh collided…

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Constable and Aborigine Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:--Constable Walker was injured and an aborigine was accidentally shot in the stomach when Constable Walker…

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Banana Worker Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

While stopping bananas at the bottom of a flying fox on his plantation at Uki yesterday, Frank Walsh, of Boyd's Bay, sustained a large…

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Drowning Fatality at Municipal Baths

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

Carmel Nerelle Bruce, aged 5 years, was drowned in Murwillumbah Municipal Swimming Baths on Saturday afternoon…

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Child Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday. — Carmel Nerelle Bruce (5), was drowned in Murwillumbeh Municipal Swimming Baths yesterday…

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"Bob" Whittle Slightly Injured Operations Over Benghazi

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

Pilot-Officer "Bob"' Whittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Whittle, of Murwillumbah, received slight injuries in the right leg while…

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Mullumbimby Accidents

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

Charles Reddacliff was treated at Mrillumbimby Ambulance Station for a lacerated wound to the big toe of the left foot when a barrel he was…

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Two Accidents at Ettrick

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

When he fell from a horse at Ettrick on Saturday afternoon, Stanley Smith (12), of Lismore, received a fracture of the right forearm…

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M'bimby Accidents

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday. — Charles Reddacliff was treated at the Mullumblmby Ambulance Station for a lacerated wound to the…

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Unidentified Man Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Taken from the sea at Clovelly to-day, just before he was about to be attacked by a shark, an unidentified man…

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Child Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

Gail Boyle (4), a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Boyle, of Mc-Kenzie-street, fell off a slippery dip in the children's playground…

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Mill Employee Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

Keith McQuilty, married, employee, employed by the Roseberry sawmill, received ruptured muscles of the back yesterday when he slipped while…

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Report on Fatality at Swimming Baths

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its meeting on Wednesday night received a report from the health inspector (Mr. C. H. Webster) regarding…

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Sequel to Road Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Sequel to a car accident on the Woodenbong-Kyogle road on October 15th, in which a girl was fatally injured, was the…

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Elderly Man Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—John Browne (76), of Yorklea, received concussion and shock when a sulky he was driving and a military utility…

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Injured at Play

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Agnes Maloney (7). daughter of Mr. M. D. Maloney, of Woodview, received probable fractures of both bones…

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Injured At Sports Meeting

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. Cyril Robins, married, a farmer of Empire Vale, while riding a horse over a hurdle in a hunting contest at the patriotic…

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Two Injured: Lorry and Car Collide

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

The driver and four occupants of a car had narrow escapes from serious injury when the car overturned after it and…

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Jockey Injured in Epsom Crash

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — The leading cross-country jockey, L. Meenan, had his collarbone fractured to-day when Last March…

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Air Force Officer Injured In Car Smash

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

GRAFTON, Monday. — Squadron Leader Jenkinson, of the Evans Head Bombing and Gunnery School, received…

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