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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Four Killed In Brownout Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday — The death roll in the brownout was increased by four last night when three men and a youth were…

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Meatworker Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Norman Holliday (57), Hickey-st, a freezerforeman at the Casino meatworks, suffered a contused wound to the…

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Accident Victims

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 4

The condition of Mrs R Granger and her daughter. Miss Shirley Granger (16), of Lismore, who were injured in a collision between…

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Injured Cutting Wood

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

When the axe slipped, while he was cutting wood at Pimlico on Monday afternoon, Vallan Henry McGuire, a woodcutter, of 11…

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Soldier Dies After Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When a motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor lorry near Peat's Perry on Monday Cpl B G Briggs,…

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Express in Level Crossing Smash Four Men Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—As the Melbourne Express was travelling at a high speed over the Minto level crossing today…

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Schoolgirl Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

Dorothy Ling (10). a schoolgirl living at Chinderah. fell from a motor truck at Chinderah yesterday. She sustained a large lacerated wound to…

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Boy Injured by Axe

Northern Star · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

As a result of the are slipping when he was chopping wood at his home at Tucki yesterday, Bethel Bale (11), son of A C Bale,…

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Two Police Injured In Mob Fight

Northern Star · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two constables were mobbed and manhandled by a large crowd in Campbell- street, Haymarket,…

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Man Killed in Plane Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday—An Air Force Flying Inspector. Milton Melrose Forster, 31, of North Melbourne, was fatally injured when…

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Nine Injured in U.s. Bomber Crash

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday—Nine members of the crew of a medium United States Army bomber were injured or…

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Accidental Verdict. Soldier's Death in Exercises

Northern Star · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the inquest into the death of Private Gordon Evans, following the…

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Man Accidentally Shot During Target Practice

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: A man whose name is believed to be Reynolds was accidently shot during military manoeuvres at a range near Liverpool…

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Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Nasty Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 6

While on duty at the recent 5th A.L.H. regimental camp at Casino Sergeant S. Mackrell, son of Mr. J. Mackrell, of Wiangaree, was…

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Inquest Arranged Meerschaum Vale Accident

Northern Star · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 4

An inquest into the death of James Colin Wilson, of Lismore, who received fatal injuries when a motor lorry he was driving from…

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Boy Fatally Injured in Rare Mishap

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 1

GRAFTON, Friday: Bruce Eastwell (6), who had his feet cut off when he was run over by the North Coast mail train at…

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Fireman Injured in City Blaze

Northern Star · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.— A large quantity of wool was considerably damaged by fire and water when fire broke out at a…

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Fatally Injured at Studios

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: One man was fatally injured, two seriously and one slightly, when a gun exploded at the Denham Film Studios during the…

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Soldier Killed by Accidental Shot

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday.— John Gavan, 20, a member of a Home Forces defence unit was shot dead on Saturday night…

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Horseman Seriously Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—Mr Alfred Luton, married, of Murwillumbah, lay helpless for an hour and a half in a paddock…

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