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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Mill Employee Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 4

BONALBO, Monday—W Watts an employee of the Bonalbo Timber Company, was struck on the head by a rivet in a revolving…

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Lay Helpless for 90 Minutes Man Injured When Thrown From Horse

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 2

Mr Alfred Luton, married, of Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah, lay helpless for 1½ hours in a paddock at Burringbar yesterday…

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Man Killed in Cycle Accident Rider's Brother Was Killed By Victim

Northern Star · Thursday 28 May 1942 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. —Wilfred Keith Gilbert, 31, labourer, of Highbury, was accidentally Killed last night by…

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12 Raaf Men Injured

Northern Star · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In a collision between an Air Force tender and a lorry at Footscray yesterday afternoon,…

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U.s. Sailor Killed in Accident

Northern Star · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday. — An American sailor and 18 servicemen, including three AIF, were injured in two accidents between Oxley…

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Two Injured in Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 4

Two men were injured in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle and sidocar on the Bexhill road, near Boatharbour…

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Injured By Stone

Northern Star · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—Maxwell Smith (5), of Coraki road, suffered an incised wound to his left temple this afternoon, caused when he…

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Five Drowned

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 June 1942 · page 3

HOBART, Sunday: The entire crew of five lost their lives when the 40ft. motor launch. Say When foundered in seas described as the roughest for…

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Man Injured Dray and Car Collide

Northern Star · Monday 1 June 1942 · page 4

CASINO. Sunday.— Suffering severely from loss of blood after the dray he had been driving, and a car, collided on the Myrtle Creek…

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Injured in Fall

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 2

Roy Baker married of Murwillumbah, was injured when he fell from a tank on to a girder while working at Condong Mill on Saturday. Mill…

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Fatal Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: One man was killed and two policemen were injured in brownout accidents with trams tonight. The man killed was Frank…

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Accidental Death Verdict

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 6

An inquest into the death of James Colin Wilson (27), single, of Lismore, who was fatally injured on May 6 when a motor…

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Sawmill Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 2

Struck by the handle of a timber windlass at the Standard Sawmill Murwillumbah yesterday afternoon, Percy Bramble, who lives in Condong…

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Injured in Fall

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 2

Mrs. Frank Chilcott, of Upper Crystal Creek, is a patient in a Murwillumbah hospital suffering from injuries sustained in a fall at her home…

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Cars Collide, Woman Injured

Northern Star · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 4

When two cars collided near Coffee Camp, on the Nimbin Road, on Wednesday night, a passenger in one car, Mrs M Coyle, of Blue Knob…

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Drowned in Five Inches of Water

Northern Star · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 4

KALGOORLIE, Thursday—While his mother was absent for a few minutes a 10 months old baby, Brian Cotton, was drowned at…

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Ten Injured in Brownout Collision

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Ten people were injured in a brownout collision tonight. Six soldiers were injured when an Army truck collided with a blackout tram at…

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Two Drowned in Raid Trenches

Northern Star · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Veronica Pickering, 21 months, of Enfield, and Betty Morris, 17 months, of Corrinal, have been drowned in air…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday—Hurled to the roadway when his motor cycle skidded in Johnson Street on Saturday morning, Edward…

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Two Men Injured Highfield Car Collision

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 5

Two men were injured when two cars were involved in a head-on collision at Highfield on Saturday night…

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