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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Girl Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 4

A fall from a bicycle yesterday afternoon resulted in abrasions to the right hip, right knee, right elbow and left knee for Pal…

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Injured While Diving

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—While diving in a creek this afternoon, Noel Law (17), of Yorklea, struck a submerged object with his head…

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Escaped with Slight Injuries From Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

Thrown to the roadway when the motor-cycle they were riding collided head-on with a car on the Pacific Highway, Kirra,…

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Injured While Digging Air Raid Shelter

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Bob Townsend, 12, of Division-street, South Casino, son of Mr. A. Townsend, telegraph linesman at Drake,…

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Drowning "Victim" Visited Doctor

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 5

MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday. — On receipt of a message from Main Arm that the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker had been…

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Farmer Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

Richard Donaghue, a farmer of Uki, was injured yesterday morning as the result of a heavy fall from a horse. He was preparing cattle for dipping at…

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Child's Foot Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

When she trod on a snarp object hidden in the grass, Margaret Felsch (6), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Felsch, of Elliott-road, South…

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Tweed Heads A.i.f. Man's Accidental Death Abroad

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2

The relatives of Pte. Phil Cunning halm, A.I.F., Tweed Heads, have received word of his death in the Middle East as the result of a road accident…

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Mine Idle After Pit Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—As a result of an accident in which 13 men had a lucky escape there was no work to-day at…

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Military Trainee Drowned

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — While swimming at Fuller's beach on Lane Cove River to-day Leslie Aldous, 18, bilitary trainee, was…

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Ankle Injured

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

While working in her market garden at Tuncester early yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Edith Brown, a middle aged woman, of…

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Fatal Injuries Cyclist in Collision With Lorry

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 4

DORRIGO, Friday.—Jack Kelsey, 28, died in hospital as a result of injuries he received when a motor cycle he was…

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Two Men Injured

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.Two men were injured when a car in which they were travelling ran off a culvert which had…

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U.s. Loses Submarine in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday:-- The Navy announced that the submarine [?]22 collided with another naval vessel during surface operations and sank…

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25 Killed; 60 Injured by Bomb Explosion

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 1

TANGIER, Saturday: Twenty-five persons, including six British subjects are reported to have been killed and 60 injured when a bomb exploded…

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Mullumbimby Accidents

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

Leslie Hicks, married, a linesman employed by the Postal Department at Mullumbimby, was treated at the ambulance station for a deep incised…

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Three Killed in Dawn Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.—a man and two women were killed and two other men injured as a result of a collision between a motor car and omnibus…

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Siegfried Line Builder Killed in Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 1

BERLIN, Monday (AAP).—Dr. Fritz Todt. builder of the Siegfried Line, was killed in an aeroplane accident "while carrying out…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Northern Star · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday. — Mr. "Jock" Young, of Main Arm, had a narrow escape from drowning on Monday. He was…

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Mother Saved Son From Drowning in Shelter

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday:-- Jumping fully clad into a 6ft. deep air raid shelter filled with muddy water, of which several inches were over her head…

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