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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Two Injured by Crashing Stone

Northern Star · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday — Messrs. Alan Jones and C. Morgan were working on a banana plantation at Palmwoods,…

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Unusual Case Lost Speech After Motor Accident

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

Writing in the current issue of "The Hospital" on the development of speech therapy in N.S.W., Elinor Wray, A.S.S.T. (Lon.), Senior Speech…

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Fatality in Serious Bushfires

Northern Star · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. — James Butler Hodgson, 67. farmer of Headland, South Gippsland, was burned to death…

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Thousands of Japanese Drowned

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday:--In a communique from the Philippine theatre of war, General MacArthur reports that the three large…

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Three Injured Index Fingers

Northern Star · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

KYOGLE, Friday.—When he put his finger in a meat mincing machine being used by his mother to-day. John, 4-years-old son of…

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Slit Trenches for Tweed Heads Problem of Risk of Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 2

Tweed Shire Council has granted permission to Tweed Heads Urban Committee to have air raid slit trenches dug on the esplanade at…

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Little Boy Narrowly Escapes Drowning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

Ivan Killalea (3), son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Killalea, of Mullumbimby, narrowly escaped drowning when he fell into 15 feet of water in…

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Survived Malaya to Be Injured by Taxi

Northern Star · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Injuries received when he was knocked down by a taxi in Batavia have resulted in the admission to hospital of…

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Accidental Sounding of Siren at Maryborough

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 1

MARYBOROUGH, Friday: The accidental sounding of an air raid siren in Maryborough to-day created excitement in some…

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Injured in Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 4

The wife of a soldier in the AIF and the daughter of another AIF man were injured in accidents in Lismore on Saturday. Mrs S Young,…

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Four Children Hurt in Accidents

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 2

Four child accident cases were treated by Tweed District Ambulance during the week-end. Kevin Dawson (3), son of Mr. J. P…

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Accidental A.-a. Fire Caused Scare

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday (AAP).—There was a short-lived sensation in the Wall-street area today,…

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Old Man's Death Burning Was an Accident

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 4

Although the cause of a fire which destroyed the home of James Braid (93) at Dunoon late at night on March 6, will…

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12 Killed As Result of Plane Collision

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 3

CAPE TOWN, Sunday:--Seven members of the South African Air Force, three members of the R.A.F. and two civilian's were killed when…

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Kyogle Thirty Years Ago March 16. 1912 ACCIDENT

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 4

While, trying to mount a horse one day during the week a younger dam liter of Mr. H. G. Marsh, of Eden Creek, fell, her head striking the…

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Inquiry Commenced Into Sea Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Board of Marine Inquiry today inquired into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Newcastle…

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15 Injured When Train Overturns

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fifteen persons were injured when the Heathcole-Kilmore rail motor jumped the rails a mile…

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Airman Injured

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 4

Leading Aircraftman O'Brien (21), of Evans Head, who suffered shock and an injury to his back, received first aid treatment from…

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Radio Commentator Fatally Injured

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Edward Charles Turner (43), well known Sydney sporting radio commentator, was fatally injured by a hit…

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Plucky Lad Saved Girl From Drowning

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

The plucky action of a 12-year-old schoolboy saved a girl from arowning in the Richmond. River at Woodburn last Friday…

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