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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Mr. H. V. Thorby Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 2

Kicked by a horse while carting hay on his property near Dubbo this week Mr. H. V. C. Thorby former Defence Minister suffered a…

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Coroner's Inquest Brunswick Heads Fatal Diving Accident Warning Notices on Bridge Urged

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

A recommendation that the attention of Byron Shire Council be directed to the advisability of placing notices on the bridge…

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Airman Drowned at Evans Head

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

Swept to sea in a strong current, Sergeant William Mervyn Sorenson (26), a member of the RAAF, was drowned at Evans…

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Swept Into Channel Fatality At Evans Head

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 4

Swept to sea in a strong current, Sgt. William Mervyn Sorenson, 26, a member of the R.A.A.F., was drowned at Evans…

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Foot Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 4

Donald Gava, of 105 Wyrallah Road, received injuries to the right foot when struct by a piece of timber while repairing a fence…

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Surfer Drowned

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Robert James Newell (15), of Liverpool, was drowned while surfing at Ocean Beach to-day. Members of the surf…

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VDC Accident Representations By Anthony for Compensation

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

"I feel very hopeful that ultimate victory will be achieved," said Mr H. L. Anthony, MP, to a Tweed Daily…

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V.D.C. Member Injured

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 4

A member of the V.D.C, Henry Carroll, of Canterbury-street, Casino, received a probable fracture of the lower ribs of the right side,…

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Injured While Working on Roof

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—Sustaining a large lacerated wound to his light hand when ha slipped while working on a roof at South Casino…

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M'bimby Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 2

Stanley Myers (15), of Goonengerry, was treated at Mullumbimby ambulance station for an injury to the right hand received when he…

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Mullumbimby Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 2

Stanley Myers (15), of Goonengerry, was treated at the Mullumbimby Ambulance Station fo ran injury to the right hand received…

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Hints in Saving Young Children From Accident

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 2

It seems scarcely believable that over 120 infants and toddlers are killed accidently in New South Wales each year, states the Health…

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Sleeper Cutter Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 5
Also in The Kyogle Examiner

CASINO, Monday.—Striking his right foot with an axe while cutting sleepers near Kyogle this afternoon, Lance Bienkie, 27, of…

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Foot Injured With Knife

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Ross Olive (19), of Cope's Lane, suffered a punctured wound to his foot when a knife slipped from his hand. He…

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Big Increase In Industrial Accidents

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: It was reported at a health conference in London that industrial accidents had increased by 192 per cent…

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Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Motor Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 6

A horse was killed on Thursday night near the Post Office, as the result of a collision with a car, and even more serious consequences…

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Boy Fatally Injured When Shell Explodes Seven Others in Hospital

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 1

IPSWICH, Tuesday: While a boy was playing with a high explosive shell in St Patrick's Co[?]vent School, Goodna, this…

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Slightly Injured in Plane Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: Associated, Press says: The British Minister in the Middle East (Mr MacMillan) was slighlty injured in a plane…

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Woman Injured Car and Truck Collide

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 4

As the result of a collision between a car and a truck on the Dunoon road, near Tullera School, yesterday, Mrs. P. Flick, a passenger…

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