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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Three Schoolboys Hurt in Falling Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 8

Three schoolboys were victims of accidents yesterday, two suffering [?]actures of arms and the other a [?]ure of the collarbone…

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Railwayman Injured At Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Friday. — Sustaining contused wounds to the left leg when he was knocked down by a trolley of sleepers at Casino…

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Student Injured

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 4

A student of St. John's College, Woodlawn, met with an accident yesterday forenoon while bathing with other boys in the creek near…

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Truscott Believed Killed Accident off Coast

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Squadron-Leader Keith W. Truscott, DFC and Bar, famous Australian fighter pilot,…

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H. R. Kirkham Killed In Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: Henry Richard Kirkham (48), married, who was in charge of the pilot station at Tweed Heads, was…

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More Road Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 1

Although the number of cars on the road had decreased, there was a big increase, in deaths from road accidents during 1942. Deaths, as a…

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Two Pilots Killed in Plane Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

RELEASED BY THE R.A.A.F.—When their planes collided at an altitude of nearly 6000 feet during exercises near Sydney, two pilots…

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Killed In Plane Collision

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 6

When their aircraft collided in midair during training exercises near Sydney, Sgt. Colin Cameron Martin, 23, Strathfield, and Sgt. Gordon…

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Injured Playing Football

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 4

Playing in a football match on the Lismore Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon, Raymond Davis, a postman, of 42…

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Two Girls Injured

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 4

Two girls, Laureen Cawley, and Claire Dawson, of Dunoon, were injured when they fell from a bicycle yesterday afternoon. Laureen…

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Cyclists Collide Elderly Man Seriously Injured

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—Riding a bicycle on his way home from Ballina to Empire Vale, Arthur E. Ellis, a well known farmer of…

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Mill Worker Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 4

W. Cahill, a mill hand, received a fracture of the left lower leg and contused wounds on both thighs yesterday when a log rolled on him at…

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Train Collision

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

CAIRNS, Wednesday: An incoming train to Cairns at 11 o'clock last night collided with a stationary train at Woree. It was badly…

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Injured When Horse Fell

Northern Star · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—When his hors fell with him at Bentley to-day, Keith Cox (31), farmer, received injuries to his left foot and…

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Shire Employee Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—Sustaining a fracture of his right thigh and lacerations to the finger of his left hand when a lifting jack slipped…

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Serviceman Amok Three Injured By Shots On Racetrack

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—Two men and a woman were injured at Wellington racecourse yesterday when a serviceman went berserk…

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Injured By Drilling Machine

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

While working at a blacksmith's premises at South Lismore yesterday. William Gilmore sustained a large lacerated wound to the back…

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Fatally Injured in Plane Crash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sergeant Cyril W. Jackson (23), single, of Beringham, via Blair Athol, Queensland, was killed when a…

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Death of Boy Hit By Ambulance Accidental

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr A. J. Bryant, PM) following an inquest at Murwillumbah…

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Long Creek Gun Tragedy Accidental, Says Kyogle Coroner

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

A verdict of death from a bullet wound accidentally caused was returned by the Kyogle District Coroner, Mr. E. L. Vincent, on Wednesday, after an inquest on George William Birch, 63, sawmill employee, who was found near his hut at Long Creek…

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