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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Accused Says Baby, Mother-in-law Hit Accidentally

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Ferdinand James Kennett, 35, of Footscray, stated in the Criminal Court today that he had swung an axe…

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Twin Town Accidents

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

When the fishing launch Until encountered heavy seas on the Tweed bar yesterday morning a member of the crew. Harold Corten…

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Child Hurt in Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 4

Sam Dharam, six-year-old Hindu, suffered chest and internal injuries in an accident which occurred on the Homeleigh Road this…

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Lorry Driver Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 4

Lismore District Ambulance was called to the North Coast wharf yesterday, where Aubin J. Hudson, a lorry driver working for Mr. H…

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Week—end Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 4

Lismore District Ambulance had a busy week-end attending to a number of calls. While riding a horse on Saturday…

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Injured With Garden Fork

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 4

CASINO. Monday.—Paul Scroope (11), of Parley Lane. Casino, sustained a cunctured wound to his left heel when he ran against a…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision With Car

Northern Star · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

Ray Pederson, 11, son of Mr. T. Pederson, of Frank Street, South Lismore, was knocked from his bicycle in a collision with a motor…

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Compensation for Injured Police

Northern Star · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The principles of the Workers' Compensation Act relating to death or injury sustained in travelling to and…

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Farmer's Leg Broken in Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

Mr Earl Goodwinn, well-known Terrace Creek farmer, was admitted to the Kyogle Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning…

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Court Sequel to Car Fatality

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

At the Southport Summons Court on Thursday, Edward-George Wilson, water engineer of Tallebudgera, was charged with having unlawfully…

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Brunswick Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 2

While Helen Campbell (9), daughter of Mr and Mrs D. D. Campbell, of Main Arm, was being treated at the Mullumbimby…

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Kunghur Man Hurt In Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

When a sedan car driven by the Rev C. H. S. Egerton, of Murwillumbah, and a motor cycle ridden by an Allied sailor, with…

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Husband Of Kyogle a Woman Killed In Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

Desmond Thomas Halpin, 32, son of Mr and Mrs T. A. Halpin, of South Casino, was killed instantly when the utility truck in which he and two other men were travelling left the road and overturned on a bend on the Grafton Road, about two and a half miles from…

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Second Accident Death

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Charles Henry Blake, 58, of Shannonbrook, one of three men involved in a fatal motor…

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Man Injured in 'Bus Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

David Henry Morgan (29) suffered head injuries, a probable fractured shoulder and had his right ear almost torn off when a…

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Coolangatta Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 2

When Mrs Elizabeth Greer, a visitor from Longreach (Q.), slipped on a stone in Boundary Street, Tweed Heads, and fell, she…

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Tabulam Farmer in Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 5

George Johnson (56), farmer, residing at Tabulam, suffered fractured ribs on the left side when the wheel of a cart passed over him…

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Mr. F. C. King Coroner Finds "Death by Accident"

Northern Star · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 4

The circumstances of the death of Frederick Cecil King, 84, of Wyrallah Road, Lismore, on February 34, were investigated at an…

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Cheek Injured on Car

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 7

CASINO, Friday. — Striking his face on the pointed radiator cap of his car, Thomas Morrissey (46), of Shannonbrook, received a severe…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

When a motor cycle crashed into the fence of a private residence at Palm Beach on Saturday afternoon, the rider, Neville William…

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