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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

A young man who is holidaying at Coolangatta narrowly escaped drowning when he was rescued from the surf at Greenmount,…

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Three Hurt In Highway Collision

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 2

In a head-on collision between two motor vehicles on the Pacific Highway near Mooball yesterday morning one man received…

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Lismore Man Injured in Motor Smash

Northern Star · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

In a head-on collision between two motor vehicles on the Pacific Highway near Mooball yesterday morning', one man received serious…

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Court Charge Follows Fatal Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

Mr S. A. Thornton, Police Magistrate, said in Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he considered Trueman…

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Brisbane Express in Collision

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A number of passengers were injured; hough none seriously, when a [?]ead-on collision occurred this…

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Inmate of Mental Home Injured Inquiry To Be Held

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Following injuries to Joseph Chant, 63 years old inmate of Calien Park Mental Hospital, a departmental inquiry…

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Three Hurt in Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1

Three persons were hurt in accidents that occurred in the Kyogle district during the past few days. Allan Dickson, a timber cutter,…

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Killed in Aircraft Accident

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 5

The death has occurred, as the result of an aircraft accident at a New South Wales station, of Flight Sergeant Harry Byron Johnston,…

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Kyogle Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 8

KYOGLE, Friday.—Allan Dickson, a timber cutter, suffered a fractured left leg and severe injuries to the calf of his right leg when…

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Child Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

When he fell from the limb of of tree upon which he had been swinging in front of his home at Eugerbah Island, Tweed Heads,…

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Lac Mansbridge Killed in Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

Mr and Mrs A. E. Mansbridge, of Tomewin, received word on Sunday that their only child, LAC A. A. Manstridge (20), had…

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Man, Youth Hurt in Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 1

Mick Birkbeck, son of Mr and Mrs A. Birkbeck, of Kyogle Road, sustained slight concussion when a rail he was leaning against at the…

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Casino Accidents Youth Receives Painful Injuries

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 1

William Meddows, 17, received painful injuries when he fell through the fibro cement roof of a building he was demolishing on the…

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Wyangarie Man Hurt in Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 1

John Casey, of Wiangarie, was admitted to the Kyogle Memorial Hospital yesterday morning suffering from injuries to the right buttock and…

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More Injured In Road Accidents Than In Battle

Northern Star · Saturday 8 April 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP). —Over 200,000 more people have been Killed or injured in road…

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More Accident Than War Victims

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 April 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Mr Noel Baker Parliamentary Secretary to the "Ministry of War Transport, in a speech said that the total…

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Collision Between Lorry And Car Has Sequel In Kyogle Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 1

Charged before Mr T. H. Brooke, P.M., with driving his motor lorry on the Dyraaba Road in a negligent manner on December 28 last, Charles Edward Leese, 38, of Casino, was fined £3, with 10- costs, at Kyogle Police Court…

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Injured in Fall From Horse

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 1

While riding a horse across Irving Bridge, Casino, Milton Perkins (16), of South Casino, fell and sustained concussion and shock. He was…

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Three Killed In Road Collision

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: Three aircraft workers were killed and 14 others injured in a collision between an American army truck…

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1000 Injured In Bombay Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 3

BOMBAY, Sunday: One thousand persons, 67 of whom have since died in hospital, were injured in a fire…

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