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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Woman Injured

Northern Star · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Suffering from a lacerated wound on the side of the head, concussion and shock, stated to have been caused by…

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Injured in Bomber Crash

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 4

Information has been received by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Isaacs, of Glen Innes, from the Minister for Air that their son, Plying Officer E…

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Riding Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 4

Alan Leverett, aged 9, son of Mr. C. E. Leverett, of the Cordial Factory, sustained a broken arm on Wednesday when a horse he was…

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Boy Injured By Horse

Northern Star · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—When Mervyn Shelton, 7, of Wickner Street, Casino, fell from his horse, the horse either kicked or trod on him,…

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Injured by Car

Northern Star · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Knocked down by a car in Walker Street at 5.45 p.m. yesterday, Bernie Mock, of 23 Lennox Street, South Casino,…

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Two Footballers Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 2

Two footballers were injured during a match on Knox Park yesterday afternoon. K. Elstub received a contused…

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Airman Injured In Fall From Truck

Northern Star · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—When he fell from the back of a moving truck in Barker Street this afternoon, Sgt. D. Waldron, R.A.A.F., 19,…

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Airman Fell 18,000ft Without Parachute --Not Even Injured!

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: An RAAF light-sergeant fell 18,000 feet from a burning Lancaster, without a parachute, and escaped without even a bone broken. He has just arrived in England, states the British United…

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Injured When Thrown From Horse

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Mr J. E. Serisier, a farmer of Pumpenbil, was thrown from his horse and received a fractured pelvis, with…

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5 Feared Drowned; Launch Foundered

Northern Star · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Five young men, four of them doctors, and one of them a medical student, are believed to have been drowned when a 30ft. launch in which they were returning from Catherine Hill Bay,…

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Five Young Doctors Believed Drowned; Launch Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A 42 ft. launch with six young Sydney medical students aboard was wrecked in the gale which swept the coast in the early hours today. Five of them are missing. The survivor, who was…

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Meatworks Employee Injured

Northern Star · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.—An incised wound to the left groin was suffered by Howard McCombe, married, while working at…

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Killed in Truck Accident

Northern Star · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

Signaller. E. R. Knight (22), who was killed in a truck accident in…

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Riding Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 4

As the result of a riding accident John, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ottery, of Barker's Vale, is receiving treatment in the Memorial…

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19,913 Industrial Accidents

Northern Star · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Industrial accident figures totalled 19,913 in the last 12 months, said the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr…

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Cyclist Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 2

Mrs Dunston, of Condong, has received word that her son, Mr Ted Dunston, was badly hurt when he was knocked off his…

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Guests Unaware Host Drowned

Northern Star · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fridays.—A party of people enjoying themselves on board the launch "Wheronui" at Rose Bay on April 28 had no idea…

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Three Injured Car Accident Near Bonalbo

Northern Star · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 4

BONALBO, Sunday.—About 10 o'clock this morning when a party comprising Messrs. H. Wade, J. Cox, D. Johnson, and O. Boyd and Miss…

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Three Hurt in Accident Two Italian Pow's Included

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 2

Two Italian prisoners of war and an Australian Army driver received minor injuries when an army motor vehicle in which…

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Injured in Riding Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—Barry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs A. L. Hines, of Eungella, and formerly of Larnook, received injuries to…

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