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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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More Road Accidents in London

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP).— The first report issued by Scotland Yard after the war shows that road accidents are again…

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District Free From Holiday Accidents

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 4

The only traffic accident reported by Lismore Police over the [?]oliday period was on Thursday morning, when a car driven by J…

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Lismore Boy Injured In Cycle Crash

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday. — This morning, near Boyd's Bay bridge, Tweed Heads, whilst endeavouring to avoid a collision with…

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Only One Holiday Road Accident on Richmond

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

LISMORE, Tuesday: Except for a collision between a car and an ambulance vehicle, in which nobody was injured, the Richmond…

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Eight Injured in Bus Crash Hungry Italians Wait

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Eight people were injured when a crowded double-decker bus crashed into a shop awning in Parramatta Road…

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16 Die in Road Accidents Since Xmas Eve

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Since Christmas Eve the holiday accident toll has reached 101, of which 21 were fatal. Sixteen of these died…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into Drowning at Lennox Head

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 4

EALLINA, Friday.—A finding that Henry Samuel Beits retired farmer, of Lennox Head was accidentally drowned while bathing in…

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Girl Injured by Boy Diver

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—When a boy dived into the river from a springboard at the "Big Hole" swimming pool he struck Marie…

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Little Boy Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

A four-year-old boy was fatally injured when he collided with a truck at Bilinga on Saturday afternoon…

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Injured in Fall From Bicycle

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

Falling off a bicycle on Saturday, Miss Heather Burgess, 23, of 16 Lockett Street, Lismore, sustained lacerated and incised…

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Many Injured in Tram Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Trams were held up for half a mile in Sydney tonight when a collision occurred at the intersection of Cleveland…

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C'gatta Mayor's Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

The Mayor of Coolangatta (Ald S. W. Winders) yesterday had a fortunate escape from serious injury when he fell a distance of…

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Mullumbimby Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

While playing at Main Arm, Julie McClymont (6), daughter of Mr and Mrs B. McClymont, of Railway Street, Mullumbimby,…

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Surfers' Paradise Drowning

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Thomas McKeering (20), of Flinders Parade, Sandgate, was drowned while…

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Young Boy Drowned

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: A five-years-old boy was drowned this afternoon when he fell from a [?] into 20ft of water in the…

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Injured In Fall From Bicycle

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 4

When a piece of wire caught round the hub of his bicycle, Mr. A. Merritt was thrown heavily to the ground. He sustained severe…

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Indians Die in River Accident

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Sunday: It is reported that 160 pilgrims were killed and over 200 injured when a temporary jetty constructed on…

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Man's Nose Broken in Bridge Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Joseph Watkins, 39, a farmer, of Tomki, received a compound fracture of his nose when the horse he was riding…

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24 Injured in Smash

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Twenty-four people were injured, two seriously, when a Crow's Nest bound tram crashed into the rear of a Lane…

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Killed Herself After Friend Was Drowned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: After an airman friend had been drowned in her presence in the Yarra River on Sunday, Shirley…

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