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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Footballer Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Playing with the Diggers' Football Club against All Blacks at Carrington Park yesterday, Athol C. Beck fractured…

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Boy Injured at B'wick Heads

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 2

When knocked down by a car at Brunswick Heads on Saturday afternoon," Kenneth Magnay, son of Mr and Mrs N. Magnay, 26…

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Footballers Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 9

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—In a football match at Wiangaree two Wiangaree players were injured. They are Gordon Kemp, who tore the…

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Two Injured Police Searching for Truck Driver

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—Coolangatta police are searching for the driver of a utility truck which knocked down and seriously…

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Two Injured By Hit And Run Driver

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

Coolangatta police are searching for the driver of a utility truck which failed to stop after knocking down and seriously…

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Boy Believed Drowned at Brunswick

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 2

Trevor John Rodgers (9), was washed over the bar in a rowing boat at Brunswick Heads yesterday morning and is…

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Nine Drowned in U.s. Floods

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday: At least nine were drowned and four are missing, while thousands were rendered homeless…

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Pupils Injured when Test Tube Explodes

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 2

Three pupils received injuries necessitating medical treatment and four others minor injuries when a test…

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Students Injured When Test Tube Burst

Northern Star · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.—Three third year pupils received injuries necessitating medical…

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Boy Drowned at Brunswick Boat Washed Out Over Bar

Northern Star · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.—When the boat in which he was rowing at Brunswick Heads this morning was washed out over the…

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No Trace of Drowning Victim

Northern Star · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday. —Although a search was continued at Brunswick Heads to-day no trace was found of Trevor John Rogers…

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Motorists' Statements After Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to refrain from giving signed statements to the police regarding accidents in which they are involved until…

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Search Continued For Drowning Victim

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 5

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday. —Searching the beach at Brunswick Heads for the body of Trevor Rodgers, who was drowned on…

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Cane Worker Injured at East Wardell

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 4

BALLINA. Friday.—Oswald Wilmot Rippon, of East Wardell. had a miraculous escape from more serious injury at 3 p.m. to-day…

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Const. Accidentally Wounded

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — Constable Frank Henry, of the Redfern Vice Squad, was accidentally shot in the thigh tonight while cleaning a…

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Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday. — Simon Scroope, 9, of Barker Street, fell in a bicycle road race yesterday and sustained a lacerated wound to his…

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Man Hurt in Car Collision

Northern Star · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 4

In a collision between two cars on the corner of Hindmarsh and Leycester Streets about 7 o'clock on Saturday night, Walter…

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Lismore Driver Fined After Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 3

After a hearing which extended over five hours at Tweed Heads Court on Friday. Mr V. Johnston, PM, convicted Norman Allan Hennessy, of Lismore, on a charge of having driven a motor vehicle on the Pacific…

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Fatal Accidents in Melbourne Rain

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A week-end of driving rain was one of the worst for traffic accidents in Melbourne for many years…

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Cyclist Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 7

CASINO, Sunday. -- Simon Scroope, 9, of Barker Street, fell in a bicycle road race yesterday and sustained a lacerated wound to his…

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