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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Injured Thumb on Band Saw

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 4

While operating a band saw at H. Watson's mattress works at South Lismore yesterday afternoon Roy Ward, aged 16, of 10 Elton…

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Injured in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 2

Raymond John Ellem (51), married, of West Burleigh, who was a passenger in one of two cars which came into collision…

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Injured While Diving

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 4

Striking the bottom when he was diving at Lismore Memorial Baths yesterday afternoon, William Balzer (23), of Woodburn, sustained a…

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Accidents at Urbenville

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

In a state of near collapse due to loss of blood from a severe gash in her left foot, Emily May Hill, 13, of Yandina…

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Riots in Egypt 17 DIE: 229 INJURED

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

CAIRO, Tuesday (AAP).—Riots in Alexandria yesterday caused the deaths of 17 persons, including two British soldiers, who were beaten to death by a mob. The number injured was 299. These figures…

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Fatality in Explosion on Minesweeper

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: One member of the crew was killed and 30 injured, seven of them being on the danger list, after an…

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Two Dead in Carcycle Collision

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

Two young Hindu men were killed instantly in a head-on collision between a motor cycle and a motor car on the Ballina Road about five miles from Lismore on Saturday night. It was the worst accident in the…

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Two Hindus Killed in RoadCollision

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday: Two Hindu men were killed instantly in a head-on collision between a motor cycle and a motor car…

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Man Drowned When Public Tampers with Rescue Lines

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man was drowned and his would-be rescuer exhausted when the public tampered with the rescue lines at…

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Schoolgirl Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

When she fell while playing at Kilgra school Eileen Clapham, 9, of Greenmeadows, fractured her left collarbone. Kvogle District…

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Eight Injured When Wall Collapses

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (AAP). — Eight schoolboys were injured when ninety feet of wall between closures collapsed under pressure from the…

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Injured When Thrown From Horse

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

Mr. Richard Richards, farmer, of Woodburn, sustained an injury to his back when he was thrown from his horse yesterday morning…

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Accidental Drowning at Coraki

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 6

CORAKI, Tuesday. — A verdict that Frank Sinclair Jarrett (38), of Surrey Street, Coraki, was accidentally drowned in the South…

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Drowning at Ballina

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 5

LISMORE, Tuesday: Charles Phillip Tregarthen (63), of Hillside, Hamilton, Brisbane, who with his wife was holidaying at…

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Brisbane Man Drowned at E. Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

BALLINA, Tuesday.—The third drowning at Ballina in three months occurred to-day. The victim was Charles Phillip…

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Accidental Drowning at Ballina

Northern Star · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

BALLINA, Wednesday.—A finding of accidental death through drowning was returned by the Coroner (Mr. H. W. Graham)…

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Killed in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

IPSWICH, Sunday: When his utility and a three-ton RAAF truck collided while he was driving along the Toowoomba road…

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Footballer Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

Fred Flowers, of Murwillumbah, a member of Royals team, had his right collarbone fractured while playing in a trial game of…

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Inquiry Into Double Fatality

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

In stressing the need to observe the rules of the road the Deputy-Coroner (Mr A. V. E. Overall) said the deaths of two young men…

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No Headlights in Double Road Fatality

Northern Star · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 4

In stressing the need to observe the rules of the road, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. A. V. E. Overall) said the deaths of two young men had…

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