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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Injured Leg

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

Keith Marsh, Cabinet maker, of [?]ttrick Street, Kyogle, on Tuesday [?]flicted a large lacerated wound to is left shin when a piece of glass…

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Man Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday: 'Albert William Parr (61), a member of Nerang Shire Council for many years, was fatally injured when…

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Byron Bay Man Injured Huge Wave Sweeps Jetty

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

BYRON BAY, Thursday.—Edward Lowe, of Childe Street, Byron Bay, suffered a large lacerated wound over the right eye, bruises…

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Rain Factor in Three Accidents

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

Limited vision caused by the driving rain was a factor in three road accidents in Lismore yesterday morning. A Kyogle bus,…

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Boy Drowned in Baths

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Ronald Smith, 9. of Leichhardt, was drowned in Enfield swimming pool to-day. Attempts at artificial respiration by…

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Drowned After Earlier Escape From Death

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 2

IPSWICH, Friday: A man who narrowly escaped death when his car crashed into a post on the Haitslea and…

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Washed From Rocks, Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—John, Joseph Everitt, 10, plasterer, of Lakemba was drowned at the mouth of Lake Illawarra early this…

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Injured, Rode Motor Cycle to Hospital

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Though seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed through the plateglass window of a restaurant in…

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Injured by Tractor

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

Andrew Cameron, 14 years, son of Mrs. J. Cameron, of Dairy Flat, had his left arm and hand Crushed, and sustained a probable fracture of the…

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Farmer Died Accidentally

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—No evidence of foul play is associated with the death of Claude Laidlaw, whose body was found in a tank on…

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Few Accidents on Holiday

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — Although road traffic was very heavy today police of the Public Safety Bureau reported that accidents were…

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Injured Hand on Circular Saw

Northern Star · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. — Cyrus Parkinson, 32, of Diary Street, employed at Pidcock Bros. Pty. Ltd. Sawmill, in Dyraaba Street,…

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Heifer Killed in Collision

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

McKEE'S HILL. Thursday.— A utility truck driven by Mr. Elliott of Casino, came into collision with a heifer owned by Mr. A. Maxwell…

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Chapter of Accidents

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).— Scotland Yard considers an extraordinary chapter of accidents caused Dr. Hubert and Patricia Bailey…

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Man Dies After Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Patrick Francis O'Connell (37.), single, of Brisbane, who was found unconscious on the Sandsate road, near…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Ross Fraser, 21, of 74 First Avenue, Five Dock, was admitted to St. George Hospital this afternoon following an…

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Child Injured In Fall

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

Paul McCann, 3, son of Mr. C. B. McCann, of 54 Ewing Street, Usmore, suffered abrasions to his face, head, right hand and severe snock…

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Ex-p O.w. Killed in Accident

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY. Sunday. — A former prisoner-of-war was killed and another seriously injured on Saturday when a provost corps utility truck…

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Railway Employee Fatally Injured at Wallangarra

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 8

TENTERFIELD, Monday.—Arnold Kevin Fitzgerald, 55, a railway employee, while sheeting a truck at Wallangarra siding on the N.S.W…

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Woman Killed in Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday.—A woman died to-night from injuries, received to-day when a small car and a double decker bus collided at the…

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