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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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North Coast News Accident Victim Dies

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

Rupert Owen Logan (21), an invalid pensioner, who was knocked down by a motor car, at Mallanganee, on March 5, died…

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Power Plug in Mouth: Girl Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

Four-year-old Leslie Parker, of 36 Park Street, Lismore, was severely burnt in an unusual manner yesterday. The girl's tongue and one…

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Inquest on Accident Victim

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—The Casino District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) has fixed Friday, March 21, as the date on which he will…

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Man Injured in Fall From Scaffolding

Northern Star · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 4

Richard Crane, plasterer, of 21 Union Street, Lismore, injured both [?]is ankles when he fell from the scaffolding on a building in Hunter…

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Badly Injured in Jeep Capsize

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Ald. Kane, of Newcastle, was badly injured when he was pinned under a jeep near Moonan's Flat, 40 miles from Scone,…

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Ice Drifts Throught Streets in UK Thaw-Floods 2 Drowned, Roads Railways Blocked

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—At least two persons have lost their lives and a great amount of damage has been caused as a result of floods following the great thaw throughout the country. Emergency wartime organisations had to be brought into…

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Former Canadian Seamen's Sec. Feared 'Unavoidable Accident"

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 6

OTTAWA, Sunday: Mr. J. A Sullivan resigned from the presidency of the Canadian Seamen's Union and the Communist Party…

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Unusual Cricket Accident

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: The most unusual accident in the history of cricket on the South Coast occurred in the second grade final…

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Three Dead in Twin Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Three people were killed and six ot[?] injured in twin road accidents last night…

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Thigh Fractured: Week-end Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 4

Mrs. S. McKenzie, of Lismore Heights, Ballina Road, fractured her left thigh on Saturday when she fell in the yard of her home…

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Car, Motor Cycle in Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 4

Alfred Lindsay, mechanic, of 14 Ballina Street, Lismore, was Injured yesterday evening when the motor bike he was riding came into…

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Man Injured by Motor Car

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 4

CORAKI, Monday.—Cecil Klauss, of Coraki, received injuries when he was accidently knocked down by a car in Bridge Street. The car was…

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Raaf Dakota Plane in Crash Landing at Duranbah No One Injured; Slight Damage

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 2

A twin-engined RAAF Dakota transport plane made a crash landing on a boggy flat on Quirk's property at Duranbah, 10 miles from Murwillumbah, at 12.32 p.m. yesterday without causing…

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Cycust Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Alleged to have been struck by a motor car while he was riding a bicycle on the Casino-Kyogle Road last…

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Feet Injured by Nail. Glass

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 4

Two Lismore residents suffered injured feet yesterday by treading on sharp objects. Gilbert King received a punctured wound when he…

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Ballina Man Killed In Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 8

BALLINA, Wednesday.—A verdict of accidental death was made by the Bathurst Coroner when he investigated the circumstances of…

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How Dog Aided Injured Grazier

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday: A dog proved a friend in need to Arthur Barton, a grazier of Norton Hills, Nagoorin…

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Air Rescue of Injured Man From Alps

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Two RAAF aircraft and a private plane co-operated to rescue an injured man from the crown of…

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Mallanganee Fatality Accidental Death Finding At Casino Inquest

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 6

CASINO, Friday. — A verdict of accidental death was given by the District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones), today, following an inquest into the…

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Mystery of Deep Drowned Islands Believed Solved

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 3

SAN FANCISCO (AP): An ageless mystery of the Pacific deeps — how the "drowned islands" between Hawaii and the…

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