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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Southport Surf Drowning

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday: An 18-years-old youth was drowned in the surf 40yds. from the shore on Main…

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Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4

Cycling in Casino Street on Saturday, Allan Scott, 14, of Crown Street, South Lismore, suffered abrasions to both hands, elbows,…

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Two Men Injured While Working

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4

Lismore District Ambulance officers attended two accident cases on Saturday morning, involving men at their work…

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Accident Inspection Led to Smash

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday: Desmond Plunkett (43) motored to a Morphetville tram crossing today to show, according to a police…

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City Lad Injured On Kyogle Farm

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 1

Eleven-year-old Graham Hill of Sydney, received a lacerated wound to his left leg on Friday afternoon. Hill, who is a son of Mrs. P. Hill…

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Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

Ronald Lane, 34, of Bexhill, suffered abrasions to his left knee, hand and shoulder when he fell from a bicycle at Eltham yesterday…

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Train Smash; Injured People Freeze

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

MONTREAL, Thursday: Nine were killed and 56 injured, four seriously, when a Canadian National Railways express smashed…

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Two Big Waves Sink Coral Ship; One Man Drowned

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Except one man, who was drowned, the crew of the coral ship, Grazier, clung for four hours to the sides of their partly submerged vessel after she was…

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Car, With Injured Girl. In Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.--Suspected of having been bitten by a snake, Elaine Gibbons, The Pocket, was being conveyed to Mullumbimby…

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Foot Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

William McNellee, of Byangum an employee of Messrs E. D. Bryant and Son, sawmillers, sustained a large incised wound to…

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Two Dead in Rail Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 5

ATHERTON, Friday. -- Prompt action by a railway guard prevented a train smash following a collision this morning between a locomotive…

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Car With Patient in Collision

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

Suspected of having been bitten by a snake, Elaine Gibbons, of The Pocket, was being conveyed towards Mullumbimby to…

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Scores Injured in Wild Rioting

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

KINGSTON (Jamaica), Friday (AAP).-- Scores were injured last night in a wild riot between followers of Labour leader, W. A…

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One Killed, Six Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

MACKAY, Sunday: Oswaldo Fittioni, of Netherdale, was killed, and three women and three children injured when a motor…

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Woman Badly Injured In Fall New Process Makes Buffer Oil Pelaco Factory for Sandgate

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

Mrs Florence O'Keefe, wife of Mr H. J. O'Keefe, of Commercial Road, Murwillumbah, slipped and fell at her home BRISBANE, Sunday: Australia's export butter production could be revolutionised by a process evolved by a New York BRISBANE, Sunday: Pelaco Ltd., manufacturers of shirts, collars and pyjamas, are extending operations to Queensland. The factory will be at Sandgate…

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One Killed and Two Injured; Fell 80 Feet

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

KINGAROY, Monday: One man as killed and two others were critically injured today when they fell…

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Police Sgt. Injured in Road Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

Riding to his home in Casino Street, South Lismore, early yesterday afternoon, Sergeant W. J. Good, of Lismore Police, sustained slight…

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150 Drowned in Ship Capsize

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3

SANTIAGO, Chile, Wednesday: The Minister for the Interior estimated that 150 were drowned when the steamship Cautin…

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Two Boys Drowned

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two small boys were drowned in Wollundry Lagoon, Wogga, today. The boys, Maurice Hastie (6)…

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Two Injured in Horse Accidents

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

Two persons were injured in accidents involving horses yesterday. A 12-year-old boy was admitted to Lismore Base Hospital after being…

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