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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Child Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

A one-year-old boy, Robert Khal, of Huonbrook, suffered injuries to the mouth and head when he fell down the front steps…

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Injured in Fall in Lismore Shop

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 4

Whilst shopping in one of the stores in Lismore yesterday. morning, Mrs. G. M. Connell, of 23 Music Street, Lismore, sustained…

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Collision on Mur-bah Bridge

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Following a collision on the Murwillumbah Bridge on Saturday between a bicycle and a motor truck, Andrew Holmes, the rider…

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Mullumbimby Man Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

A young man is seriously ill in Lismore Base Hospital as a result of a motor cycle accident…

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Injured in Fall at Tabulam

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday. — Early on Saturday morning, Robert Little. 68, a resident of Yulgilbar, fell down some steps at Tabulam and…

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One Killed, Four Injured in Smash

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sunday: A man was killed and four people were injured when a car in which they were travelling and a taxi…

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Tug Sinks After Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — a few minutes after being badly damaged in a collision with the 800-ton freighter Abersea, the 64-year-old tug Emu…

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Foot Injured in Launch Propeller

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday. — When he slipped in attempting to board a motor launch at Brunswick Heads on Sunday, Mr. Dave…

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Kyogle Youth Injured When Cyclists Collide At Brunswick Heads

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 2

A 19-year-old Kyogle youth who broke his leg twice in the same place in 1947-8 was involved in a collision between two…

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True Cause of Road Accidents

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents last year…

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Youth Injured at Brunswick Heads

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

Bertram Irvine, 16, of Woodburn, received abrasions, shock and slight concussion when he fell heavily from his bicycle at…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

Severe lacerations to the back of the head and shock were received by Reginald Keith Brough, of 14 Crown Street, Lismore, last night…

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Jockey Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: Apprentice jockey Kevin Callaghan, 18, single, of Hendra, was injured at Doomben this morning when his…

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Three Injured In Smash At Southport

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

A 36-year-old woman and two young children were injured last night when their car swerved…

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True Gause Of Road Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents last year increased…

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Many Injured in Durban Riots

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 5

DURBAN, Friday (AAP).—Scores of Africans and Indians were injured motor cars and buses were damaged by stones, and shop…

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Cyclist Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday: Nineteen-year-old cyclist, Charles Puckering, of Sharon, about six miles from Bundaberg, received facial…

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Youth Killed in Collision with Cows

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 6

PERTH, Sunday: A youth was killed outright, a cow and three calves were killed, and a utility was wrecked in a smash on…

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Four Injured in South Coast Smash

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Four people were injured when a tourer overturned twice on the Pacific Highway, near Mermaid Beach,…

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Child Injured by Piece of Wood

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 4

A lacerated wound to the right eyebrow was received by a Lismore child yesterday when he was struct by a piece of wood…

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