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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Railway Worker Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—A railway worker was injured at Clearfield today when a telephone pole on which he was working fell on him…

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Hand Injured in Pulley

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—When he caught his hand in a pulley at his place of employment today, Clive Williams, 32, labourer, of Grey's…

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Injured Man Found On Road

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Michael Nolan, 50, farmer, of Tatham, was found lying on the Lismore Road at Irvington following a fall from…

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Fatal Accident at Casino

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

Wreckage of the timber truck in which William Black, 62, of Casino, was killed on Tuesday night. The accident occurred on the Tenterfield Road about nine miles from Casino…

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Accidents, Snakebite at Southport

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

Francis Brady, 50, married, timber cutter, of Southport, and employed by Mr T. Piglish, of High Street, Southport, suffered…

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Three Children Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

Patricia Huggins, 13, of Palm Vale Road, Murwillumbah, was admitted to Tweed District Hospital yesterday evening…

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Injured Driver Watches Repair Work

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 9

Jim Williamson, who broke his arm in a crash at the last Lismore speedway meeting, watches as Gordon Mason, the second driver involved in the crash does repair work o[?] [?] car yesterday. Steve Kowman, from Victoria, will drive…

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Bad News Has Bearing on Motor Accidents?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 6

Opinions expressed by a panel of road safety experts that bad news featured in newspapers helps create a depressed mental attitude to life which adversely affects road behavior has the…

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Cycle Accident Injuries

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 8

Wallace Flwyn Clark of [?] Alexandra Parade, North [?] was admitted to Ballina District Hospital suffering from shock,…

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Train Delayed When Fireman Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: A Lithgow bound train was delayed for minutes tonight when the fireman was struck on the beau as…

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Courtesy Helps Prevent Road Accidents

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

You wouldn't rely on another man to tip your hat when you meet a lady. Neither can you build your reputation as a…

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Pilots Survive Air Collision

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday: Two Australian lighter pilots had remarkable, escapes today when their Mustangs collided at 3000…

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Aust. Pilots in Collision

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

TOKIO, Thursday (AAP-Reuter). —Two Australian fighter pilots miraculously escaped death today when their Mustangs collided at…

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Baby Girl Drowned In Lagoon

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: An hysterical mother plunged into a deep lagoon at Manly today to find the body of her drowned…

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Injured Head in Fall

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—When she fell down the steps and struck her head on a stand her home today, Lauria Thorn, of awrence…

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Freak Railway Collision

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 6

ROME, Friday: An Italian freight train making its way from Pontebba to Tarvisio broke in two hear Udine…

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Truck, Car in Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 4

Three people escaped injury when a utility truck and a sedan car collided practically head on in Bridge Street, North Lismore,…

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Near Collision on Condong Road

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

A Kingscliff bus carrying 35 passengers narrowly averted colliding with a car on Condong Road, near the Cudgen turnoff,…

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Cyclist & Pillion Rider Injured

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.-—A motor cyclist was serio[?] injured and his 16year-old girl friend was also injured wher the motor cycle the[?]…

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Coroner Finds Death Accidental

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 2

At an inquest yesterday into the death of Andrew Alexander Dickson, the coroner, Mr R. W. Baird, found that death was caused from the effects of injuries accidentally received on February 8,…

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