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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured In Collision

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 4

BYRON BAY, Sunday.—Norman Herbert Roberts, 21, of Brisbane, was fatally injured when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a…

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Accident Toll: 5 Drown [?] Road S[?]

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Fi[?] and six persons were killed [?] accidents in N.S.W. during [?] A young man is in the…

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No Major Accidents But Ambulance Has Busy Week-End

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

The Kyogle Ambulance Service had a rather busy week-end, but did not have to treat any major accidents…

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Limbs of Tree Plough Through Upper Deck of Bus; 4 Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Four people were injured—one seriously—when a crowded double-decker bus struck the overhanging branches of a tree at The Spit early today. The bus was passing a tram on a narrow section of roadway when the…

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Fatally Injured in Plane Crash

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. — The pilot of a Tiger Moth bi-plane was fatally injured, when the aircraft crashed through high tension wires…

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SLSA Inquiry Into Drowning

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An official inquiry will be made into the drowning of 17-year-old lifesaver, Mervyn Fletcher, at Dee Why surf carnival, yesterday. The inquiry will be held on Wednesday by the N.S.W. Surf Life…

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2 Bodies Found Several Hours After Accident

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A man going for milk discovered the bodies of a father and son, which had been hidden in long grass for several…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Monday. — Lacerated wounds were sustained by a Casino cyclist following a collision with a car at the Intersection of Centre…

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Injured Motor Cyclist Dies

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 5

A Mullumbimby motor cyclist who was injured in a collision with a motor lorry at Laverty's Gap, near Mullumbimby, died in St…

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Injured Youth Flown to Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—A critically injured Coffs Harbour youth, John Keogh, 19, was rushed to a Sydney hospital by plane today…

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Husband, Wife Die From Injuries in Cycle Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A young Married couple who were injured in a motor cycle accident on Saturday, died today within two hours of…

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Migrant Drowned

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

MAITLAND, Friday.—Unnoticed by a crowd of about 200, a 16year-old migrant was drowned at Maitland swimming baths today…

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Fine Was Sequel to Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

For failing to give way to a vehicle on his right, Thomas Winterbon, 19, of 50 Aurora Street, Lismore, was fined £3 plus…

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Back Injured by Heavy Screen

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 4

An injury to the back was sustained by Melville Kent, of 6 Ellem Street, Lismore, a shop fitter employed by Robb and Brown, when a…

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Rescuing Injured

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Scene on board the Tarakan after the explosion. Under the gangway a man can be seen spraying water from a hose on…

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Boy Injured While Playing

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Ken Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hart, of Chauvel Street, met with an accident while playing on Wednesday morning…

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Bait Injured When Emery Wheel Disintegrates

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

A Balt, employed at a Kyogle joinery works, was lucky to escape more serious injury when an emery wheel disintegrated on Tuesday…

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Accident With Band Saw

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Michael Casey, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey, of Wiangaree, was treated by Kyogle Ambulance officers yesterday for a lacerated…

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Youth Drowned in Boat Capsize

Northern Star · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 4

PORT MACQUARIE, Sunday. — Malcolm Lindburn, herd tester, of Hamilton, New Zealand, was drowned on his 19th birthday,…

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Injured Sleeper Cutter Aided By Human Crutch

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

A sleeper cutter injured in the Unumgar State Forest yesterday morning limped one and a half miles using his brother as a crutch…

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