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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Accidents with Gardening Tools

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Gardening tools played a part in two accidents that occurred in Lismore yesterday morning. Anthony Barnes, of 107 Tamar…

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Accident While Cutting Wood

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

KYOGLE, Sunday.—A wound which necessitated his admission to Kyogle Memorial Hospital was sustained by a Cedar Point boy…

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Little Damage in Collision

Northern Star · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Only slight damage was caused to two vehicles which collided at the intersection of Richmond and Centre Streets today…

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Signalman Averts Rail Collision

Northern Star · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A c[?]naiman at Fassiferr tonight diverted 400 tons of runaway loaded goods trucks from the path of a…

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Boy Injured in Accident

Northern Star · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

KYOGLE, Sunday.—When he collided with a car in Main Street late yesterday afternoon, a sevenyear-old boy was fortunate to…

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Drowned in River

Northern Star · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Sunday— Guiseppe Tomaschio, 12, was drowned in the Ross River today, when he slipped while fishing with a cast net. The…

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Car Hits Bridge, Man Injured

Northern Star · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Robert Hordern. 62, of Kapeen's Creek sawmills, was admitted to Casino Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon…

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Nearly Drowned, Child Recovers

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Nineteen-months-old Peter Gooley, of Centre Street, who was found floating face downward in a fish pond…

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Mother Committed: Drowned Daughter's New Born Baby

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A 60 years old woman was today committed for trial at Mannum, when the Coroner found that she had…

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Kyogle Man In Accident Near Woolgoolga

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

While on his way home to Kyogle on Saturday last, Mr. Les Nebauer, of Coff's Harbour, met with an accident near Woolgoolga…

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Scalding Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

While staying with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Green, Miss Eileen Cummings had the misfortune to have her left fore-arm severely scalded…

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Fine Was Sequel to Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 4

Frank Cross, bookmaker, of Lismore, pleaded guilty at Byron Bay to a charge of not keeping to the left. He was fined £5 and l9/…

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Accidentally Drowned in Flooded Ck

Northern Star · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—An inquest was held today before the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earle) into the deaths by drowning…

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Ambulance and Police Called To Accident When Car Seen To Skid

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

Mr. E. H. Jorgensen, a farmer, of Omagh Road, didn't know whether he was coming or going yesterday. The Kyogle Ambulance and…

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Ankle Injured by Loading Scoop

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 5

KYOGLE, Friday.—When a loading scoop, with which he was working, jammed, Lionel Denning, an employee of the Tenterfield Shire…

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17 Injured by Terrorists

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sunday (AAP-Router).—Seventeen persons were injured when terrorists threw a hand grenade into an amusement park at…

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30 Injured in Earth Shock

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

LIVORNA (Italy), Sunday (AAP).—At least 30 persons were reported injured in a violent earth shock, which spread terror…

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Injured in Motor Cycle Fall

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

Kevin Hutley of Keen Street, Lismore, was brought to Lismore Ambulance Station early on Saturday morning' suffering multiple…

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Shire Employee Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

Lionel Denning, while working on a loading scoop at Old Koreelah, was knocked to the ground. He had to be transported to the Kyogle…

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Cadet Injured by Grenade

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 4

LITHGOW, Monday.—A Lithgow High School eadet dived fully clothed into a flooded creek to extinguish his burning hair and…

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