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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Sportsman Injured When Car Overturns

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

Well-known Kyogle sporting personality, Mr. D. (Derby) Robertson of Groom Street, Kyogle, suffered a fractured collarbone and slight…

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Fatally Injured by Limb of Tree

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.—Struck on the head by a piece of tree which fell 45 feet, Thomas Burns, 63, of Coramba, died in Coffs Harbour…

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Accident To Mill Hand At Urbenville

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

Robert Webster, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Len Webster, of Beaury Street, Urbenville, and an employee of Urbenville Hardware…

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4,000 Killed Or Injured In Lamington Eruption Mountain Side Blown Away

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

PORT MORESBY, Tuesday.—The Director of District Services in New Guinea (Mr. Ivan Champion) stated today that 4,000 natives had been injured or killed in the Mount Lamington volcanic eruption. Mr. Champion, who is directing ground relief parties in the stricken area,…

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Police Dog Finds Missing Boy Searcher Killed In Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday—Reuben Berrie, aged 2, missing since last Friday, was found alive and well today. He was found by the police dog, Vengeance, which was flown from Sydney yesterday…

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Two Hurt in Accidents

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 4

Anthony Priestly, drover, of Goonellabah, received a probable fracture of the left wrist when he was thrown from a horse yesterday…

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Casino Cyclists in Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—A collision between two cyclists in front of the New England office in Barker Street today resulted in a 15 year…

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Collision to Race In Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Promising Queensland three year old Collision will do his future racing in Sydney…

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Woman Drowned When Woodburn Ferry Capsizes

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

When a terry carrying about 35 cattle across the flooded Richmond River at Woodburn capsized yesterday morning, a woman, who wu a passenger on the ferry, was drowned…

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Man With Injured Arm Evacuated From School

Northern Star · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 6

Lismore police on Saturday evacuated a sick man by boat to seek medical aid. The man, John Peanna, 42, was…

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Injured Pelvis In Fall

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

URBENVILLE. —Tuesday. Injuries to the pelvis were received by Mr. George Brooks when he fell on to a flooring joist in a house he…

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Found Injured Near Saw Bench

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

URBENVILLE, Tuesday.—Employees at the Urbenville Hardware Company's sawmill found Max Nerney lying near the saw bench…

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Hawkesbury River Drowning: Man Charged

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Reginald Sydney Clark, 25,truck driver, of 193 Waterloo Road, East Bankstown, was charged with feloniously…

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Farmer Escapes Drowning; Horse, Cart Swept Away

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.—A Main Arm farmer, Mr. Brian Walker, had a narrow escape from drowning when his horse and cart…

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Mill Employee Found Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

Whilst working on the Canadian saw bench at the sawmil of the Urbenville Hardware Company, employees found Max Nerney lying on…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 8

Because motor cycles are favoured mostly by young fellows who are more apt to take risks than older men, the measure most likely to…

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Suicide Finding In Lismore Drowning

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

A suicide verdict was returned by Lismore Coroner (Mr. H. L. Pelham) yesterday following an inquest into the death of Percy Mervyn Winkler,…

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Level Crossing Fatality Inquest

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—The District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) said today the inquest into the death of Mrs. Iris Joyce Delaforce, who was…

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Inquest on Push Bike Fatality Adjourned

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 5

An inquest into the death of Garfield Baker, who died from injuries received when his push bike was struck by a car on January 19,…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision with Pedestrian

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—A cyclist who collided with a pedestrian in Fig Tree Lane last night was admitted to the Memorial Hospital for…

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