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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Airman Down Shaken, But Not Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 7

Squadron Leader Hepburn, who yesterday was forced down near Charleville, was located by search, planes this morning…

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Peculiar Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 2

Mr. Ernest ("Bob") Kratz, son of Mr. Geo. Kratz, of Ulmarra, is a patient in Coffs District Hospital. He and his family were travelling to…

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Shooting Accident Bullett in the Stomach. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 5

Mr. C. Ireland, a former postmaster, at Mount Victoria, accidentally shot himself while on a shooting expedition in the Kanimbla Valley. He was cleaning a…

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Crashed Into Stump Motor Accident on Woolgoolga Road. Halfway Creek

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 4

While attempting to pass a motor lorry on the Woolgoolga road, near Halfway Creek, a car driven by Mr. W. Nunan, and containing Mrs. Nunan of Norman…

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Curious Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 7

An American paper gives particulars of what probably is the year's most curious accident involving insects. A farmer in Kansas was shearing a mule…

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Collision Truck and Lorry Collide

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 4

Robert Jackson, fruit merchant, of Skinner street, South Grafton, whilst driving his Whippet utility truck on the Glen Innes used on Saturday morning,…

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Broken Neck Riding Fatality Farmer Thrown From Horse

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 4

On Saturday, Mark Reed Casson, a well-known Coaldale farmer, was thrown heavily from a horse which he was riding near the Coaldale road,…

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Gored by Bull Gloucester Farmer Injured. Gloucester

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 4

While preparing a bull for the local show. Charles Maslen, dairy farmer, was knocked down and gored by the animal. One arm was badly torn, and his stomach…

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Cyclists Injured Run Down by Motor Car. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 4

William Turner 43, sawyer, and Algernon Hughes, 42, railway fettler, both of East Maitland, were critically injured when run down by a motor, car driven by…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 2

John, the three-year-old son of Mr. Stan Cavanagh, of Cascade, fractured his right leg in a very simple manner ; on Sunday. The boy was running…

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Boat Washed Up Two Men Believed Drowned. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

The motor boat in which is S. R. Justice and A. J. Wilson left Beachport on Friday was washed up on the beach in a battered condition a few miles south of…

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Gored by a Cow Rydalmere Farmer Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

John Short, 47, of Rydalmere, was gored by a cow near his residence early this morning, the animal inflicting a wound more than an inch deep on the…

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First Accident on Sydney Harbor Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

Edward Fitzallen, 50, transport inspector of Bankstown, was found lying unconscious beside the railway line at the entrance to the Harbor Bridge to-day,…

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Painful Accident Mr. C. Vost Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

Mr. C. Vost, president of Coffs Chamber of Commerce, was the victim of a simple but very painful accident on Tuesday, afternoon, as a…

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Gored by Bull Grafton Man Injured at Show. Attacked in Stall. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 4

The first serious accident of the show occurred. to-day, the victim being George Simpson, 25, herd tester, of Grafton, who was gored by a bull…

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Infant Injured Unusual Accident. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Cavanagh, of Cascade, was playing near his home on Sunday afternoon when he was seen to jump into the air and collapse…

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In Storm More Than 300 Killed Thousands Injured and Homeless. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 5

Messages from Birmingham (Alabama) state that the death roll as a result of the tornado in southern States now exceeds 300. The sombre work of rescue…

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Accident in Scrub a Painful Experience. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

Mr. Albert Corpse, whilst log cutting in the scrub at Gangara, met with a very painful accident. He was engaged stripping bark off a log when it came back…

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Show Accident Lady Rider Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 2

Miss M. McKinny was seriously injured when her horse fell during a hunting contest at the show yesterday. She was taken to hospital suffering from…

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Woman Killed Motor Cyclist Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 3

Mrs. Dorothy O'Brien, 36, of Punch bowl, received fatal injuries when she was knocked down by a motor cycle last night. She was crossing Canterbury road when a…

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