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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Son of Bishop of Armidale Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

John Moves, aged 21 years, a son of the Bishop of Armidale, sustained serious injuries through colliding with a post while riding his motor cycle on the…

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Tragic End Returned Soldier Farmer Fatal Accident Near Kempsey. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

Mr. R. J. ("Bob") Haywood, of Mingoletta, between Kempsey and Kundabung, met his death in tragic circumstances yesterday…

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Show Mishaps Bullock Riding Accident. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

While riding a bullock in the show ring to-day, Ted Neaves had his month torn on the horn of the animal, and had to have 10 stitches inserted in the wound…

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Painful Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

Mr. S. Penny met with a painful accident when at Mr. R. J. Davies' property at Linwood, hear Glen Innes, he ran the point of a reaping hook into his…

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Twenty Injured Railway Accident in Ireland London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

A passenger train was derailed and wrecked outside Omagh, in County Tytonc. Twenty passengers were injured. It is alleged that the points were…

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Larwood's Injured Foot. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

The English fast bowler. Larwood. whose fooh was badly bruised during the fifth test match at Sydney, is still suffering pain, and to-day it was found that…

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Railway Accident Goods Train Derailed 15 Trucks Leave Line Between Grafton and Casino

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 4

Fifteen trucks of a goods train proceeding from Sydney to Brisbane were derailed about 21 miles from Grafton, between Lawrence road and…

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Accident at Raleigh Stationmaster Injured. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 4

Mr. J. Byrnes, the Raleigh stationmaster, met with a painful accident at the railway station, as a result of which he was rendered unconscious for upwards…

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Injured Cricketer. Cowper

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 1

Mr. T. Leeson, who was hurt some few weeks ago through a cricket ball hitting him on the shin, is able to get about again, but says his leg is still very…

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The Breakdown Gang Railway Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 4

Yesterday morning while working with the breakdown gang on the scene of the railway smash between Lawrence Road and Gurranang Charles Griffin, a resident of…

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Man Drowned While Bathing Near Newcastle Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 5

While bathing with his sister and brother-in-law, at Nine Mile Beach, Redhead, near Newcastle, this afternoon, Ch[?]es Mordeu, 23, of Redhead, was swept out…

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In Glider Crash Youth Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 5

When operating a new type of glider in the aviation grounds at Port Melbourne, this afternoon, George Hawkins, 19, of Camberwell, crashed from a height…

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Gold by Air Usefulness 0-F Aeroplanes Injured Man Brought From Isolation

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 3

An aeroplane has again demonstrated the value of air transport by carrying gold estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 from Coolon to Rockhampton, when other…

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Motor Truck Skids Crash Into Fence Accident on Lawrence Road

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Havinden, contractor, of 43 Pound street, Grafton, was seriously injured and h'is motor truck considerably damaged when the vehicle skidded on the…

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Boy Drowned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 4

Noel Thomas Curtis, aged seven years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Curtis, of Tiatenbar, was drowned in Lake Ainsworth, near Lennox Head, on Sunday…

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Motor Accidents and the Human Element

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 8

That the majority of accidents were caused by the failure of the human element was the opinion advanced by the retiring president of the R.A.C.Q, (Mr. B…

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A Lonely Sufferer Thrown From a Horse Accident in the Bush

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 4

James Ryan, a middle-aged bush-worker, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries to his chest…

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Tyringham ACCIDENTS

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

Allan, the fifteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ellis, is at present an inmate of the Bush Nurse's Home at Ebor, suffering from burns. The…

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Double Drowning Two Sisters the Victims. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 5

A double drowning tragedy is feared in the Pindi (Mackay) district. Two sisters, Alary Adams, aged 10, and Thelma Adams, 8, left for school, double-banking…

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Trams Collide Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 2

As a result of two trams colliding at Milson's Point station this morning, several persons were injured, including Melbourne Armour, 34, who was admitted to…

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