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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Fractured Leg Accident to Horse Rider. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 4

Lance Kerr, aged 16, a son of Mr. William Keir, of Coff's Harbor Jetty, was riding a horse up a ramp opposite E. W. Smith, Proprietary, Ltd., in Edinburgh…

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Car Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 5

When two cars collided at Lane Cove last night Herbert Puddicombe (50), of Greenwich, hurt an artery in his neck and another passenger, Dr. Morgan, of…

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Four Injured in Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

A utility truck collided with a motor ear driven by Mr. T. G. Lovett, about two miles from Ballina on Friday night, and several persons were injured. A…

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Ashby Fatality Shooting Accident Magisterial Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

A Magisterial inquiry was conducted by Mr. J. A. Letts, J.P.; on Monday last, into the circumstances surrounding, the death of Valerie. Pauline Beckman…

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Lad Injured Arm Cut by Circular Saw. Lower Southgate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 4

Finley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Green, met with a nasty accident last Saturday, when his foreram, near the elbow, fame in contact with a circular…

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Collision Liberates Bees

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

As the result of a collision near Port Pirie on Saturday, between a car and a motor lorry on which 30 hives of bees were being carried, thousands of bees…

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Nine Persons Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

Nine persons were involved in an accident on the Pacific Highway, on Currumbin Hill, on Saturday night last when a Ford truck in which they were…

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Struck by Propeller When Passing Under Monoplane Barrister Fatally Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

One of Queensland's best known barristers, Robert Emmet O'Connor, of Brisbane, lost his life at Willsonton, a few miles from Toowoomba…

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Circular Saw Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

Describing the accident reported in yesterday's "Daily Examiner," in which Finley Green, 13 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Green, of Southgate…

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Local and General Mill Hand Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 4

Ivan Allen, a young man employed at Fraser's mill, Grafton, sustained an incised wound to the back of his right hand when a heavy piece of timber…

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Mouse Nearly Causes Fatality

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

A mouse caused a Liverpool storekeeper and his wife to become overpowered by gas fumes at their home. Their son arrived home late, and smelling…

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Killed in Collision Prominent Union Official. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 5

When returning to the city on a motor cycle after inspecting work at the new Epworth Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Lee Huray, president of the Building…

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Live Wire Placed On Fence Owner Committed for Trial Youth Injured. Wyong

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

The owner of a small farm near Wyong, Thomas George Lister, 57, an electrician, was before Wyong Court to-day on a charge of having…

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Road Dangers "Accident Prone" People "Danger to Themselves and Others." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 5

The Medical Research Council, in a report to the Ministry of Transport on motor accidents, states that a definite proportion of road users are "accident…

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Cars Collide Accident in Skinny Street

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 4

Marsh's Grafton-Yamba service car, while proceeding down Skinner street. South Grafton, towards the river, about 11.40 a.m. on Saturday collided with a…

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Sensational Accident Car Turns Over Teacher and Children Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 3

The teacher of Valla Mines School and eight children who were with him had miraculous escapes when a motor car turned…

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Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 2

The big steamer Neion had just berthed alongside the jetty last Sunday morning aud Mr. Don. Cameron, a well-known local man, was going…

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Skinner Street Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 4

The service car involved in the minor collision in Skinner street, South Grafton, on Saturday morning was not Marsh's car, as stated in yesterday's issue…

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Serious Injuries Accident at Coff's Harbor Crushed by Rope Against Truck. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 4

Cecil Mills was admitted to the Coff's Harbor District Hospital in a serious condition with injuries to his abdomen, while Donald Cameron…

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Injured Side Old Lady's Fall

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

Mrs. Hannah Levey, of Ulmarra, who is 66 years of age, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from an…

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