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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

809 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 41

34 Drowned Caribbean Sea Disaster. Casteries (St. Lucia)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 5

Thirty-four were drowned on Sunday when the excursion launch St. George capsized in the Caribbean Sea, three miles off the shore…

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Girl Dies From Death Adder Bite AFTER 28 Hours Brunswick Heads Fatality Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

Twenty-eight hours after she was bitten on the instep by a death adder, Florence Marriott ,21, died in a private hospital at Mullumbimby…

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COURT-MARTIAL Rear-Admiral Acquitted Hood-renown Collision Movements of Ships Described. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 5

Rear-Admiral S. R. Bailey was to-day acquitted toy a court-martial at Portsmouth on a charge of hazarding the battle cruisers. Hood…

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Tram Smash One Passenger Killed Six Persons Injured Parramatta Road Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 5

The worst tram smash for many years occurred near the University in Parramatta road this morning, one man being killed and six injured,…

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A Remarkable Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

A six-feet crosscut saw, thrown into the air as from a caterpult when a falling tree struck a wire fence against which it was resting, came…

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Twelve Drowned Lifeboat Capsized Smack on the Rocks Casablanca

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

Twelve were drowned when a lifehoat capsized cm the way to rescue a Spanish smack, which had been driven on the rocks in a terrific gale…

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Not Guilty Captain of H.M.A.S. Hood Battleships' Collision. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

The third and last of the courts-martial arising out of the collision between the battleships. Hood and Renown, was concluded at Portsmouth to-day when Captain…

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Fettler Killed Run Down by Goods Train Fatality Near Rappville Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 4

Thomas Bailey, 32, single, a fettler, formerly a cleaner at Enfield locomotive sheds, was killed instantly last night, when struck by a north-bound goods train…

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At Bowser Car Bursts Into Flames Passengers Were Trapped Several Persons Injured. Southport

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 5

Trapped in a blazing car on the Pacific Highway, at Oxenford to-night, three Upper Coomera residents were badly burned before they could…

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Aftermath of Collision

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court at Wauchope last week Steve Papas claimed £50 damages against Donald Bailey arising out of a collision…

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Timber-getter Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 4

Harold Shipman, a timber-getter, of Tallawadja Creek, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday, suffering from an incised wound in the foot,…

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Journalist Drowned Big Game Fishing Expedition Tragedy at Narooma. Narooma

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 5

Tragedy attended big game fishing near Narooma to-day, John Donaldson, a member of the literary staff of the Melbourne "Herald," being drowned…

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Farmer Drowned in Swollen Creek Waiting Wife Witnesses Fatality. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 4

When the horse which he was driving in a cart swerved from the causeway into a swollen creek this morning, Amos Smith, 52, farmer, of Avoca, near Bungalow, was…

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Two Injured Accidents at Rodeo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 4

Two riders who took part in the bullock riding contest at the "Wild Australia" Rodeo and Circus, at Grafton last night, were injured…

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Headlights for Locos. Coroner's Comment Train Fatality Near Rappville Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 1

"In my opinion, reasonably powerful lights should be fitted to all locomotives, to avoid the risk of accident to train crews and to people properly or…

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Truck and Lorry Collision on Pillar Valley Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 4

Mr. T. B. Timms, who recently purchased the sawmill at Pillar Valley from Mr. H. K. Dee, whilst on his way to Pillar Valley, on Wednesday afternoon,…

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Car Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 3

About 4 p.m. last Friday Mr. Lind, traveller for Robt. Ried it Co., Sydney, had a hairbreadth escape from serious injury, reports the Urunga…

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10 KILLED, 20 Injured Explosion at Oil Well. St. George (Utah)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 5

Ten persons wore killed and a score injured while witnessing the shooting in of a new oil well. A heavy charge of nitro-glycerine was dropped into the…

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Axe Slipped Sleepercutter Injured. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 5

While working in the bush at Tanban, 16 miles from Eungali station, Harry Norberry, a sleepercutter, suffered a nasty gash in his left foot when his…

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Fine Spirit Shown By Workmates Young Forester Injured Carried Five Miles on Stretcher

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 4

When Lionel Roache, 23 years of age, of 28 Duke street, Grafton, engaged on unemployment relief work at Gibberagee forests, 40 miles north…

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