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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Five Injured Harbor Bridge Smash Two Cars Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 5

Although two cars were wrecked in a collision in the middle of the Harbor Bridge to-night, both finishing up on their sides, after turning over…

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Brakes Fail Glen Innes Motor Smashes Passenger's Arm Injured. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 5

Brake failures caused two accidents to-day. Though the vehicles concerned were extensively damaged, no one was seriously hurt…

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Car Accidents Compulsory Notification?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 4

Whether the notification of accidents should be made compulsory is a question to be considered at the road conference, which is being convened…

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A Painful Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 4

As Mr. W. H. Muldoon was galloping after an animal at Taree Estate on Saturday last his throat came in contact with a clothes line which he had not…

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Cricketer Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 4

Whilst batting in the cricket final at Ballina on Saturday Keith Armitage, of the Wardell team, played a ball which flew from the shoulder of the bat and…

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Boy Fatally Injured Stepped In Front Of Car Death in Lismore Hospital. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 4

Robert John McPherson (6), son of Mr. R. B. McPherson, South Gundurimba. received fatal injuries when he was struck by a motor car while…

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Six Drowned in U.S.A. FLOODS Thousands Leave Homes Johnstown's Plight New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 5

Sudden floods, following heavy downpours, swept across sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia to-day, causing thousands…

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Foot Injured Accident To SleeperCutter Four Toes Almost Severed. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

An accident occurred at Ulong on Monday last, resulting in a serious injury to Mr. Joe Lovell's foot. Mr. Lovell, who is a sleeper-cutter,…

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Tragic Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

Master Lloyd Walter Betts, aged 18 and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Betts, of Ebor and Armidale, was killed instantly at Armidale on…

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Local and General Accident to Shire Car

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

A letter was received at the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday from the insurance company with whom the shire car is insured, asking for more…

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Accidental Injuries Death Of Mrs. Annie Smith Car and Lorry in Collision Magisterial Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 3

That the cause of death was hyperstatic pneumonia supervening on injuries accidentally received through the motor car which the deceased was…

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Wife Killed Going To See Injured Husband Son Injured. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

Mrs. Charlotte Levina Morrison, about 55, of Eastgrove, was killed, and her son, Frank Morrison, of Auburn, received concussion, when a petrol…

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Road Fatalities Four Deaths On Saturday Six Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

Four persons died from injuries they received in road accidents to-day, and six were injured in city and suburban smashes…

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Cars in Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 4

Travelling in opposite directions, two cars collided on the South Arm road without injury to the occupants of either vehicle, reports our Maclean…

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Woman Rider' Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 3

The running of the Flying Handicap at the Armidale show was marred by an accident to Mrs. R. Reid, rider of Burrowa Miss, in the second heat. The…

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Mr. R. C. Bray Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. R. C. Bray is confined to his bed as the result of a fall from a motor bike last Saturday night. After closing his store on Saturday night…

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High Winds Beaches Buffeted Damage At Tweed Heads Tourists Injured at Kirra Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 5

Cyclonic conditions, with a 55 miles an hour wind, have prevailed here and also on the South Coast beaches of Queensland since…

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Injured by Fall

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Master Thomas Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Manning, of Sutton street, Grafton, received a lacerated wound over the right eye, when he fell and…

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Claim for £600 Casino Car Collision Hospital Secretary's Suit Supreme Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 7

At the Circuit sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan) and a jury, Ernest Clarence Rayner,…

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County Council Street Lighting Agreements South Grafton Council Protest Protection Against Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 3

The March meeting of the Clarence River County Council was held at the County Council offices, Prince street, Grafton, yesterday morning. There…

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