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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

885 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 45

Racehorse Killed Jockey Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 6

The racehorse, Warden's 'Wine, was killed and its rider, S. Burgoyne, rendered unconscious this morning during training operations at Flemington. The…

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Jockey Injured Fall at Ipswich Races. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 6

Mural Rose fell in the seventh division at the Ipswich races to-day, and Jockey Annert suffered head injuries. When picked up by the ambulance…

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Straying Cow Caused Accident. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

As the result of injuries sustained when he fell from a motor cycle, Mr. R. C. Bray, of Coff's Harbor, has been confined to his bed for the past few…

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Bonville Accident Mr. E. D. Herdegen Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. E. D. Herdegen, well-known resident of Bonville, met with a very serious accident on Wednesday last and was taken to the District Hospital,…

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Arm Torn Off Collision On Lismore Road Young Man Claims Damages Grafton Supreme Court Action

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

In the Supreme Court at Grafton yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan) and a jury, Edgar James Warne, suing by his next friend,…

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Ebor District News ACCIDENT

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 6

Mr. Jack Harvey, of "Redlands," Ehor, met with a painful nccident last week-end when he cut his leg with an adze. The Bush Nurse attended to…

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Unusual Gun Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 11

Harry Bell, aged 15 years, of Belmore, was accidentally shot last Sunday in unusual circumstances. It is understood that he was carrying a rifle…

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Nine Drowned French Steamer Sunk Thirteen Rescued. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 5

Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree, of 1145 tons, off Caen, in a fog, near the Wash this morning…

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Child Shot Dead Playing At Cowboys Accident at Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 5

Playing a game of cowboys at his home at Waymouth street, city, to-day. Roy Franzon, aged 4 years, picked up a rifle, climbed on a bed and pulled…

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Dorrigo Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 6

When chopping a log of wood on which he was standing, Mr. Albert Eddlestop, of Glenferneigh, slipped and severely gashed the toe of his left foot…

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Little Girl Scalded Painful Accident at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 4

Thelma Wingfield, the 6 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wingfield, of Coldstream street, Ulmarra, received severe scalds on one of her…

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Struck by Log Fatal Mill Accident. Wauchope

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 4

A shocking fatal accident occurred at the Hornsby sawmills, Wauchope, late on Wednesday afternoon. Knox Avery, 35, married, with five children, was…

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Fisherman Drowned Almost Hauled to Safety. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 5

After being pulled to within feet of safety, when he fell down a cliff into the sea while fishing at Bondi this afternoon, George Clark, 49, of Bondi,…

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Into River Two Cars Dive in Fog Six Persons Drowned Hawkesbury Horror Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 5

Trapped in two sedan motor cars, driven over the end of the wharf in dense fog into the Hawkesbury. River shortly after midnight on…

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Four Killed in Climbing Accident. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 5

Four persons were killed and four seriously injured in a climbing accident near Piatigorsk, in the North Caucasus…

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Burning Fatality

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 4

A fatal burning accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Partridge, West View, Port Stephens road, when their son, Ken, aged 2, met his…

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Warning to Japan Harar City in Ruins Was Not Fortified 40 DEAD, 120 Injured Churches and Red Cross Bombed. Addis Ababa

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 5

Harar, the second largest city of Abyssinia, was practically destroyed when thirty-seven Italian bombers engaged in a mass air raid of the…

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Bonville Accident Mr. Herdegen's Condition

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

Friends in various parts of the district of Mr. E. D. Herdegen, of Bonville, will be pleased to learn that the accident he met with last week,…

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Car and Bus Collide One Killed, Four Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 1

Five people were injured, one fatally, when a car crashed into the rear of a motor bus at Parramatta this evening…

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Head on Collision Near Bangalow Young Man Killed Another Seriously Injured Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 4

A man was killed and another critically injured, in a head on collision between a motor car and motor cycle, on the Pacific highway…

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