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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Dempsey Injured Another Jockey Out of Saddle Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

While riding a two-year-old horse at Flemington, Frank Dempsey had one of his fingers fractured. Dempsey will be unable to ride for a few weeks…

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Axe Accidents Three in a Week. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 4

Three axe accidents happened to Bellingen residents within the last week. Mr. Frank Donovan was getting timber for the Never Never bridge at…

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Sergeant Injured Car Driver Arrested

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Knocked down by a motor vehicle in one of Wingham's main streets last Saturday night, Sergeant Brown had to be taken to hospital with a broken…

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Struck by Limb Timber Worker Injured Carried by Workmates and Then on Horseback

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

Struck on the head by a falling branch from a pine tree, Richard Moriarty, 34, a timber worker, was carried, in a semi-cpnscious…

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Sawmill Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Simmons, of Macksville, had his nose broken and was severely cut about the face when a chain struck him in the sawmill at Tewinga…

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15 Injured Buildings Wrecked Leaking Gas Explodes Plucky Rescue, From Fie Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 5

Fifteen persons were injured when a terrific explosion occurred in a city residential, at the corner of Kent and Market streets, city,…

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Miner Drowned Native Of Tweed CROSSING N. Johnstone River. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

Robert Bruce (45), who, with his brother had been prospecting in the Berner Creek district, was drowned while crossing the North Johnstone…

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Horrible Accident Averted

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

Lance Mcllveen, a member of the firm of Mcllveen and Littlewood, sawmillers Giddi Giddi Gooray, near Goondiwindi, was sawing timber on Tuesday,…

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Accidents Boy Injured by Air Rifle Slug. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

On Saturday morning last, Master Paul Mulhearn, of Lowanna, was shot in the face with a slug out of an air rifle. He was playing with other boys…

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Road Accidents Dangerous Driving Regulations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

Police do not favor a speed limit as a means of combating road accidents. This statement was made in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the Deputy…

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River Accidents Two Tail-Shafts Broken Mooli and Mulgi Laid Up

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

The s.s. Mooli struck a log in the Clarence River yesterday, near the Broadwater, on her trip from Grafton, and after calling at Chatsworth and…

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Brother and Sister Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

Mounted doublebank on a push bicycle a brother and sister figured in an accident last Sunday morning, when the machine got out of control in Bridge…

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Overturned Launch and Boat Two Drowning Tragedies Youths Two Hours' Swim Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 5

Two drowning tragedies occurred to-day. one at Chinaman's 'Beach, near the entrance, where William Percival Arthur Ross, 47, of Long…

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Tyre Explodes Accident At Palmer's Channel Truck Overturns on Bridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

The occupants of a motor truck narrowly escaped serious injury when the tyre of a truck blew out in the centre of Palmer's Channel…

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Injured While Sleeping

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

Charles Knight, 11, of Lihtgow, had such a pronounced nightmare at his home that he fell out of bed, sustaining a deep cut in the leg. At the…

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Show Accident In Steer Riding Contest

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 3

Ron Nicholls, aged 19, of Glenreagh, was injured in the steer riding contest at Nana Gleta Show on Wednesday and was taken by the ambulance…

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Car Over Bank Tamworth Man Killed Two Others Injured. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

White on the way to Inverell Hospital last night to visit another brother, who was seriously ill, three brothers were involved in a smash when a car…

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Woman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

While riding home early on Friday morning with a number of other young people from an ambulance dance at Rappville, Miss Iris Hobbins (16), a…

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Teacher Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

While adjusting a filter on the school tank at Dobie's Bight, the teacher, Mr. A. E. Campbell, of Casino, fell 12 feet to the ground when the ladder slipped…

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Motorist Fined Dangerous Driving Sequel to Collision on Maclean-harwood Road

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 7

A collision between a cycle and a motor car occurred on the MacleanHarwood road on January 28 last, and George Shannon, the cyclist,…

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