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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Cars Collide Accident on Yamba Road. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 3

A collision between cars driven by Mr. M. Green, of Maclean, and Mr. A. O. Englert, of James' Creek, occurred this morning, both cars suffering…

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Sudden Fatalities City Coroner's Record Many Due to Road Accidents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

A record number of inquests and inquiries conducted by the City Coroner. Mr. Oram, during the year ended tonight. The number of sudden…

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Small Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

A small boy, Victor Reynolds, aged about three years, was brought to the Grafton District Ambulance Station yesterday afternoon by his mother,…

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On Woolgoolga Road Car Overturns Several Times Mother and Son Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

While driving along Woolgoolga road towards Grafton at about 5.15 yesterday afternoon William Kennedy, aged 26, a resident of Edgar street,…

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Hundreds of Rescues Surfer Drowned in Tuggerah District Life Savers Kept Busy Epic Swim at Curl Curl Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

Swept out in heavy seas while surfing at Shelley Beach, near Boat Harbor, in the Tuggerah district today, Max Lang, 55, postmaster of the…

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Steamer Capsizes 11 DROWNED, 16 Missing. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Eleven were drowned and 16 are missing, including many holidaymakers, when the steamer Midori Maru capsized during a snowstorm on…

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Struck by Windlass Seaman's Leg Injured. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

James Lyons (23), a member of the crew of the motor vessel, Panuco (Captain Beasley), was brought ashore at Coff's Harbor to-day suffering from…

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Three Drowned In Metropolitan Area Two Boys and a Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Three drownings occurred in the metropolitan area- to-day. The victims were Alfred Thomas Clifford, 12, Erskineville; Richard Roberts, 15, of…

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Explosion Three Boys Injured Ship's Rocket Fired Incident at Balmain Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Three boys were injured, two of them seriously, when a ship's rocket exploded at Balmain to-day. The injured were:-…

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Three Accidents To Cane Harvesters Cutting Season at Palmer's Island. Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

Cane harvesting operations were continued again after Boxing Day, but the weather conditions are rather hot for this kind of toil. The season is…

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Boy on Bicycle Collision with Motor Lorry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Richard Everingham, aged 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Everingham, of North street, Grafton, was riding a bicycle in Pound street, Grafton…

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The Iceberg Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

A Transatlantic liner, with a record passenger list, strikes an iceberg, and the people on board illustrate their characters by their behaviour in their…

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Local and General Maclean Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Near the intersection of the state highway and a Maclean side street on Wednesday, a collision occurred between a utility truck owned by Mr. K…

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A Nasty Smash Coffs Residents Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Davis, Coffs Harbour, had his left kneecap severely fractured in a car collision near Inverell on the Sunday after…

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Driver Injured Truck Overturns

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

Searl Colin Haynes (20), a lorry driver employed by Penneys, Grafton, was injured in a motor accident near Roberts Creek on Thursday night. His…

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Woman Injured Car Runs Into Bank Baby Hurled Through Air

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

Although her 14 months old child escaped injury, after being hurled through the air, Mrs. George Brooks, of Clearfield, received a large…

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Motorist Injured Murwillumbah Accident. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

When knocked down by a car which he had attempted to crank while it was in gear, William Adams, of Myrtle street, Murwillumbah, suffered a…

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Gored by Cow Farmer Seriously Injured. Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. Ambrose Shaw, a farmer, temporarily resident at Coolangatta, was gored by a Jersey cow while he was inspecting his farm at Pinklands. He…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning Father Rescues Son Has to Be Brought to Safety. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

There was a narrow escape from drowning near the traffic bridge at Bellingen, when Mr. Les Craggs plunged into the river fully clothed,…

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£2000 Yacht Wrecked by Explosion Fire Completed Destruction Three Occupants Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

One man was seriously injured and two others suffered burns when an explosion occurred on Mr. Harold Arnott's auxiliary yacht. Songari[?]i,…

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