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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Drowning at Carr's Creek Coroner's Inquest Held

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

The Deputy Coroner, Mr. F. M. V. Earle, held an inquest yesterday into the death of Edward Patrick Moloney, at Carr's Creek, on Monday…

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Cycle Skidded Rider Injured. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Whilst riding a motor cycle along Woodford Leigh this afternoon Abraham Blanch, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blanch, sustained severe abrasions to…

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16 INJURED Tram And Trucks Collide Driver's Lucky Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

Sixteen persons were injured, none seriously, when a tram collided with the trucks of a goods train in Balmain to-night. The majority of the injured…

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Accident on Bridge Rider Thrown From Horse. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Kenneth Armstrong, an employee of Messrs. May and Armstrong, butchers at Maclean, was riding his horse across McFarlane bridge, to-day, when the…

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Yamba Escape From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

Going in for a surf at sundown, when the beach was deserted, Mr. C. Everingham and his son, of Palmer's Island, had a narrow escape from drowning…

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BANKRUPTCY Fatal Car Accident Application for Release. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 5

Leslie Joseph Farrell, bookmaker's clerk, who admitted liabilities totalling £875 arising from a fatal motor accident in October, 1936, applied to Mr. Justice…

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Piece of Skull Found Echo of Yamba Drowning

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

A section of a youth's skull was picked up last week on the beach at Angourie by a young girl, who thought it was a shell…

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Chinese Drowned in Gwydir River. Moree

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Jue Hock Lum, 54, Chinese market gardener was found drowned in the Gwydir River near Pallamallawa. He had informed some of his countrymen…

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Drowned at Wagga. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

While bathing in the Murrumbidgee River to-day Reginald Manning, 19, got into difficulties, and was drowned…

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Mother and Son Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

When a car struck a tree, on the Toryburn road, Mrs; Mina Maclean, of Armidale, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and other injuries. Her son…

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Struck by Pole a Dorrigo Fatality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Andrews, Dorrigo District Coroner, held an inquest at Dorrigo concerning the death of Jack Harold Edwards, aged 18, which happened as…

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Two Drowned Gale Overturns Skiff Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 5

Roy McKenzie and H. L. Reddell were drowned in Lyttleton harbor when a small sailing skiff overturned, after being swamped during a gale…

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Radio Artists Injured in Car Smash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 5

Four well known radio artists were injured at Annandale to-night when their car, in avoiding a girl cyclist, crashed into a telegraph pole. They…

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Killed by Pole Accident To Road Worker Inquest at Dorrigo. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

On Friday, the District Coroner (Mr. E. J. Andrew, J.P.) conducted an inquest on the death of Jack Harold Edwards. as the result of ah accident at…

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Fell Off Bridge Young Man Drowned Tragedy on the Macleay Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

At a late hour on Monday night, Terence Scott, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, of Upper Belmore River, Lower Macleay, was drowned. Scott…

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In England Mysterious Explosions Near Power Stations Irish Republicans Blamed One Killed, Two Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

A number of mysterious explosions throughout England resulted in police patrols throughout the night guarding vulnerable points in the…

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Shot by "Toy" Pistol Holiday Accident At Mayfield Verdict at Inquest

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

While examining an automatic pistol, the presence of which in the house was unknown except as a "toy," at his home, on the afternoon of December 31…

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Beach Tragedy Double Drowning At Evans Head Inquest at Coraki. Coraki

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

A graphic description was given at the Coraki courthouse to-day of the efforts to save Aubrey Kenneth Biddle and Phyllis Marjorie Biddle…

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Injured Eye Sabatino Still in Bed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Atilio Sabatino is still suffering from the effects of the injury to his eye which he sustained in his fight with Ossie Stewart at the Stadium on…

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Accidental Suffocation Infant's Death

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 6

On Saturday last Mr. N. L. Barker, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry at Kempsey into the circumstances surrounding the death of William John…

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