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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

559 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 28

Clarence Digger Injured In Road Smash Car and Lorry Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 4

Three 2nd A.I.F. soldiers from the North Coast were injured when the truck in which they were being taken to the Ingleburn camp collided with…

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Road Safety Decline in Accidents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 3

War or no war, the fight to prevent unnecessary loss of life in road accidents must go on, said the Minister for Transport, Col. Bruxner, at a meeting…

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Mother and Child Drowned in Creek

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 8

An inquest was held at Lismore into the death of Mrs. Charlotte May Cudby and her 7 years old son, whose bodies were found floating in…

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Girls Injured Collision at Intersection

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

As a result of a collision between two girls riding bicycles and a motor, lorry at the intersection of Pound and Queen streets, Grafton, last night, Misses…

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Elderly Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

John William Elder (65), of Little Ryan street, South Grafton, suffered a lacerated wound to the top of the head, abrasions to the face and hands and…

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£5000 CLAIM By Lismore Woman injured in accident. LISMORE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

A 52-years-old married woman, Jessie Maud Loadsman, of South Lismore, commenced, an action in fee Supreme Court, Lismore, to-day for…

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£5000 ACTION Woman Injured In Collision Verdict for Defendant. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 4

The claim in the Supreme Court, Lismore, by Jessie Maud Loadsman, married woman, of South Lismore, for £5000 damages for injuries received…

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Schoolboy Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 4

Whilst he was standing on the seat of a bus trying to place his schoolbag on the rack, Allan Richardson Campbell, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. J…

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Injured Whilst Killing Snake

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 4

When he trampled on a black snake whilst cutting yams, Mr. Ernie Want, of Woodford Leigh, cut his leg severely with a knife when he…

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Trooper Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

Trooper E. J. Helliker, of the 15 th Light Horse brigade, has been admitted to Armidale District Hospital in a critical, condition as a result of an…

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Police Sergeant Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

Late yesterday afternoon Sergeant Strownix, of the Grafton police force suffered a dislocated shoulder, abrasions to the right elbow and a…

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Real Accident Causes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 12

The question has often, been asked: What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more than 200 causes of…

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Child Injured in Fall

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4

Isobel Margaret Morris, aged nine years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Morris, of Pillar Valley, sustained a fractured right arm as the result of a…

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Racehorse Injured Last of Chrysolaus Foals

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 2

Mr. C. Hawthorne's five-year-old grey gelding Chrisford was a non-starter at the recent race meetings at Grafton owing to an injury sustained…

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Rugby League Dave Brows Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 1

Dave Brown, Eastern Suburbs Rugby League footballer, broke his collarbone in a trial match at Pratten Park against Western Suburbs yesterday, and it is…

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Three Killed Woman Injured Mosman Night Smash Car and Tram Collide . SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4

Two men and a boy were killed and a woman was injured when a motor car and a tram collided in Mosman last night…

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Two Killed Thrown From Lorry Militiamen in Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4

Two militiamen were killed and another injured when they were thrown out of a Defence Department lorry, which struck a culvert on the Prince's…

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Woodford Leigh Painful Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

Whilst riding her bicycle from school last Thursday evening, Derrice, the 9 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bancroft, met with a painful…

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Finger Severed Accident Near Broome's Head

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

Considerable fortitude was shown yesterday by Charles Clifford Corbett (23), of Lower Coaldale, when he drove his car for over 40 miles along a rough…

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Steel Fragment Penetrates Man's Abdomen Accident in Bush. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

Whilst splitting timber four miles from the main road at Upper Thora to-day, Norrhan Miller was seriously injured when a piece of steel flew off…

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