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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

184 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 10

Bomb Victims Were Accidentally Killed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.—After hearing evidence in camera the Wollongong Coroner found that four soldiers who lost their lives while…

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Killed in Accident After Developing Skip Bombing

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

Somewhere in New Guinea. Sunday.— The co-pilot on skipbombing experiments in the South-West Pacific area, Major…

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Two Airmen Killed In Flying Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Two members of the R.A.A.F. have lost their lives in flying accidents in New South Wales. They are…

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Child Fatally Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—Elwyn Barbara Sutton, 7, of Chatswood, was fatally injured to-day when she was run over by a car at…

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Hiker Injured in Fall

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Badly injured in a fall in Megalong Valley while hiking on Friday. Leslie Coy. 17. of Homebush, was rescued to-day…

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Fall From Horse Corindi Resident Badly Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Tues.—When his mount bolted and fell on the bridge crossing a creek near the Woolgoolga poundyards on…

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Servicemen Drowned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—Eighty-one servicemen were drowned when two barges were overwhelmed in rough seas off the Welsh coast on…

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Soldiers Drowned In Goulburn River

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—The Army Department to-day released the names of the five soldiers who were drowned in the Goulburn…

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50 Injured. Sydney's Worst Tram Smash for Years

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—Police and ambulance officials to-day marvelled that there was not one fatality in Sydney's worst tram…

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Soldiers Injured In Train Smash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.—Four Australian soliers were injured in a train derailment at Fairfield road level crossing at…

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Steeplechase Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. — While riding Trent Bridge in a steeplechase school at Flemington to-day, R. Sweetnam, one of Victoria's leading cross-country…

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Boy Drowned

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 3

Ronald Miskel, aged 5, was playing with toy boats in the river at Bowraville last Saturday week, when he disappeared. Dragging of the river…

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Youth Killed Struck By Ulmarra Bus Fatal Accident at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

Rex George Wright, aged 16 son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wright, of Ulmarra, was killed, it is presumed instantly, when…

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Woolgoolga Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 4

Mr. S. (Paul) Alverson, manager of the produce department of Mr. W. Richards, Dinki-Di Stores, Woolgoolga, was admitted to Coff's Harbor District…

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Fewer Accidents Since Headlamp Masks Removed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—In the first quarter of this year 94 persons were killed and 1086 injured in 1667 road accidents in New South…

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Bruegmah Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—Bruegmah, Spear Patrol and Shel[?]er were involved in a crash at Randwick this morning. Only the first-named was injured, not…

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Sawmill Fatality Accident At South Grafton Well-known Resident Killed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

Mr. George Miller Layton, of Federation street, South Grafton, was killed almost instantly at about 4.30 o'clock yesterday…

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Four Soldiers Drowned In Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Four Australian soldiers were drowned when eight servicemen were washed off a rock on the south coast of New…

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MISSING Believed Drowned Former Grafton Assistant C.P.S.

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

Word was received in Grafton yesterday that Pte. John Moran. of the A.I.F., has been reported missing, believed drowned as a…

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South Grafton Doctor Was On The Centaur Posted Missing, Believed Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 2

It was a profound shock to many people in the Grafton and South Grafton district to learn that Major (Dr.) Gordon Jones…

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