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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Killed in Aircraft Accident. Sgt. Pilot L. Hampstead

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Hampstead, of 10 Sutton street, Grafton, received word on Thursday afternoon last that their son,…

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Thrown From Sulky Accident Near Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 6

PALMER'S ISLAND. Men.—Mrs. R. McLeay and Mrs. Watts, of Yamba road, were fortunate to escape with shock and bruises…

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ACCIDENTAL Death Of Ulmarra Youth Coroner's Verdict

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 2

Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., District Coroner, held an inquiry at Grafton Courthouse yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Accidents Follow Collapse of Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1943 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Fri.—It is now believed that two persons were drowned when the central span of an old bridge crossing the…

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Natural Causes Sawmiller's Death S. Grafton Fatality Coroner's Finding

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 4

Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., District Coroner, held an inquiry at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Wrestling Lurich Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Injured while struggling against an "octopus clamp." Tom Lurich was unable to continue after the fifth round of the wrestling match with…

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FATALITY S. Grafton Railway Yards Junior Porter Killed Duping Shunting Operations

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

When Rex Andrew Cameron, junior porter, attached to the South Grafton railway station, failed to show his hand lamp…

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P.O. Brennan Killed In Air Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.—Pilot-Officer V. P. Brennan, D.F.C., D.F.M., who returned to Australia recently after distinguished service in…

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Child Falls Into Well Narrow Escape From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Thurs.—Colin Noakes, aged four years and [?] months, had a narrow escape from drowning when he fell into a well…

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Negligent Driving Sequel to Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 4

A sequel to a recent collision at the corner of Villiers and Fitzroy streets. Grafton, between a Yamba bus and C. Ryder's taxi-cab, was heard before Mr…

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L.a.c. Max F. Kearns Died Following Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 2

As briefly reported at the time, L.A.C. Max Frederick Kearns died in a military hospital at a northern station on Thursday,…

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Negligent Driving Sequel To Accident Driver Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 4

Before Mr. R. M. Stewart. P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday. Henry Theodore Bruce pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle…

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Injured Man's Ordeal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.—With his skull, pelvis, ribs and arm fractured, Lot Lowcock, 42, lay at the bottom of an old quarry for nine…

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Injured While Playing With Bomb

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.—When a bomb with which be was playing exploded, a five-year-old boy had his leg fractured on Saturday. His…

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Leg Severed Casino Railway Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 2

Anthony Foley, a colored youth, 17 years of age, was discovered lying beside the railway line at Old Casino railway station on…

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ACCIDENTAL South Graf ton Railway Fatality Coroner's Verdict

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1943 · page 4

At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday afternoon, the District Coroner, Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., who conducted an inquiry into the death of…

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Leg Almost Severed: Injured Man Dies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 3

MOSS VALE, Mon.—While forcing his way through the thick undergrowth at Burrawang on Saturday a double barrelled…

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Apprentices Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—two apprentices, T. Stretton and E. Cracknell, were injured this morning when they were involved in a…

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Fisherman Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wed.—The weight of a huge haul of fish he had caught in a net caused a dinghy occupied by David Henry…

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Two Miners Killed In Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—Two miners were killed in accidents at mines to-day. At Broken Hill Clement Pollard…

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