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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Truck and Cycle In Head-on Collision. Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Tues. -- A motor cycle, ridden by Mr. V. Wilkinson, of Woolgoolga, and a utility truck driven by a man…

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Two Killed In Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Following a head-on collision between a motor car and a tram on Bowen Bridge at Lutwyche, last night, a…

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Young Boy Killed When Lorry Overturns Other Persons Injured

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on the Dorrigo-Tyringham Road, about two miles on the Dorrigo side of the Dorrigo turn-off from the main Grafton…

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Tragic Motor Accident 10-Year-old-boy Killed Coroner's Inquest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

Following the tragic motor accident on the Tyringham road, on Sunday afternoon, January 2nd, involving the death of a ten-years-old…

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Child Drowned In Macleay District. Two Others Rescued

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Sun.--The second drowning tragedy within a period of three-weeks occurred in the Macleay district on…

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Accidents Ambulance Cases

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

Robert Reimer, the 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Reimer, of 90 Hoof street, Grafton. suffered scalds on the face, hands…

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Flying Boat Hit Bad Air Pocket: Passengers Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--When a Qantas Empire Airways flying boat en route from Queensland to Sydney flew into a bad air pocket…

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Chinese Seamen Injured In Brawl

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--As a result of a brawl on the Carrington waterfront, seven Chinese seamen --members of the crew of an…

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Two Airmen Killed in Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--Flying Officer Frank Hughes, captain pilot, of Haberfield. is missing, believed killed, and Pilot Officer James…

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Girl Drowned at South-west Rocks

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Sun.--Marie Watson, aged 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Watson, of Smithtown, was drowned at…

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25 Injured When Trams Collide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.-- Twenty-five people were injured by flying glass and treated at hospital when two trams collided outside…

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An Open Verdict Kempsey Fatality

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Tues.--Mr. N. L. Parker. District Coroner, on Saturday at Kempsey Courthouse, concluded a coronial inquiry into the death of Keith William…

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Tahmoor Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Taking, fright while galloping at Randwick this morning, Tahmoor crashed into a fence and injured his near foreleg, resulting in his…

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Gallant Flight to Save Injured Man on Mountain Top

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--In his gallant flight yesterday to rescue Herbert Goldie, an elderly farmer who was injured in the…

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Shell Exploded: Children Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Mon.--Five children from an orphanage were injured, one seriously, and others narrowly escaped when a shell…

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Plane Accident Investigated By Open Court-Martial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.-- The circumstances in which a man lost both his feet and a girl lost her arms, when they were…

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U.S. Professor Injured Ankle

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Ten days ago, while in Perth, Dr. Allan Nevins. Professor of American History at the Columbia University, U.S.A.,…

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Jap Transport Sunk British P.O.W. Reported Drowned

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--The Japanese have supplied a list of British prisoners of war who are said to have lost their lives on November…

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Believed Drowned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Jack Wolfe, 14, of Bondi is believed to have been drowned, at North Bondi this afternoon. He dived into the water, but was engulfed by a…

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Traffic Held Up By Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--When a city-bound tram and a lorry carrying six tons of sand collided at the corner of Forbes and William…

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