Road Accidents. Figures Lowest For Many Years
SYDNEY, Tues.--There were 6789 road accidents in New South Wales, causing the deaths of 383 persons, and injuries to 4591…
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Accidents, 1944
171 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 9
Clarence River Tragedy Coroner Records Finding of Accidental Drowning Senior Scouts' Rescue Work Commended
At the conclusion of the Coronial Inquiry at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday morning into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of thirteen Wolf Cubs in the Clarence River on December 11, 1943, the District Coroner, Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orara Tragedy Accidental Death Coroner's Verdict
The Coff's Harbor District Coroner, Mr. J. E. Emery, J.P., who held an inquest at the Coff's Harbor Courthouse last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man and Wife Lose Lives In Motor Collision Near Maclean
A man and his wife lost their lives yesterday and four other persons were injured, two of them seriously in one of the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--David Jones, 12, of Liverpool, was found lying in 16 feet of water at Granville baths to-day. After six attempts…
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Alan Clarence Payne, aged 5 of Pound street Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the right foot when he fell from the tower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Level Crossing Accident
SYDNEY, Wed.--Another level crossing accident occurred to-day when a motor lorry was struck by the Carlingford-Clyde train at…
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Gary Cummins (8), son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Cummins, of Ryan street, South Grafton, suffered injuries to the head when he fell off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident Sequel Claim for Services Rendered Verdict for Full Amount
At the Dorrigo Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., a claim was heard for services rendered, Hollingworth Bros. v…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Families En Route to Australia Drowned at Sea
CANBERRA, Fri.—The Minister for Repatriation, Mr Frost, revealed in the House of Representatives to-day that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C.c.c. Employee Missing After Accident
MELBOURNE, Fri.—After returning to the city in a taxi following a road accident at Bulla last Friday George Henry…
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The third death as a result of the car and bus accident at the Broome's Head turn off, near Maclean on February 7,…
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ADELAIDE, Mon.—When a 12ft. boat overturned in a high wind yesterday Joseph Edgar Gaston (47) and his son, Graham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Former Boxer Injured
MELBOURNE, Tues.—Jack Carroll, former Australian boxing champion, had a bone in his foot broken to-day when a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Claim In Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Tues.—Ferdinand James Kennett, 35, of Footscray, stated in the Criminal Court to-day that he had swung…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hernani Farmer at Court Sequel to Collision with Mail Car
The sequel to a collision between 3 service car owned by Barniers, of Grafton, and a utility truck driven by Patrick Francis Fahey, farmer, of…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The principles of the Workers' Compensation Act relating to death or injuries sustained in travelling…
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James Thomas Simmons, a middle-aged man, of Norrie street, South Grafton, suffered injuries to the head as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber Worker Injured
Mervyn C. Preston, a single man, aged 28 years, of Tucabia, suffered a fracture of the base of the skull when a tree fell on him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ace Fighter Pilot Killed In Accident
Somewhere in Australia, Wed.—A veteran Beaufighter pilot, credited with six enemy aircraft shot down in actual combat and…
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