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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

171 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 9

Accidents During The Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 2

Samuel Cooper, of Baryu[?]g[?], received an incised wound to his left leg while using an adze on Saturday morning. He was given…

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Nine Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--When the steering gear of a bus failed ln Marion street. Bankstown, early to-day it crashed into another…

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Man Burnt When Petrol Ignited Palmer's Channel Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

PALMER'S CHANNEL, Mon. While engaged removing petrol from a container in his car shed on Friday night. Mr…

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Accidents Ambulance Cases

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 2

John Henry Parker, a middle-aged man of Norrie street, South Grafton, suffered injury to the right hip with a probable fracture…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--L. Meenan jarred his back when Anpapejo fell with him at Epsom to day. However, he will be able to ride at Caulfield on…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wed.--L. Meenan, premier cross-country jockey will not ride for several weeks as a result of a fall on the track last Thursday…

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Dorrigo Shire Worker Accidentally Killed On Lower Bucca Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOR, Mon.-- George Channells (60), married, of Coff's Harbor, an employee of Dorrigo Shire Council, died…

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Train-Bus Collision: 17 People Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--When a train and bus collided at Carey street level crossing, Toronto, to-day, seventeen people were…

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Three Killed In Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 August 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Three women, including a mother and her daughter, were killed, and five persons injured when a…

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Severely Injured In Maclean Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 2

Mr. George Brown, a married man and a resident of Newcastle, was severely injured on Saturday night when he was run over by…

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Boorchief Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--When he fell near the five furlongs, in the Highweight Handicap, at Randwick yesterday, Boorchief, fractured his right elbow and will…

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Bellingen Rotary Hoe Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 3

Mrs. G. T. Gordon, of Raleigh, suffered a severe wound to the left instep, a probable fracture of the right arm and shock when she was knocked…

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14 Cattle And A Horse Drowned In Flood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Tues.--Mr. H. T. Oakes, dairyman or Donding-along, a few miles above Kempsey, was a heavy loser in last…

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371 Killed in Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--Three hundred and seventy-one persons were killed, and 4719 injured in 6955 road accidents in New South…

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Verdict For £350 Ebor Collision Hearing At Armidale

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 2

In the Armidale District Court yesterday, before Judge Storkey, V.C., verdicts totalling £350 were recorded against…

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Run Over By Train: Man Fatally Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Mon--Late on Saturday night,' John Gloyn,. 42, a resident of Unley, South Australia, and employed by the U.S…

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Children Involved In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--During the year ended June 30 last, 371 persons were killed and 4719 injured m road accidents in New South…

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Accidental Death. Coroner's Verdict In Coff's Harbor Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 4

At. the Coff's Harbor Courthouse on Saturday morning last, Mr. J. E. Emery, District Coroner, resumed his inquiry regarding the death of Edward…

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General Freyberg Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wed.--Advice has been received that General Freyberg suffered a penetrating wound in the side when an…

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Damages Verdict for Plaintiff in Collision Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1944 · page 3

Henry Maxwell Simmons, taxi' propretor, of Queen street, Grafton secured a verdict in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, for £ 16179, with…

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