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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

168 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 9

Boxing Blow Injured Brain

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--A blow on the chin, which injured his brain, knocked out Roy Lawrence Thurgar, 27, 11 seconds before the end…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 2

Several cases were treated by the Grafton District Ambulance during the week-end. Andrew James McGill, aged 20,…

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Dog Causes Sulky Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3

Two aged men Henry Bannock, 71, of Urunga, and Donald Alg[?], 61 of Greenhills, Kempsey received severe abrasions, bruises,…

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Accident Kills Liberated Men

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--The deaths of over 400 liberated war prisoners through accidentally drinking methyl alcohol have been…

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Killing Charge Follows Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--In the Central Court to-day, Elvin Keith Deareaux (33), soldier, was charged with having on May 14…

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Five Men Drowned When Launch Founders Off Coast?

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Five young men, four of them doctors, and one a medical student, are believed to have been drowned…

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Motor Accident At Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

A car driven by Rev. J. H. Costello, of the Manse, Oliver street, Grafton, skidded on a wet patch of roadway on the Yamba…

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Car Hurtles Into Sea At Watson's Bay Drowning Woman

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The body of a woman found floating in the ocean near Watson's Bay early this afternoon is believed to…

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Two Drowned In Car Which Crashed Over Cliff

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The body of a man later identified as Hedley John Barnes (40), Australian manager for Claude Neon…

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39 Soldiers Injured By Car In Sydney Smash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Thirty-nine soldiers, including two officers, were injured when a car ran into a crowd of servicemen in a…

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Man Crushed by Tree Serious Accident at Cascade Workmate Crawls Through Scrub for Aid

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

Whilst working in the bush about one mile from Cascade, at midday on Friday last, Mr. Walter Spooner received serious and extensive…

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Ship's Souvenir Of Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon.--The Liberty ship, John B. Hood, which is one of seven transports bringing 10,000 troops…

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Family Hard Hit Bowraville Fatality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

The family of Mr. Frank Manusu, Bowraville farmer and one-time police constable at Bellingen, has been very hard hit by tragedy and death…

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Injured Man's Trek To Hospital

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 2

Mr. William Henry (Zen) Bellamy, of Armidale road Coutts' Crossing district, who met with a painful accident on…

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Mother and Four Children Drowned in Flood Waters

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--After their home near Casino had been flooded yesterday, following the torrential rain which has fallen in the district, a mother and her four children were drowned when the boat in which they were being taken to safety capsized…

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Two Injured In Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

Two men were injured and another received a severe shaking when a car travelling from Swan, Creek to Grafton ran off the…

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Three Drowned When Taxi Cab Plunged Into Creek

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--When a taxicab plunged into a creek near Lismore to-day, three people were drowned. They were Francis…

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Fine Of 30 Follows Accident In Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 5

Sidney Hooson was fined 30, with 8 costs, yesterday, by Mr. G. Berry, P.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions, when he pleaded…

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Inquest on Collision Fatality

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 2

At Grafton Court on Tuesday Mr. F. M. V. Earle, Deputy Coroner, conducted an inquest into the death of Earle Richard…

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People In Sydney Injured By Van Out Of Control

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Dozens of people were literally mown down in a city street to-day, when a panel van, out of…

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