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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Slipped, Injured Face

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

Margaret Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. Cooper, of 11 Queen street, Grafton, sustained injuries to the face when she…

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Holiday Accident Toll

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Since Christmas Eve the holiday accident toll has reached 101, of which 21 were fatal. Sixteen…

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Urunga Motor Collision Fernbrook Lad Dies From Injuries Received Boxing Day Fatality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

A tragic motor accident occurred at Urunga, on Boxing Day, resulting in the death on the following day from injuries…

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Critically Injured When Ploughing

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

When bolting horses dragged a 16cwt. disc plough over him at Woolomol, near Tamworth, Ernest Richard Field, aged 61, was…

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Lorry-Car Collision Court Sequel to Bostobrick-muldiva Road Accident "Defective Brakes"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

The Sequel to a motor lorry-car collision on the Bostobrick-Muldiva Road on August 28th, was heard before Mr. G. Berry,…

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Swan Creek Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Billy Kelly, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelly, of Swan Creek, was thrown out of the dray in which he was riding…

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Dorrigo Man Dies After Car Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

Victor Johnson, 20, of Fernbrook road, Dorrigo, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.' Johnson, received a fracture to the base of the skull,…

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Bicycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Charles Shodbridge, of Pinebush State Forest, Tucabia, sustained injuries to the face, head, and both hands, and shock, when…

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Serious Accident Near Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

In travelling to Bellingen along the Kalang road, Mr. R. D. McRae received extensive injuries when his horse bolted and…

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Accident Near Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

In a motor accident on the Bellingen highway near Valla, Mrs. P. Kirkman, of Bowraville, received abrasions to the right arm…

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Injured in Horse Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Dorothy May Young, aged 16. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Young, of Rushforth road, South Grafton…

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Injured In Fall

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

While playing in front of the residence of his parents, Mr. arid Mrs. L. Gillespie, of 76 Victoria street, Grafton, last night, Ronald…

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Former Bank Officer Injured In Smash

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

Sergt. John ("Jock") Kay, a former member of the Rural Bank staff at Grafton, received, minor injuries when an army truck he…

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Two Injured In Swing Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

A youth, aged 18, and a six-year-old boy were admitted to the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday with injuries resulting…

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Elderly Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

An elderly man, James Joseph Duggan, married, of Milton street, Grafton, was treated by Grafton Ambulance late on…

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Found Injured In Dorrigo Street

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—A dying declaration has been taken from Charles Vincent Graham (63); timber cutter, by Dorrigo police…

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Seven Injured In Car-Lorry Smash

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Seven people were injured when a car and a lorry collided at the corner of Archer and Ashley streets,…

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Injured Man Dies In Hospital

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 4

DORRIGO, Mon.—The funeral took place yesterday afternoon of Charles Vincent Graham (63), timber worker of Bostobrick, who…

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Trams Collide: 24 Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Twenty-four people were injured, two seriously, when a Crow's Nest-bound tram crashed into the rear of a…

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Bomb Kills Man—Five Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.—One man was killed and five other people injured when a bomb or hand grenade exploded after being thrown on to the back verandah of a house in Grafton street, Cairns, last night…

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