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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 2

Yesterday Lyal William Skennar, 2 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Skennar, of Alice street, Grafton, suffered a severely…

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Court Sequel to Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 5

Before Mr. A. G. Morgan, Police Magistrate at Grafton Police Court yesterday, Clarence Amos pleaded guilty to failing to give way to a…

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Glenreagh Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 2

On Sunday, Noel Francis Dart, 18, of Glenreagh, was injured while playing in a football match. He was taken home in a car,…

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Injured by Mowing Machine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 2

John Comerford, an elderly resident of Cowper, suffered an incised wound on the right leg yesterday, when the blade of a…

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Student Fatally Injured In Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 2

HADDEN Stuart Tulk, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Tulk, of Yamba, and a student at the Grafton High School, suffered fatal njuries when a wheel of a timber jinker passed over him yesterday…

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Injured by Fall

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Alfred James Coyle, of Duke street, Grafton, suffered injuries to the head and face as a result of a fall…

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Two Men Injured

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Two men were injured at the B.T. Timber Mill, Matthew's Creek, early yesterday morning when a stack of timber fell. The victims were…

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Timber Workers Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

DORRIGO, Thurs:-- Two employees of Matthew's Creek timber mill were involved in an accident this morning when a stack…

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Accidents To Children

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

Leone O'Brien, 8- year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. O'Brien, of Oliver street, Grafton, suffered an unpleasant accident…

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Bicycle Rider Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

Keith Newman, 19, of Coff's Harbour, suffered abrasions to the left cheek, shoulder, both elbows and hands, when he fell while…

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Six Killed In Week-End Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Four men, one woman and a four-year-old child were killed and at least 15 other persons injured…

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Child Drowned in Coaldale Dip

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

Straying away from his mother while she was washing clothes near a stock dip at Coaldale, yesterday afternoon,…

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Lawrence Man Injured At Carr's Creek

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

While working a hand winch during, loading operations at Carr's Creek on Saturday morning, John Fletcher Smith (26),…

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Glen Innes People In Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

While proceeding to Grafton yesterday afternoon a car driven by Mr. Frederick Henry Mcln[?]ney licensee of the Club Hotel,…

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Tenterfield Keeps Down Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 2

Since the inauguration of the Tenterfield branch of the Road Safety Council the accident rate in the district had considerably…

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Young Boy's Death From Drowning. Deputy Coroner's Advice At Grafton Inquest

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

A VERDICT of accidental drowning was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earle) at the inquest held yesterday at the Grafton Police Court into the death of four-year-old Raymond Leonard Lowe, who was drowned in the Clarence River on…

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North Dorrigo Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

This bulletin must of necessity be one largely concerning accidents and ailments. Young Les McNellee recently had…

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Lowanna Couple Hurt In Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Lowanna Post Office, were returning from the Diggers' ball at Ulong when their car swerved…

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Accidental Death Verdict On Queen Street Fatality

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 3

A VERDICT of accidental death from injuries received when he was thrown from his bicycle at the intersection of Oliver and Queen streets, on the afternoon of July 2, was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. F. M. V. Earle, at the inquest at Grafton…

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Injured Pilot Gives Cause of Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Friday. -- Details of how his new photo reconnaissance plane crashed will probably be among the last thoughts of Howard Hughes, whose physician reported the airman had taken a turn for the worse. His left lung failed to respond…

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