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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

358 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 18

Several Accidents Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Yesterday several accidents occurred in different parts of the district. Arthur Thomas Reardon, of…

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Footballers Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 2

Several players were injured at the inter-school football matches, played on the Grafton Showground yesterday, and were…

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Fatally Injured By Anti-Aircraft Shell

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.--A 13 years old girl, who had one arm blown off and the ether badly mutilated; when an anti-aircraft…

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Injured at Hockey

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 2

An injury to her right knee was suffered by Beth Seccombe, 15, of Robin street, Coff' s Harbour, while playing hockey at the…

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Carr's Creek Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 2

When his horse hit a barbed wire fence, as a result of being startled by a baker's van, Arthur Ensby, son of Mr. and Mrs. J…

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Footballers Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 2

John Comisari, of Fry street, Grafton, suffered concussion while playing football on Saturday afternoon. Treatment was…

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Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 2

Beverley Ann Ferguson, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ferguson, Villiers street, Grafton, severely injured her right ankle…

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Unusual Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 4

BELLINGEN, Tues.-- Pamela Pettit. four -years -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pettit, of Urunga, suffered burns to both…

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Timber Workers Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Sunday.--Two timber workers at a timber mill at Lloyd's Siding, near Coramba, wens injured when a…

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Negroes Injured In Clash

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

ATHENS (Alabama), Sun.--A fight betwten two white exsoldiers and a negro touched off a riot in which between 50 and…

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Accidents Over Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

During the week-end the following accidents occurred within the Grafton area:-- Stanley Francis Hetherington,…

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Fatal Accident At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sunday.-- Thomas George Brown (14), son of Mr. Ellis Brown, of Lower Bucca, and of Mrs. Brown, of…

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Glen Innes Road Fatality--Coroner's Verdict

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Eric Vivian Bowring, which occurred on the Grafton-Gren Innes road on July 21, was…

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Finger Severed In Mill Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Mon. -- Mr. Con Hedwards suffered a painful injury while working at Allan Taylor and Co.'s Woolgoolga…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

James David Paterson, Bacon street, Grafton, suffered an injury to his right eye when battery acid splashed into it…

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Injured While Splitting Posts

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 2

Ernest Allan James, 15, of Lower Southgate road, was injured by a steel splinter from a wedge when splitting posts…

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Three Killed In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.—Three persons were killed and three seriously injured when a utility and a three–ton truck collided on a…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Wed. -- The crack cross-country jockey, Laurie Meenan, was thrown heavily from a novice hurdler,…

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Boys Injured When Wall Collapses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wed.-- Six boys were injured at the Sports Ground to-day when the brick wall of the main grandstand collapsed. They…

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Verdict For Defendant In Collision Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 7

The case of a claim for £120 damages to an omnibus, the result of a collision on the Pacific Highway near Corindi Clarence,…

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