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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Graham Legge, 11, of Southgate road, sustained a crushed finger on the left hand as a result of a…

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Condition of Accident Victim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

The condition of Ronald Coleman, who was injured at the greyhound track during the week-end, was last night reported to…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 2

When a parcel she was carrying became tangled in the wheel of her bicycle in Pound street, yesterday, Mrs. I. McKenna, of…

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Drowned When Tanker Broke In Two

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

KODIAK (Alaska), Tues.—It is disclosed that 15 men were drowned when the Russian tanker broke in two last month. Only one…

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Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

I've spilt the sugar, I've spilt the fat, I've cut my finger— Oh, look at that…

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Week-end Accidents Collided With Car

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 2

As a result of a collision with a car while riding his bicycle m Pound street, on Friday night, Mr. Vivian Andrew Barnett, of…

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Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

When a cycle he was riding in Prince street, Grafton, yesterday morning came into collision with a motor bus, Joseph…

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Man Drowned in Surf at Ballina

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 3

LISMORE, Tues.—Charles Phillip Tregarthen, 63, of Hamilton, Brisbane, who with his wife was holidaying at…

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Lower Bucca Man's Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Mr. C. McCrae, of Lower Bucca, met with a nasty accident in the bush, cutting his head with an axe. He had to have…

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Railwayman Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

Early yesterday morning, George Elwin Woolf, of Spring street, South Grafton, a railway shunter, had a finger of his left…

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Short Story. New York Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

The traffic on Fifth Avenue was heavy, but he was an impetuous man to whom thought and action were finely divided…

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Motor Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.—A collision occurred on the Jetty road yesterday, between a car driven by E. T. H. Ballard, dairy…

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Accidentally Shot By His Brother

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Allan Bernard Paul James, 19, of Laughtendale, was accidentally shot dead by his brother, Phillip George…

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Series of Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Sun.—While two men were attending to a man who had been knocked down and seriously injured by a taxi in a…

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Inquest Deaths Caused in Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 4

Stressing the need to observe the rules of the road, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. A. V. E. Overall) said the deaths of two young…

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District Court Bus and Lorry Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 4

A CLAIM for £120 damages to an omnibus as a result of a collision on the Pacific Highway near Corindi Clarence in June, 1944, was heard before Judge Storkey at Grafton District Court. The hearing will conclude on July 30…

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Two Accidents at Glenreagh

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

Two trips to Glenreagh were made yesterday by a Grafton District Ambulance car. In the morning first aid…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

Shirley Esther Holloway, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Holloway, of 116 Villiers street, Grafton, sustained injury as a…

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Three Men Drowned; Boat Overturns

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.—Three men were drowned on Saturday night when their boat overturned in the river between Moor and…

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Japs Drowned When Ferry Capsized

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

TOKIO, Mon.—More than 170 persons are reported to have lost their lives when a 20-ton ferry capsized near Onagawa in the…

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