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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Two Women Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

Yesterday, Mrs. Edith. Bailey, (29), of Corinda, suffered a lacerated wounds to her right leg while in a motor car…

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Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Noel Henry Jarvis, of Edgecliff, was fatally injured when a motor cycle collided with a lorry in…

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Indian Cricketers Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Thurs.—Injuries suffered by several members of the Indian cricket team, which recently toured England, has…

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Supplies for Injured Hikers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Fri.—Aircraft dropped supplies to siv injured, hikers on the Mueller Glacier, in the Southern Alps…

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Boy Fatally Injured In Fall

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

A 13-year-old boy, Max Alien Shelton, of 53 Church street, Glen Innes, received fatal injuries when he slipped from a hydraulic…

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ACCIDENTS Holiday Fatalities

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 6

On the eve of the holidays two very bad accidents occurred in the vicinity of Coffs Harbour. A young man from Sydney was killed on…

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Swimmer Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

Striking a submerged object when he dived into the river hear Coramba on Sunday afternoon, Don McLennan was severely…

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Mr. Harrison, M.h.r., Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—While repairing storm damage to a building, Mr. E. J. Harrison, M.H.R. had his right wrist badly gashed. He…

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Railway Ganger Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, Richard George Rooney, 39, of Commercial road, Patterson, a railway ganger, suffered an injury to his…

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Kempsey Drover Seriously Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Wed.—A 29-year-old Kempsey drover, Leo Rosten, of Innes street, was seriously injured when he fell from his horse…

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Accidents Armidale Girl Dies After Eye Injury

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Dulcie Eichorn (16), of Douglas street, Armidale, collapsed and died while undergoing an operation for the removal of an eye at…

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Tragic Motor Fatality Mr. Gordon Macrae Dies From Injuries Bellingen Road Smash

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

A motor car and lorry came into collision on the main Bellingen-Dorrigo road on the afternoon of Saturday, December 21 and…

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English Fire Fatality

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON Friday.—Five children, whose ages ranged from three to 13 years, were burnt to death in a fire at the house of…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

Murray A. Ferguson (9), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ferguson, of 28 Victoria street, Grafton, suffered a lacerated wound on the left…

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Police Court Sequel to Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

ULMARRA, Fri. — Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry at Ulmarra Police Court to-day, Edwin Kevin Hall pleaded…

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Injured Ankle

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

When his foot was caught in a fence, Eric James Murray (9), son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Murray, of 74 Alice street, Grafton,…

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Injured In Fall

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 5

When he fell from a scaffolding on Sunday, Allan Wicks (18), of Little Pound street, Grafton, sustained a probable fracture…

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Rider Killed, Others Injured, In Speedway Crashes

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sun.—A Newcastle rider was killed and another rider and official injured, at the Newcastle Speedway last…

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Boy Cyclist Killed In Kempsey Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Sun.—A 15-year-old boy cyclist was killed and three boys were injured, two of them seriously, in two road accidents near Kempsey over the week-end. The cyclist was Francis Neil McManus (15), son of Mr. and…

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Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

A painful injury was suffered by Mr. William Arthur Huxley, a married man, of 69 Alice street, Grafton, yesterday, when a heavy…

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