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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

326 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 17

Accidents At Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 2

CORAMBA.--Two minor accidents occurred at Coramba mill. R. V. Wilson was collecting firewood from the waste heap when…

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Children Injured In Cycle Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 4

WOOLGOOLGA, Sun.--When she swerved her bicycle to avoid a child who suddenly ran in front of her on the Pacific…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 2

Kenneth Slade (20) of McHugh Street Grafton, dislocated his shoulder while playing football at Fisher Park on Saturday…

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Motor Collision Case Part-Heard

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 4

Charges of failure to stop after an accident were preferred against Robert G. Armstrong and Frederick G Armstrong, of…

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Dairy Farmer Found Drowned In Well On Farm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 2

ULMARRA, Tuesday.--A Coldstream dairy farmer was found drowned in a well on his property early this…

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Sleeper Cutter Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 2

William Kingsley (78), sleeper cutter, of Whiporie, employed by the Department of Railways, suffered a compound fracture to one…

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Heavy Toll From Traffic Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Sydney's week-end accident death roll reached five last night when four persons were killed in road accidents and one man killed when attempting to board a moving train…

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Traffic Accidents Increase In Country Districts

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--In the year ended June 30, country districts had a bad record for traffic accidents. There were…

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Motorist Fined: Failed To Report Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 4

Graham Keith Cornish, of Nymboida, pleaded guilty before the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. E. J. Cocks, at Grafton Court of Petty…

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Timber Cutter Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

Noel Francis Dart (19), single, a timber-getter, of Clenreagh received a large incised wound on his left leg yesterday, when…

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Car Hits Post Father Killed, Son Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

Two men were injured, one fatally, when a small sports car struck a telegraph post on the Pacific Highway, near…

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Young Child Killed In Motor Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

TENTERFIELD, Thursday.--As the result of a collision between a one-ton truck and a stationary car near Tenterfield last night, Gillette Patterson, 9, was fatally injured. The driver of the truck, Laurence Pillar, 24, was later charged at Tenterflfield…

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Hockey Player Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

In the hockey match played at Fisher Park yesterday, Rex David Law (2]) single, of 161 Pound street, Grafton, received…

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Elderly Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

Robert Charles Warr (81) married man of 210 Queen street, Grafton, received a fracture of his right hip when he fell from a…

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Death Of Injured Mill Worker

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 2

Hugh Bradfield, 59 year old sawmill employee, died in the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday. He was seriously injured in the…

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Southgate Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 2

Minor injuries were sustained by the two occupants of a car which ran into a telegraph pole along the Southgate road on…

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Collision Of Drums Caused Explosion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two drums of sodium chlorate had collided and caused the fire in the ship Mahia which resulted…

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Police Commissioner Seriously Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The New Zealand Commissioner for Police (Mr. James Cumming) was injured, and his wife and two other…

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Fatally Injured When Car Hit Pole

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earle) found that William James Thompson died from the effects of injuries accidentally…

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Decorate Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 5

Decorate, which ran third in the Canterbury Park Handicap on Saturday, received a hind leg injury during the race…

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