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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

326 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 17

Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

As a result of a collision with a cyclist on Saturday morning. Edwin James Moore, 11, of 86 Bacon street, Grafton, suffered a…

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Drowned When Jumped

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

NANKING, Mon.—One hundred and fifty panic-stricken passengers, and the crew were drowned when they jumped from a Yangtze…

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Bus Capsized, 73 Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—A curving estimated to be almost three feet above normal road level, marks the spot where a…

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Alderman Injured In Jeep Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.— Alderman Cane of Newcastle, was badly injured when he was pinned under a jeep near Moonan's Flat, 40…

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CYCLING Rider Injured At Coff's Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.—Mr. A. J. Gentle, official starter of the Coff's Harbour Cycle Club and a past president of the club, was…

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Many Killed in Air Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.—Fifty-one persons are feared to have been killed in three aircraft accidents—two of them involving Dakotas and the either a Mosquito…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

When he struck a piece of iron with his head yesterday, John Donald Austin, 10, son of Mr. E. Austin, of Jackadgery Post…

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Twin Road Accidents In Victoria

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun. — Three people were killed and six others injured in twin road accidents last night. At Fairfield, William…

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Local and General Failure of Car Lights Causes Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. Alan Rutleldge, of Coffs Harbour, had a narrow escape from serious injury when the headlights of the car he was driving failed near…

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Several Injured in Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

TYNDALE, Tues.—An accident occurred shortly, after 6 p.m. near Mr. H. Tidy's residence, Tyndale, on Monday. A car driven by Mr…

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Injured in Bicycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 2

Thomas Aspinall, of 177 Dobie street, Grafton received head injuries when he was involved in a bicycle accident yesterday. He…

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Schoolboy Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 2

A student of the Grafton High School, Graham McDonald King, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. King, of 135 Powell street, Grafton…

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Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

UPPER ORARA, Wed.—While negotiating a bend on the Friday Creek road on Tuesday, a car driven by Mr. G. Manson[?]…

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Accident When Car Lights Fail

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Thurs.—Mr. Alan Rutledge of Coff's Harbour, had a narrow escape from serious injury when the headlights of the…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

Ruth Gwendoline Whale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Whale, of Fine Flower, fractured her right arm and suffered from…

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Youth Injured When Bicycle Hit Ruts

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

Striking a post after his bicycle hit two ruts in the ring at the Grafton Showground yesterday, Colin John Riley, 19, of Grafton,…

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German River burst Dyke—10 Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—Ten Germans were drowned when the swollen Oder burst a dyke and flooded the village, of Seelow, which is now one of a chain of flooded villages east of Berlin Reuter says that the floods…

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Injured by Flying Chip

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

When a flying chip hit her while cutting wood yesterday, Dulcie Joyce Korsch (27), wife of Mr. J. D. Korsch, of 19 Little Mary…

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Man Drowned at Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1

WAGGA, Sunday.—Widespread damage was caused by a torrential downpour in the Rowan-Uranguinty area, on Saturday…

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Injured While Diving

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 4

While diving at Woolgoolga Noel Bultitude (12), son of Mr. S. Bultitude, of Woolgoolga, suffered a contused wound to the…

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