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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Accident at Sawmill

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 1

Mr. C[?] a Ca[?] Mr. J. [?] Street. [?]…

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Many Accidents in Uk Fog

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Seven people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in air and road accidents as dense fog blanketed most of Britain yesterday. Seven of the killed were among…

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Waterside Worker Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

Mr. C. W. Booth, of Coffs Jetty, luckily escaped serious injury when the steam crane he was driving tipped and fell…

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Three Injured in Car Crash

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1948 · page 2

A MAN and two young women were admitted to Grafton Base Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering extensive injuries sustained, when a car in which they were riding crashed headlong into a tree stump at the side of the Woolgoolga road, about 14…

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Dog Causes Accident At Baths

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1948 · page 2

Robert Grahame Wormald (8), son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wormald, of 11 William street. South Grafton, was admitted to…

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Sydney Accidents Kill I, Injure 15

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A man was killed and 15 people injured in accidents in the metropolitan area last night and early this morning. The man killed was Stephen Waldron, 36, High street, Hunter's. Hill Waldron was riding his motor cycle along Burns'…

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Accident At Sawmill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 2

Don Alexander Cameron, (41), of Armidale road, South Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the pelvis when a log rolled on…

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Le Gallien Says Carried Penknife By Pure Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Charles Ivan Le Gallien told the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. V. Rooney, K.C.) at the Central Criminal Court to-day that it was purely accidental that he was carrying a penknife when he went to visit his father on the night of the…

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BOXING. Weston Injured; Replaced By Lismore Fighter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1948 · page 5

An injured hand has forced South Grafton welterweight, Johnny Weston, to withdraw from his bout against Alec Puho, of Woolgoolga,…

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Girl Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 2

Rosalan Smyth, 9, of 65 Alice street, Grafton, had to receive first aid from the Grafton Ambulance yesterday when she suff red…

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Freak Shooting Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 2

A Tenterfield man, Donald McDonald, was accidentally shot in the back yesterday while sitting down in a brick shed at the rear…

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Bush Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 2

Keith Clarence Wheatley, 21, of Woolgoolga road, suffered a lacerated axe wound on the right ankle yesterday, while working…

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Porter Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 2

Harold Granville Fawcett (42), a railway porter at the South Grafton station, yesterday injured his back when loading…

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Injured by Glass

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 2

Mrs. Esther Lester,0 47 Dobie street, Grafton, yesterday suffered incised wounds to the fingers of her right hand when a glass…

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Railway Fettler Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 2

Ernest G. O'Hare, 22, fettler, of Grafton, was admitted to the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday with a piece of steel embedded in…

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Bushman Fatally Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 1

Mr. Percy Brereton, aged about 26 years, single, was fatally injured whilst felling trees in the forest area at…

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Mr. D. Cameron Injured by Wedge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 1

Mr. Duncan Cameron, an elderly resident of Coffs Harbour, received painful injuries 10 the right thigh about four…

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Another Bush Fatality Dorrigo Man Killed Whilst Felling Tree Eve's Creek Tragedy

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 1

Percival Sinclair Brereton, 24, was killed instantly yesterday, at Eve's Creek, 18 miles from Dorrigo when struck by a falling…

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Accidental Death

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 3

to slip backwards. I immediately applied the brakes, but it continued to slip downhill at a very fast speed. The tractor hit a tree on my left and…

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Coronial Inquiry— Accidental Death Man Receives Shocking Injuries

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. R. Reid, returned a finding of accidental death, after hearing evidence at the Coronial Court, Dorrigo, recently,…

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