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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

321 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 17

Only One Injured In Plane Crash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.--When making a forced landing to-day a Lockheed plane crashed into trees and the wings, motors and…

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Inquiry Into N. Z. Plane Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Wed. (A.A.P. Reuter).--The captain and crew of a Tasman Airways flying boat which returned to Sydney on…

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Young Man Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sun.--Thought to have taken a fit Roy Farrar (22), single, of Roxburgh street, Stockton, fell from a wharf at…

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Accident Sequel "Negligent Driving" Charge Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

A sequel to the accident on the Pacific Highway near Coffs Harbour on October 18 last, in Whicih Lesley Anderton was seriously hurt…

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Young Life Saver Has Painful Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 7

The admirers of a good, swimmer and an excellent sportsman will regret to learn that Dave Creswick, a member of the South West Rocks…

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Injured Leg

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

An elderly woman, Francis Johansen, of 23 Wharf street, South Grafton, was transported to the Grafton Base Hospital…

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Injured by Falling Limb

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 2

CORAMBA, Tues.--Mr. R. G. Lickiss suffered three broken ribs, when the branch of a falling tree fell across his back…

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Six U.s. Sailors Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 2

MARSEILLES, Wed: (A.A.P.).-- Official figures of casualities as the result of a launch from the U.S.S. Midway crashing into a…

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Swallowed Kerosene Yesterday's Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 2

A three-year-old girl, Carol Lynette Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Crawford, of the Experimental Farm,…

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Hickory Street— Collision Sequel Negligent Driving Charge Defendant Convicted and Fined

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

Before Mr. M. J. Austin, S.M. at the Dorrigo Court of Petty Sessions, William John Jones pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Accident Sequel "Negligent Driving"Charge Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 7

A sequel to the accident on the Pacific Highway near Coffs Harbour on October 18 last, in which Lesley Anderton was seriously hurt…

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SAILING Good Win For Ace Y-not's Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

Are, skippered by Les Wheldon, won the A. Jabour trophy conducted by the Clarence River Sailing Club yesterday, for senior boats…

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Court Sequel To Motor Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Pleading guilty by letter, John Joseph Hickey, of Brisbane, was fined £4 and ordered to pay £3 costs, in default 14 days…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

Shirley Payne, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Payne, of 145 Villiers street, Grafton, suffered lacerated wounds to the face,…

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Two Men Killed In Week-End Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Two people were Killed in accidents at the week-end…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Yesterday morning, Colin Desmond Richards (4), son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Richards, of .Cloud's Creek, suffered a lacerated head…

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Child Injured: Fell 25 Feet From Balcony

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Wed.--Fay, the theee-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Davies, of Woolgoolga, was critically…

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Accident at Baths Student Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

When a case of cordials fell on High School student Barry Woldseth, of Hungry Head Road, Uruhga, at the Coffs Harbour High School…

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Fall From Baicony Baby Girl Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

When she fell from the 2nd storey blcony of the "Seaview Hotel" at Woolgoolga, Faye Davey, about three years of age daughter of Mr…

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Postman Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Haggar, a postman attached to the Grafton Post Office, staff met with a painful accident while on his rounds…

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