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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

321 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 17

Court Sequel— Collision at Woolgoolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 4

Before Mr. E. I. Cocks, SM, in Coffe Court of Petty Sessions, on Friday last, Victor Richards, carrier, of…

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Child. Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 2

Marlene Richards, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Richards. Clouds Creek, fell and injured the lower portion of her…

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Footballer Injured at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 5

MACLEAN.-- G. Dobin, while playing with the Wallaroos (Maclean team) against Lawrence on Saturday, suffered a fractured on Maclean Ambulance…

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Car Overturns After Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2

A small car driven by Miss Mavis McClymont, of Grafton, overturned after a collision at the corner of Villiers and Oliver streets…

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Twin Infant Fatally Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 1

Coffs residents were shocked on Wednesday to fearn of the death of Joy Ann Pearce, aged 2½ months, infant…

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Air Collision Compensation

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Russia has rejected Britain's claim for compensation for the loss of British' lives in the…

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Speeding Fire Brigade In Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Fri.--While racking to a "fire to-day the Lismore Fire Brigade was involved in a collision with a sedan car at a street…

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Lift Accident Injures MR. J. Beasley

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 1

LONDON Fri.--The Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (Mr. Beasley) was badly bruised and has been…

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Injured in Fall

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

A probable fracture of the left leg was suffered by Lesile John Perrine. 24, of Seelands, when he fell while out shooting…

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Army Pistol Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A 16-year-old youth walked nearly a mile after being shot with a 45 American Army automatic pistol to report…

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Road Accidents Over Week-End

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--A youth was killed and two men seriously injured in two road accidents today. Another man injured on…

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Visiting Students In Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a bus carrying visiting touring Sydney University students of agriculture was involved in a collision with…

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Man Injured While Rescuing Son

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. Albert John Barr, 28, o£ 20 Shakespeare street, Mackay, Queensland, saw his infant son topple over the…

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Woman Killed When Blitz Track Crashes Man Charged with Manslaughter Saturday's Fatality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

Carolina Neill, aged 40, a married woman, was killed instantly when a 30-cwt. Blitz truck crashed into a guide post and mounted…

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Farm Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

American health authorities are becoming alarmed at the incidence of accidents among agricultural workers. When automobile accidents are…

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300 Die in Accidents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.) .-- By noon yesterday, 305 persons had died, accidentally throughout the nation since the Memorial…

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22 Marines Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

NORFOLK (Virginia), Wed. (A. A.P).--Twenty-two marines end sailors from the aircraft carrier Kearsarge were drowned…

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Week-End Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

William Edward Jarrett (56), of Moleton, suffered a wound on his left heel and a fracture of a bone in the foot, when a log…

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Injuries Accidentally Received Young Man's Death at Harness Cask Coronial Inquiry

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the district coroner, Mr. R. Reid, following an inquest held at the Dorrigo Court House on…

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Manslaughter Charge Follows Collision

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Bernard Fabian Greentree (26), of Killarney, via Windsor, was charged at Windsor Police Station with…

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