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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

321 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 17

Trams in More Accidents Than Motor Vehicles

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.--In year ended June 30, 1947, trams were involved in accidents 16 times more often than motor Vehicles. This was disclosed to-day by…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 2

The following accidents occurred during the week-end. Doreen Huxley, 18 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A…

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Committal After Dorrigo Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

At a Coronial inquiry at Dorrigo last week into the cause of death of Carolina Neill, aged 40, on May 22 last, in what has…

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"Strike Neurosis" Effect on Road Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 5

Public inrritation over the failure to solve major industrial problems, allied with john Citizen's difficulties in…

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Fewer Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--One hundred and sixty-eight persons were killed and 2656. were injured, in road accidents in N.S.W. during…

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Nambucca Man Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--Mr. Brian MacGill, of Nambucca Heads, received severe head injuries from flying glass when the utility in…

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Two Drowned in Launch Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Two women were drowned and eight women and one man were injured when a 389 tons paddle…

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Grafton Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 2

Mrs. Lilliam Ada Fernance (57), of 137 Alice sreet, Grafton, suffered injuries to her back yesterday, when she fell down…

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Five Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 2

Three of five injured persons were admitted to the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday following a head-on collision…

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Accident at Central Bucca

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

Whilst felling saplings on his father's property at Central Bucca on Wednesday, Richard Wear, aged 15, suffered a…

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Horseman's Accident At Karangi

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 2

Mr. Bert Fisher, of Karangi, met with, an accident last Sunday morning, which could easily have resulted in more serious…

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Injured Jockey "Comfortable"

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 5

Sydney jockey, E. Doon, who was injured in a fall from Brilliant during the running of the Grafton Cup on Thursday, was…

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Near Collision Over Sydney Airport

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A Qantas Lancastrian airliner and an A.N.A. Douglas DC3 narrowly averted a collision in mid-air over Kingsford…

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Infant Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 2

Valerie May Firth 16 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Firth, of 108 Prince .street, Grafton, suffered a probable fracture…

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Two Drowned By Mountainous Seas

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Mountainous seas which lashed the New South Wales coast north and south of Sydney to-day caused, loss of life and tremendous damage and badly buffeted shipping. Several small ships were…

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Injured at Football

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 3

During a game of football yesterday, Carmel Gordon Moran, 10, son of Mr. J. P. Moran, of Armidale road, South Grafton,…

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Three Injured When Car Overturned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

Three persons were injured early yesterday afternoon when a car overturned, following the bursting of a tyre, on the Casino…

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Detectives Believe Rail Disaster Accidental

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--After searching investigations, C.I.B. detectives are satisfied that the Galong rail disaster on July…

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Painful Accident While Clearing Flood Deposit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

Mr. Jack Furner, of Calliope, met with a painful accident while clearing his land of hyacinth left by the flood. The horse moved…

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125 Believed Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Wed. (A.A.P.).—It is believed 125 persons were drowned when a workers' ferry boat capsized in the rain-swollen…

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