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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

325 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 17

One Dead, Four Hurt In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—A married woman was killed and four other people were injured, one critically, when a tram and car…

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Drowned While Playing On Beach

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 2

At the conclusion, of an inquest at Grafton yesterday, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earle) found that Ronald…

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Lad Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 2

Struck by a cat crank handle yesterday afternoon, Lance Brumby, 14, of Thomas street, South Grafton, suffered a…

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Ten Injured In Tram Accidents

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Ten people were taken to hospital following two accidents involvins trams in Sydney to-day…

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Coff's Resident Seriously Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.—A well-known Coff's Harbour resident, Mr. Hampton (Budge) Morris, 52, of Long street. Coff's…

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Old Tug Sinks After Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A few minutes after being badly damaged in a collision with the 800-ton freighter Abersea, a…

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I Killed, 3 Injured In Truck Capsize

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

A MAN was killed and his wife and daughter and another man seriously injured, when a P.M.G.'s Department utility truck overturned several times on the Woodburn road, about 15 miles from Maclean last night…

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Prominent Sportsman Killed In Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

YOUNG, (Tues.—Stanley Burtinshaw, of Bulwarrie, Young, a former international cyclist and well-known sportsman and…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.—William Wadey (27), crane driver, of Port Kembla, suffered internal injuries and shock, when his motor…

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Fishing Fatality Man Drowned at Yamba Former Dorrigo Identity

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

A South Grafton train conductor, William Richard Hadlotw. 46., was drowned at Yamba during the holidays, whilst fishing off a rocky point…

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True Cause of Road Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents last year…

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Bellingen Man Dies After Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Thursday.—The death occurred at Bellingen District Hospital to-day of Roy Nugent McNeill, 32, of Bellingen,…

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Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

Trevor Hayes 9,1 son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hayes, of North street, South Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the right…

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Youth Drowned Near Relative And Friend

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—A 17-year-old youth was drowned within feet of his brother-in-law and a friend to-day…

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Week-End Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Geoffrey Spencer (16) son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Spencer of Doble street, Grafton, fell from his bicycle on Saturday night and…

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Child Saved From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Gregrory Stephenson, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson, of Carr's Creek, was saved from drowning at Wooli on Sunday…

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Child Injured by Toy Air Gun

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

Whilst playing with a toy air pistol with her young brother at their home at Long Flat, Hastings River, just after…

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Injured Leave Hospital

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.—The three persons who were injured in the car accident on the Woodburn road on January 11, when a P.M.G…

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Boy Injured in Accident on Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 8

A young lad, E. Bell, of Waratah, son of Sgt. and Mrs. G. Bell, last night received gashes to the right cheek when…

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Boy Injured by Broken Glass in Train

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.—A two-year-old boy, Eric Bell, of Waratah, received a lacerated wound oh his right…

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