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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

325 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 17

Injured Man's Suffering in Thora Bush

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Mr. Keith Trotter, Thora, was involved in an accident on Thursday afternoon last which could have proved very…

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Boy's Fatal Injuries In Highway Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.—A 12-year-old Bonville boy was fatally injured and his young sister critically injured when they were struck by logs being carried on a timber truck on the Pacific Highway this afternoon…

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Woman Killed In Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNER, Sun.--With his two young sons, a man kept an all night vigil over his wife's body following her death in a…

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Two Killed in Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--Two women were killed when a car in which they were travelling struck a telegraph pole and…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

The special committee of inquiry into motor cycle accidents, sitting in Sydney, has adopted the unusual course of deciding…

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Night Accidents Increase

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

Night accidents on the roads, which always are higher in winter than in summer, are increasing still…

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Fatal Accident on Pacific Highway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

When thrown from a utility truck in which he was travelling to Gratton, Albert Ward, 12-year-old Born of Mr. and…

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Horseman Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Keith Malcolm Brown (21), of Coaldale, suffered injuries to his back when he was thrown from a horse yesterday. He was…

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Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.--While working at Harwood mill Leo Colnan, of Harwill, suffered a fracture of his left arm. Maclean Ambulance…

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11 Injured When Tram, Truck Crash

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Eleven People, including a number of school children, were injured when the side of a tram was…

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Boxer X-rayed After Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Fri. (AAP).--British heavyweight champion, Bruce Woodcock, is to have another X-ray examination following…

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33 Injured in Train Crash

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sun. (AAP).--Dr. Joan Levett, of Surrey, was the heroine of a train crash at Euston Station, yesterday, when…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN, Mon.--Peter Smith, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Smith, of Tyndale suffered concussion when he tripped while…

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Injured by Block and Tackle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 2

Vivian Lyle Ellem (49), a married man, of Waterview, South Grafton, suffered a lacerated wound to the top of his head…

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Court's Finding Of Accidental Drowning

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

MAITLAND, Wed.--The Maitland Coroner to-day stopped a man from asking his 11-year-old son why he had not…

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Authoress Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 4

ATLANTA (Georgia), Friday (A.A.P.).-- Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind." was critically injured when struck…

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Damages To Couple After Park Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A married couple who were injured in an accident which was described as "million to one chance"…

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None Injured In 40 Foot Drop

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 2

DORRIGO, Mon.--None of the three occupants of a utility truck which crashed 40 feet over an embankment on the…

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Child Drowned in Waterhole

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Tues.--A two-year-old child led its father to a waterhole where he found that his three-year-old son had been…

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Two Killed in Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A young man arid a girl were killed instantly, when a truck overshot a bend on the Western Highway…

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