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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

325 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 17

Infant Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Fri.—The nine-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fischer was injured in a peculiar manner late…

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How To Treat Persons Apparently Drowned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 6

RECENT drowning fatalities in the Clarence River have emphasised that every citizen has an obligations to learn how to treat persons apparently dead from drowning. This article has been prepared in co-operation with health authorities, with…

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Motor Car And Cycle In Collision

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.—A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon at the junction of the Pacific Highway and the turn to the…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 2

Douglas John Doyle (2 1/2), son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Doyle, of 12 Little Villiers street, Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Jockey R. Skelton had his collarbone fractured: at Raridwick this morning, when a yearling he was exercising stamoled and fell on…

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Poor Visibility Causes Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

The NRMA and RACA warn road-users that accidents will increase sharply from now on unless far greater care is taken…

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Men May Have Drowned In Launch

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sun.—Two men are believed to have been lost from the wrecked launch, which was washed up on Bar Beach,…

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Charged with Manslaughter After Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Early this afternoon detectives arrested three men and a woman, and charged them with the…

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Buonarroti Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.--Buonarotti Boy broke down in the fetlock during the running of the Brisbane Cup to-day…

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Evidence In Court On Car Fatality

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday--After a woman was fatally injured by a car, the car was stopped. Two men returned to the woman, but left her on the road and drove away…

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Accidents Caused By Wet Ground

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.--Slippery ground due to the recent wet weather caused two accidents in the Coff's Harbour…

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Trainer Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY. Tues. -- The well known trainer, H. Plant had four ribs fractured, when kicked by a horse at Randwick to-day…

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One Killed; Five Injured In Smash

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Tuesday.--A girl of 17 died and five other persons were injured as a result of a collision between a car and a utility truck on the Thora road, three miles from Bellingen, this morning…

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Tragic Motor Collision Former Dorrigo Girl Killed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Miss Elaine Ellem, seventeen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. Ellem, of Thora, was killed when the car in which she…

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Level Crossing Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs—Two persons were killed and a third seriously injured when the Spirit of Progress struck a car…

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Reporter Injured At Showground

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

A "Daily Examiner" reporter, Mr. Peter McKinnon, was taken to the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday afternoon with leg…

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Pensioner Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday --An old-age pensioner was seriously injured when a headstone of a grave fell on him in the Field of Mars…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

Noel Boulton (21), of Cangai, suffered an injury to his left ankle when his motor cycle collided with a car in Grafton yesterday. He…

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Cars in Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 2

A collision occurred at the Prince and Fitzroy street intersection last night between cars driven respectively by Mr. Lewis…

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Car in River; Five Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Wed. (AAP-Reuter). A young married couple and three Indian scrub cutters were drowned when a…

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