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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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

Fingers Injured By Circular Saw

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 4

Mr. Harry Fanning was for tunate not to lose a considerable portion of his right hand one day last week when…

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Unusual Accident At Boambee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 7

Mrs. W. A. Robinson suffered an unusual accident at her home at Boambee on Saturday afternoon. She was assisting…

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Five Injured In Head-on Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday.--Five people were injured when two motor vehicles met in a head-on collision on the Pacific highway between Coff's Harbour and Woolgoolga at about 9 a.m. to-day…

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Bridge Collision Action Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 4

A further adjournment in the Small Debts Court action brought by the Commissioner for Railways was made at Grafton…

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Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Approval of the appointment of a base committee of inquiry into road accidents involving motor cyclists has…

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Six Drowned in Heavy Rains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. (AAP).--At least six people were drowned, and others are missing, by torrential rain from a cloudburst over…

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Men Drowned When Launch Swamped

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--Three married men were drowned early to-day, when a launch was swamped and smashed to…

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Accidents Involving Diplomatic Cars

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--Mr. Fraser (Lab., N.S.W.) to-day asked the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the House of Representatives if…

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Motorist Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

When a car he was driving capsized down the bank at Glenugie Creek, on the Woolgoolga road. Gordon Dougall Blue (36), of…

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Injured Spine From Fating Limb

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Mr. Walter Fawcett (38), of Bellinger Road, Coffs Harbour, discovered when x-rayed at the District Hospital on…

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Awarded Damages After Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Allan Bruce Milcoy of Malabar road, Coogee was to-day awarded £15194 damages by a District Court jury…

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Hockey Players Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 5

Several players in the Grafton-Coff's Harbour hockey matches yesterday received attention from the Grafton District. Ambulance…

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Injured by Tree Butt

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.—At Boambee late this afternoon, Mr. F. Eeley was injured when he was struck by the butt of a tree,…

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Driver In Two Accidents Same Night

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 5

Two fines for negligent driving were imposed on a young Grafton man by Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., at the Court of Petty…

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Two Killed In Newcastle Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--A motor cyclist and a six-year-old boy on his way to school, were killed within an hour in road…

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Apprentice Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Apprentice T. Brooking suffered slight concussion when Smoky fell in a barrier trial at Rosebery to-day. He was taken to…

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Series Of Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 2

A series of accidents took place at Grafton and in the Clarence district yesterday Charles Straume (32), a…

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Woman Killed in Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Mon.-- Mrs. Rita Ewan, 33, of Elliot's road, Fairy Meadow, was fatally injured on the Prince's Highway,…

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Remarkable Escape In Spectacular Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.-- Two occupants of a utility truck had remarkable escapes from serious injury in a…

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Two Youths Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Probable concussion and abrasions to the face and right wrist and thigh were suffered by John Raymond Stephenson, of 110…

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