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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

336 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 17

Brittanic in Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK. Fri. (A.A.P.).-- The Cunard liner Britannic collided with a cargo ship in heavy fog near the entrance to New…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 2

Peter Ashton three-year-old son of Grafton Child Welfare Officer, Mr. R. Ashton, had the first finger of his right hand…

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Road Accidents Kill 3, Injure 21

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Three were killed and at least 21 others injured in week-end road accidents…

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On Way To School Girl Critically Hurt In Cart Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 2

Helen Doreen Lee (6 12), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W .A. Lee, of Winegrove, was admitted to Grafton Base Hospital yesterday in a critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull and concussion…

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I Dead I Hurt in Mystery Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A 19-year-old mother was killed, and her 18-year-old married sister critically injured in a mystery accident at Ryde last night. C. I. B. detectives investigating…

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Bridge Collision; Several Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 2

Five occupants of a car involved in a collision on the, Clarence River Bridge at Grafton, yesterday afternoon,…

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Sawyer Injured By Wood Billet

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 2

A sawyer employed at the Federal Match Company, Grafton, suffered a contused wound to the second, third and fourth toes of…

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Second Death In Mystery Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The second victim of the puzzling road accident at Ryde on Monday night died early to-day in Ryde Hospital. SHE was Mrs. Sarah Gloria…

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Children Injured by Car: Man Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—A man was charged at Newtown Police Station early this morning after two children…

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Drowned in Dam

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 1

PITTSBURGH, Mon. (AAP) —Two men and two women were swept to their deaths in the foaming spillway of the…

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British Rugby Union Player Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 4

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Mon. (AAP). — British Isles Rugby Union forward, J. W. McKay, received a broken nose…

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Two Men Injured In Car Capsize

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 3

Two men were injured when a small motor car capsized on the Glen Innes road, about three miles from South…

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Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

Bernard Frewburn Berry, single, of Fry street. Grafton was injured when unloading a ship last night. Grafton…

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Injured Man Dies

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

One of the men injured in the car accident along the Glen Innes road early on Tuesday night died at the…

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Man Found Injured In Street

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

A man who was taken to the Grafton Base Hospital last night with face and head injuries was unable to give a…

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English Captain Has Injured Back

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—English Rugby League captain Ernest Ward is still suffering from an injured back…

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Baby Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—A 10 months old boy was drowned in 20 inches of floodwater at Ducken field near Morpeth, to-day…

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Horseman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 2

Thrown from his horse against tree yesterday, Claude Oliver Brown, of Stockyard Creek, suffered abrasions to the nose,…

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Long Bush Trek With Injured Man

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.— An ambulance bearer and three timber workers carried an injured man on a stretcher for…

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Sequel to Truck and Cycle Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 7

Reference to cm accident in which an utility collided with a push bike woe made at Coffs Court of Petty Sessions…

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