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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Rugby League Two Coffs Players Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.--As a result of injuries in a hard match against Bowraville on Sunday, two Coff's Harbour…

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Cane Cutter Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 2

Joni Volk (21), a cane cutter employed at Brushgrove, yesterday suffered a lacerated wound to the head probable…

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Injured Players Uncertain For Third Test

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Six injured French Rugby League players are uncertain for the Third Test in Sydney…

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Greyhound Winners Escaped Drowning

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 5

Two Grafton greyhound winners on Saturday night, both members of a litter bred by a Woman racing enthusiast, escaped drowning in the Clarence flood last year…

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Boy Killed In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A boy was killed and five people were injured, one critically and two seriously, in week-end accidents…

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50 Drowned When Bus Overturns

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 1

MEXICO, Tues. (AAP).-- At least 50 peasants were drowned when a crowded bus overturned and was carried away by a…

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Fatal Injuries Accidentally Received

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 3

THE Deputy Coroner, Mr. F. M. V. Earle, yesterday found that John Joseph Glasser, an elderly man, died from…

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Boy Injured in 10Ft. Fall

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

A nine-years-old boy, playing with another in a partly constructed two-storey residence in McHugh street. Grafton, fell…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA.--R Crossley (19) suffered a severely sprained ankle while playing football against Grafton Uniteds…

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Driving Charge After 70,000 Miles Without An Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

A man who had driven more than 70,000 miles over the North Coast in the past four years without an accident…

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Youth Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

George Peter Bernard (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bernard, of Queen street, Grafton, suffered probable injury…

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Accident Victim Born On Clarence

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

Raymond Charles Spencer, of Ballina, who was killed in a motor car accident last week on the North Coast of…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 5

Frank O'Loughlin, a member of the All Blacks football team, suffered a severe cut over the right eye while playing, in the…

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Hockey Player Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 5

Frank Hackett, of 42 Oliver street, Grafton, had the top joint of the third finger of his right hand almost severed while…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN,-- On Monday night a motor cyclist collided with a calf on the Pacific highway about three miles south of…

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Three Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 2

Ronald Thomas Cleasby (23), of 136 Queen street. Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the right foot yesterday, when…

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Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Two men were killed and two others were seriously injured in road accidents in Sydney to-night…

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Holiday Period Accident Free

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

The July racing carnival period had been devoid of accidents and serious breaches of the law, said Police Inspector W. O. McEwan, yesterday. Inspector McEwan…

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Workman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

John Clarence Kelly, of Southgate road, suffered wounds to the hand when it was caught between the side of…

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Accidental Death Verdict At Inquest Coldstream Farmer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. F. M. V. Earle, yesterday at an inquest held at Ulmarra Police Station on John William Taylor (30), farmer, of Upper Cold…

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