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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Youth Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 5

James McClaer, a Clarenza youth, suffered a head injury when he was thrown from a contestant in a pony hunt during…

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Child Injured By Bear In Sideshow

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 5

A five-year-old child was slightly injured by an American Brown Bear while attending a sideshow at the…

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Accident At Lowanna

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

Coffs Harbour ambulance was called to Lowanna yesterday morning to attend a 63-year-old tractor driver, Jack Edwards, who…

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Army Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 3

Following a spill near the amplifying box as his motor cycle and sidecar was turning to leave the arena yesterday…

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Toe Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 2

A two-year-old girl, Rita Mary Harre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Harre, of Cloud's Creek, almost severed a toe of…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 2

A Raleigh youth, Robert Thompson (17) was taken to the Grafton Base Hospital by ambulance yesterday after…

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Axeman Injured by Bullock

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 2

A Glenreagh axeman, F. T. Shipman, was knocked down and injured by a bullock in the Grafton show ring, late on…

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Many Motor Cyclists Involved In Accidents Your Contribution To Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 2

RESPONSIBILITY for accidents out of all proportion to the number registered compared with the number of…

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Policeman Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 1

GELSENKIRCHEN, Monday (A.A.P.).--Thirteen P[?]licemer were injured in this British zone town yesterday, in cl[?]shs with…

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Woman Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.--A Sydney woman and her 12-year-old son were injured when a car collided with a motor lorry on the…

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Repton Mill Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--Mr. Henry S. Williams an employee at Pike's Mill, Repton, had a finger tip crushed while at his work at the…

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Accidentally Wounded

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) to-day released the names of 10 members of the…

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Free Kick Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri. Brisbane Cup candidate Free Kick was slightly injured on the trip from Melbourne by air to-day…

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Three Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 2

Three accidentts were attended by the Grafton District Ambulance yesterday. Arthur Moran 28, of 86…

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Two Motorists Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 3

A young man and a young woman, from Sydney, were injured early yesterday morning, when a car in which they…

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Human Failure And Road Accidents Your Contribution To Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

ALL accidents have a cause. Not all accidents unfortunately are avoidable, but with proper care and caution most of…

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Girls Drowned In Waterhole

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

PERTH, Mon.--Two four-year-old girls were drowned at S[?]borough. near Perth to-day after stepping into a waterhole…

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Drinking Before Fatal Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The driver of a car in which two people were killed and another seriously injured had admitted…

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1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.-- A 13 years old boy was killed and two men were injured, in road accidents to-day…

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Two Airmen Killed In Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

DARWIN, Thurs.-- Two members of the R.A.A.F. were killed and two injured as a result ol a head-on collision between a…

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