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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 19

Warning Light in Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 5

This warning light has been designed for use when trucks are involved in accidents on dark…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 2

Leslie James Reardon, aged nine, son of Mrs. G. M. Reardon, of 8 Hunter street, South Grafton,…

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Freak Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH. A workman at the New South Wales Rutile Mining Company's works at Cudgen was…

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Fatal Accident at Upper Orara

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 1

A young timber worker was killed at Upper Orara shortly after dark last night when a branch or sapling pinned him…

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Accidentally Shot in Groin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues.--At his banana plantation at Middle Boambee to-day, Henry Morris, 45,…

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Child Drowned In Bonville Creek

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 2
Also in Coffs Harbour Advocate

COFFS HARBOUR, Thursday.--A 17-months-old girl was drowned in Bonville Creek, near Sawtell, late to-day. She was Christine-Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of…

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Injured By Knitting Needle

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 3

INVERELL.--A Tingha man, A Rummings, of Copeharding Creek, is a patient in the inverell…

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Lifted Log From Injured Husband

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 2

A 22-year-old housewife lifted a huge log which had rolled on her husband and pinned him to the…

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Boambee Farmer Accidentally Shot

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 1

Henry Morris, aged 46, of Middle Boambee, was accidentally shot in the groin on Tuesday morning when a:22 calibre…

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Hooker Schubert Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Mon.--Though the Australian Rugby League team beat Whitehaven on Saturday by 15-5,…

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Record Award in Accident Claim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A Supreme Court jury to-night awarded £19,500--an Australian record for an…

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Woman Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

A woman suffered head injuries in a motor collision at the corner of Through and Wharf street, South…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

A deep lacerated wound in the left leg was suffered yesterday by William James Hart, 15, a schoolboy…

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Mechanic Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

Richmond Alister Kidd, a mechanic employed at the Grafton Boneyard, a motor car wrecking business in…

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Oldtime Saga of the Sea Unfolded Ships In Collision Off Solitary Island Tragic Loss of Forty-eight Lives

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

From the misty pages of history comes a story of a shipwreck off Solitary Island — a story of a collision in the dark which resulted in the tragic loss of 48 lives —the suspension of a mate's certificate — and a jury's…

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Timber workers Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 2

MACKSVILLE.--Two men were injured in logging accidents in State forests. They were William…

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Sisters Die in Collision

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Two young sisters died in a collision between a car and a panel van on the Torquay…

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Sucked Into Hole; Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A 22 years old man was drowned when sucked into a hole beneath a river weir at…

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Horseman Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--Claude Fry, well-known resident of Orama, suffered an injury in the lower lumbar region…

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