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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 19

Injured When Cartridge Exploded

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

Carl Falk (23), gunsmith, of 71 Queen street, Grafton, was injured yesterday when a blank cartridge exploded…

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Serious Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 4

BELLINGEN. -- Mr. Albert Morris, of Coffs Harbour, an employee of the Main Roads Department,…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 3

Ernest John Templeman, a member of the Casino football team, suffered a contused wound on the nose…

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Boy Drowned In Baths

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Sun.--Ten-year-old Gordon Bernard Rourke, of Edward street, North Sydney, was…

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Two Injured On Playing Fields

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Sun.--At Coffs Harbour to-day, two young men were injured in accidents on the…

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Mechanic Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 2

Samuel O'Driscoll, of 19 Fry street, Grafton, a mechanic employed by A. F. Robinson, Grafton, suffered…

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Youths Injured In Motor Cycle Skid

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 2

Two Grafton youths were admitted to Grafton Base Hospital after a motor cycle accident late on Friday…

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Five Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Five persons have been killed in road, accidents so far this holiday week-end. One of the dead was burnt to death when trapped in the rear seat of a car which burst into flames after…

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Youth Killed in Rifle Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Mon.-- A youth was shot dead and another youth injured in shooting accidents near…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 2

Stanley Olive (21), of 60 Kent street, Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the left shoulder blade, at…

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Four Prisoners Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun.--The United Nations prisoner of war command said to-day that four prisoners of war on…

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Accidentally Shot

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.--A man was killed instantly when a shotgun he was carrying accidentally discharged and…

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Accident at Lower Bucca

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

A painful injury was inflicted on Mr. Bruce Goodenough, 18 years old son of Mrs. L. Goodenough, of Lower Bucca, while he…

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Sleeper Cutter Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 6

Coffs Harbour Ambulance was called to attend a sleeper cutter, Leslie Allan Cann, aged 36, who suffered a large incised…

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Found Injured On Railway Line

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--A seriously injured man was found lying beside the North Coast railway line, about 500 yards north of the Coffs Harbour railway station…

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Fatal Accident at Jetty

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 1

Austin Sydney Owen, aged 30, of Barrie Street, Coffs Harbour, died in the District Hospital at 3.45 this morning. He was…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.--Well-known jockey James Kerr, 26, was seriously injured when his car rolled over…

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Timber Worker Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 2

Francis Henry O'Driscoll, 32 of Halfway Creek, received an incised wound on his left kneecap while…

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Three Mile Trek With Injured Man

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues. -- The senior ambulance officer from Coffs Harbour and bush workers from the…

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Sawyer Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 5

Clifford M. Martin, 43, sawyer, of Corindi Clarence, suffered an injury to his right eye yesterday when it…

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