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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 19

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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Boxer's Leg Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. -- Terry Allen won the British flyweight boxing title last night when referee called a halt in…

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Boy Injured in Scuffle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 3

ARMIDALE,--Eric William Graham Hong, aged 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hong, is in the Armidale…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Jockey P. Glennon who has been engaged for Weloch in the Derby and Double…

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Wallaby Causes Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Thurs.--A wallaby which bounded across the Emmaville-Glen Innes road caused serious…

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Sawmill Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 3

A Corindi Clarence sawmill worker, Percy Martin, 40, suffered severe lacerations to his right hand…

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Kempsey Man Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Two men and a 16 months old baby were drowned in N.S.W. at the week-end…

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Two Drowned In Victoria

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Melbourne weekend accident victims included a five-year-old boy and his 60-year-old grandfather, who were drowned in the Maribyrnong River…

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Fishing Boat Hits Reef; Three Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

HOBART, Sunday.--Two men and a boy lost their lives yesterday when their fishing boat, Telopea, struck…

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Serious Accident Averted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 October 1952 · page 2

ULMARRA.--A serious accident was narrowly averted at the Pacific Highway Coldstream street…

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Road Accidents Alarm Judge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--"We will all be a race of cripples, or else in the cemeteries," said Judge Berne, quoting "appalling figures" on road accidents in the Quarter Sessions…

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Sawmill Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--Fred Speed, of Hydes Creek, was injured on the first day of his employment at M…

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Accidental Death

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 1

EDEN, Friday.--The Eden District Coroner, Mr. J. Martin, to-day returned a finding of accidental…

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Accidental Death

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Frid.--A verdict of accidental death was returned at the close yesterday of an inquest into…

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Four Drowned At Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY Sun.--Four persons were drowned in N.S.W. at the week-end. Police to-day recovered…

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Eye Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 2

Mervyn Lawrence Grebert, 33, married, of Clarence street, Grafton, sustained an injury to his right…

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Pilot Badly Injured Plane Crash At South

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

The pilot of a small aeroplane which crashed into a paddock at South Grafton late yesterday afternoon crawled out of the wreckage despite serious injuries…

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Moat Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.--Promising two-year-old colt, Moat, who won at Canterbury last up, galloped into…

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Grim Toll of Road Accidents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 7

Dorrigo's Chief of Police, Sgt. F. Dowel, has provided us with the following figures of road accidents to September 30. The figures are most alarm…

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Millhand Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 2

Barry John Fisher (18), mill-hand of 126 Pound street, Grafton, received a probable fracture of the…

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