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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 19

Three Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Three persons have been killed in road accidents in New South Wales this week-end. A new Australian was…

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Shot Youth By Accident; Suicided

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sun.-- A youth accidentally shot dead another youth, and then killed himself near…

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Driver Fined After Street Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 4

Arthur Lewis Hotch of Fry street, Grafton, fined £5 at Grafton [?] of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Road Accidents Near Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 2

BELLINGEN. -- Two motor accidents, resulting in two persons being conveyed to the Bellingen…

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Drowned Voice Of Commentator

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—First news of Junmy Carruthers' world bantamweight title win reached Australia by…

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Brothers Drowned Near Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday.—Two brothers were drowned in 15 feet of water at Upper Cooper's Creek, 15 miles from Lismore, this afternoon…

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Boy Injured at Swimming Place

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 3

A Grafton boy yesterday sustained a lacerated wound tp his left thigh, when swimming at Dobie street…

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Cause of Most Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Human failure was the cause of over 80 per cent, of the record 22,662 accidents in…

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Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 5

Geoffrey James Moran, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Moran, of Bacon street, Grafton, fractured his left…

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Sawmill Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 5

A South Grafton sawmill employee, Harold Granville Fawcett, of Fanning Avenue, Grafton, suffered ain injury…

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Grafton Greyhound Track Accident Claim

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 6

An accident to a young Grafton man, Ronald Rex Coleman, at the Grafton greyhound racing track one Sunday morning early in 1946 was recalled at the Workers'…

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Baby Saved From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 5

Cr;es from his 4½ years old son that "John is in the water" attracted Mr. Jin Jobson,…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales during the…

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Well-known Trainer Drowned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Mon.—The body of well-known former racing trainer, Arthur Ison. about 50, was found floating…

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Finding of Accidental Death

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 7

At an inquest held at the Coffs Harbour Court House on November 15, into the cause of the death of Austin Sydney…

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2054 Deaths In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Accidents on roads in the year ended June 30, cost 2054 lives, injured 38,376 persons, and caused property damage conservatively estimated…

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Accidentally Shot Brother, Took Own Life

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

VIRGINIA (Minnesota), Mon.—A mother returning home from church yesterday, found her 12-years-old…

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Accident Delays Dorrigo Traffic

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 4

DORRIGO, Tuesday.--Traffic at the junction of the Deervale and Tyringham roads near the Beilsdown River bridge, Dorrigo, was delayed for nearly an hour and a…

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Hit By Lorry; Fatally Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 2

LISMORE, Thursday.--A three-years-old boy was fatally injured when knocked down by a lorry in the…

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Occupants Miraculous Escape From Serious Injuries Collision At Bielsdown Bridge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Occupants of two vehicles involved in a collision at Bielsdown Bridge on Tuesday afternoon last had miraculous escapes from serious injuries in one of the worst accidents seen in Dorrigo for some time…

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