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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 19

Child Drowned By Floodwaters

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs. —A nine and a half months old baby girl, Isabella Foex, of Deeford, was drowned…

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Four Drowned At Semaphore

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thurs.—The bodies of two baby girls, who were drowned with their mother and eldest…

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Railway Ganger Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

Willis ("Jim") Gosper, aged 61, a railway ganger, who resides at Orlando Street, Coffs Harbour bour Jetty, received a probable…

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Accident at Sawtell

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 8

A Dorrigo lad, Robert McMinn, was sitting on a heap of logs when it slipped and one of his fingers were crushed. After…

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Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 8

On Saturday morning, January 5, Des King, whilst working a tractor in the Megan area was struck on the right…

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No Serious Road Accidents Over Holidays

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Although road traffic in the district over the past few weks has been exceptionally heavy, it is gratifying to report that no…

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Accident at Airport

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Mr. Arthur Tottenham an electrician, engaged at the Coffs Harbour airport, was injured while at work yesterday. He was…

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Runaway Timber Jinker in Unique Street Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Shop workers returning from the lunch hour break at 1.20 pm yesterday witnessed a unique accident when the trailer portion of an empty timber jinker, owned by Mr. S. W. Saye. of South Grafton, careered across High…

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Railwayman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

On Saturday, Michael Hayes O'Brien, of 5 Kent street, Grafton, a railway employee, had the third and…

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Four Drowned At Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Two men and two youths were drowned in N.S.W. at the week-end…

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Arm Injured When Gun Exploded

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

Extensive injuries to the left forearm were suffered by an Eatonsville youth yesterday when a shotgun he was taking from a boat exploded…

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N.s.w. Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. — Four people were killed and nine injured in accidents on New South Wales roads…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. Needlessly Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

The disastrous figures for 1951 have now been published and we find that 723 people lost their lives in…

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Station Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

Mrs. Rose Anna Beatson, of 58 Ryan street, South Grafton, suffered a probable fracture of the right…

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Elderly Man Fatally Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5

MACI[?]VILLE, Wed.—An elderly man was fatally injured and his son, daughter and two…

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Many Injured In Bridge Collapse

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (AAP).—One hundred and twenty football fans were injured yesterday evening, 50 of them seriously , when a footbridge at the Bury (Lancashire) railway station collapsed, plunging them 25 feet to the…

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Missing After Boat Swamped; Drowned Or Taken By Shark

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—A youth is missing, believed drowned, after a rowing boat swamped at…

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Motor Accidents At Yass Kill Two Women

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday—Two women were killed in motor accidents at Yass to-day within two hours of each…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. Cause Of Many Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

THAT people are slowly becoming accident conscious is apparent by the numbers who have…

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Woman's Faint Causes Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

When a woman fell forward as though in a faint while travelling in a car yesterday the driver made…

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