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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 19

Coronial, Inquiry. Drowned When Thrown. By Horse In River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 4

A finding of accidental drowning: was returned at the coronial inquiry: in Graf ton on Tuesday into the death of…

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Mr. Bob McCABE Involved in Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

One of Coffs Harbour's besiknown residents, Mr. Bob McCabe, of Korff Street, is a patient at the District Hospital after…

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Film Star Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 4

Alan Ladd, "tough man" of the screen, suffered his fourth accident recently on the set of the film…

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Collision On Clarence Bridge

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 2

On Saturday night a collision occurred on the Clarence Bridge between a taxi and a motor cycle the rider…

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Record Floods Cause Havoc One Man Drowned, Another Missing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Record floods continue to cause havoc as they surge through the Central West and Riverina districts of New South Wales. One man has been drowned at Cowra, and another man is…

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Two Men Drowned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Two men have been drowned in the N.S.W. floods. They were Stanley…

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Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

James Small, of Skinner street, South Grafton, was injured in an accident while working on the…

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Footballers Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Sun.--Nambucca footballers were unlucky in their matches against Coffs Harbour Diggers to-day…

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Injured When Horse Fell

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Sun. --Donald Sharp (21), Hill street, Coffs Harbour, was admitted to the District…

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Five Killed in Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday --Five persons have been killed in road accidents in New South Wales this week-end…

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In Car Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--When the shire engineer, Mr. H. I. S. Marks, who was accompanied by his wife and two of…

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Accidents Over Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

Adrian Curren (22) of 13 Alice street, Grafton, suffered a lacerated wound to his right knee while playing football at Fisher…

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Family In Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Mon. --At Coffs Harbour this afternoon three members of a well known district family…

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Succession of Accidents at Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

The Coffs Harbour Ambulance was kept busy attending a succession of accidents over the weekend…

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Accident Delays New State Plans

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

An accident to the organising secretary (Mr. T. H. Scholfield) has delayed a series of meetings being…

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Accident To Mannequin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Wed.--A plastic surgeon was called in to treat Praline. France's most photographed mannequin…

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Injured Kiwi Out Of Team

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Injured Kiwi winger, Bevan Hough has been dropped from the New Zealand…

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Drowned In Drain While Under Truck

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A 56-year-old man was drowned in a drain while pinned beneath a truck, after a motor accident on the Hume Highway, at Bass Hill, to-day…

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Diggers Players Injured in Rough Game

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 8

Although they won the match 24-6, Diggers suffered heavily through injuries in the Southern Zone Rugby League…

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Two Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Albert Taylor (30), timberworker, employed by G. R. Worthing, South Grafton, suffered an incised wound to…

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