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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 17

Injured Youths Show Progress

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Mon.--Dr. C. W. Hammond, of Maclean, stated this afternoon that the condition of Ronald…

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Three Drowned At Fitness Camp

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues. -- Three children were drowned at Seaford to-day when a large wave washed over…

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Traffic Accidents In America

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

NEW, YORK.--Silencing of the guns in Korea may have brought an uneasy peace for fighting men, but…

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Injured In Clash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 7

CASINO.--A man was injured at Casino when he was knocked down by a mechanical hare…

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Minimize Risk Of Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

Copmanhurst Shire Council will accede to requests from the Department of Main Roads that everything…

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Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Geoffrey Winwood-Smith young son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Winwood-Smith, of Breimba street. Grafton…

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Little Girl Injured by Hit-run Driver

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

A six-year-old girl, Jeanette Steele, was injured when she was hit by a [?]-run driver near Hacking Motors in High Street…

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Three Vehicles In Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Thursday-- Three vehicles were involved in a motor accident this afternoon on the…

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US Marines Drowned In Harbour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

INCHON, Fri.--Twenty eight United States Marines were drowned yesterday when a vessel…

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Child Injured by Car

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

COFF HARBOUR, Fri.--Police believe that the driver of a car which injured a six-year-old girl in Coffs…

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Two Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. -- Two people were drowned in the metropolitan area to-day. Bruce McCain, 8 of…

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Motor Cyclist injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

On Saturday night Lindsay Thomas Reilly, 19, of 12 Maud Street. Grafton, went to the Grafton…

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Boy Of 16 Shot, Girl Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun--A 16-year-old boy was shot dead and a 15-year-old girl suffered several bullet wounds…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Daryl Skinner, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Skinner, of 72 Alice street, Grafton, suffered a probable…

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Injured in Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

A young woman was Injured in a collision between her bicycle and a van at South Grafton early…

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Intersection Collision

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

A collision occurred on Saturday night at the Prince-Dobie streets intersection, Grafton, between a…

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Injured When Boat Overturns

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Two lifesavers were injured when their boat was overturned by a 25ft. wave at…

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Three Injured In Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

Three people were injured last night when a Chevrolet utility was involved in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on the Baryulgii road about 33 miles…

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Saved From Drowning But Later Shot Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. -- A man was shot dead at his home in Bray's Road, Mortlake to-day. The dead man was James Duncan, 40, a clerk employed by the Railway Department…

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Car, Utility In Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 2

Two vehicles, a car and a utility were damaged in an accident at the corner of Arthur, and Queen streets,…

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