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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 17

Injured By Mowing Machine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 2

CALLIOPE, Fri.--Cheryl, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Cotten, suffered a severed tendon in her leg…

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Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

Ronald Wilson, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Wilson, of Whiporie, yesterday suffered a large lacerated…

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Homebound People Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, Wed. -- A farmer and his two children were drowned when a car in which they were…

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Arm Amputated After Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 2

An elderly Bellingen man had to have his right arm amputated following a motor car accident near Coffs Harbour. He is in the Bellingen Hospital in a…

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Stockmen Drowned In Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.--Two stockmen were swept from their horses and drowned while trying to…

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Two Drowned At Resorts

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sun. -- A young man and a boy were drowned at holiday resorts in Queensland to-day…

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3 Killed in Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Three people were killed and several injured in road accidents in New South Wales during the week-end…

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Arm Amputated After Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

A well known Bcllingen resident, Samuel Lovell aged 65, had his right arm amputated at Bellingen District Hospital an accidet in which a car he was…

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British Accident Toll Up

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--The accident rate on British roads rose again in 1953 despite a big improvement…

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Mill Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8

Mr. A. McGregor, employed at Sturt's Mill Dorrigo whilst working in the log yard, on Thursday morning, 18th…

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Car Accident Near Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Fri. --A Palmer's Island fisherman, Mr. Lex McConnell, was admitted to the Lower…

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5 People May Be Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Five people were drowned in floodwaters east of Grafton late Saturday night. The people a man his…

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P.m.g. Linesman Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 3

The second casualty to P.M.G. linesmen working in floodwaters was reported from South Grafton…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Wed. -- Mr. Ira Dews, an employee of the Public Works Department at…

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Collision At South

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

A motor car collided with a stationary utility in Bent street, South Grafton, last night…

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Injured Woman To Brisbane On Flying Boat

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 4

A Yamba woman, Miss W. Cavanagh, was carried on a stretcher into Ansett's flying boat at Grafton…

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20 Were Injured in Bus Smash

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--More than 20 people were injured--some seriously--when a double decker Transport…

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Court Sequel To Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

Hearing of a prosecution against Reginald Hinchcliffe, of Tattersall's Hotel, South Grafton, was…

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Injured In Explosion

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

MARRAKISH, Fri. -- The Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Muy Mohamed Ben Moulay Arfa was injured by a bomb…

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Husband's Death Accident Mrs. Blank

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--Close to tears and in a voice quivering with emotion, Mrs. Nina Blank, wife of Dr. Joseph…

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