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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 17

Schoolboy Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

Ala. George Holroyd, II, son of Mr. and" Mrs. W. D. Holroyd of Kangaroo Creek, suffered a fractured right…

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Fewer Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday-- There were 198 fewer people killed in road accidents last year than the…

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Schoolboy Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

Leslie Hamilton. 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hamilton,of 5 Little Mary street,Grafton,suffered a severe…

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Timber Worker Injured in Unusual Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

Gordon Innes(19. of Korora, was injured in an unusual accident in the bush at Moleton on Wednesday…

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Prince Street Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 2

A collision between a taxi and a utility truck occurred in Prince street, Grafton, at 5.50 p.m…

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Accident Victim Dies In Hospital

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday. -- A utility truck driver who was injured in a car collision yesterday died to-day…

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Grafton Man Killed In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A Murrumbidgee Irrigation Commission employee was killed instantly in a truck…

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Sydney Couple Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

A Sydney man and his wife were taken to Grafton Base Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering injuries…

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Air Collision In Canada; 37 Dead

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

OTTAWA, Friday.--A west-bound airliner and a Canadian Air Force training plane, colliding in the air and crashing 4000 feet in flames, yesterday gave…

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Boy Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sun--Ambulance officers used an improvised grappling hook to locate the body of an…

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Soldiers Killed in Collision

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Two young soldiers were killed instantly on the Storey Bridge last night, when their…

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Child Drowned in Trough

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sun. -- A 17-months-old boy was drowned in a water trough at his father's farm at…

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Inquiry Into Collision At Sea

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

DARWIN, Mon.--A naval inquiry will be held at Darwin to-morrow into the mid-ocean collision of…

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Accidental Death Of Army Trainees Coroner's Finding

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday -- Two Army trainees drowned when a convoy of Army amphibious vehicles were swamped off Stockton beach on March 8 had died…

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Man Charged Following Motor Cycle Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

A Woolgoolga man, Aldwyn Clive Rollins (22), who was the pillion rider on a motor cycle involved in an accident on…

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Five Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Five people were killed in New South Wales road accidents last night and to-day…

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Two Injured In Car Capsize

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 3

A man and a young woman were injured when b motor ear left the road at the gap just beyond' the Nymboida power station on Saturday morning,…

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Easter Week-end Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Nine people were killed in New South Wales road accidents during the Easter week-end. Two women were killed to-day when…

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Holiday Accidents In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.-- Five people have been killed and 11 injured in road accidents since Friday…

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Boy Injured in Explosion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 3

Rory Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Moore, of Norrie street, South Grafton, is a patient at…

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