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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1973

6 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Man Is Accidentally Shot in the Stomach

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 11 September 1973 · page 1

A Coffs Harbour man was yesterday in a “fairly satisfactory” condition in Coffs Harbour hospital after being accidentally shot in the stomach late Sunday night…

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Boy, ‘11, accidentally shot with speargun

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 13 September 1973 · page 2

An 11-year-old boy, Owen Shields, was injured when he accidentally shot himself with a speargun at Red Rock last week. Owen, who was not…

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Accident Victims Named by Police

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 11 October 1973 · page 1

Coffs Harbour police yesterday released the names of two people flown to Sydney by air ambulance after being seriously injured in a head-on car smash on Tuesday…

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Accident Victim Now Satisfactory

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 22 November 1973 · page 3

A Sawtell woman, seriously injured in an accident last week in which her husband was killed, was in a satisfactory condition in Coffs Harbour Hospital yesterday…

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Police seek injured man

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 27 November 1973 · page 1

Police are searching for a man who was treated for a wound to his arm at Coffs Harbour hospital on Saturday night. They want to speak…

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Man Flown Home Following Accident

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 11 December 1973 · page 1

A Wollongong youth will be flown home today by Air Ambulance after suffering serious head and internal injuries in an accident near Corindi on Friday. He is John Jones, aged 16, of Hunter Street, Wollongong, who was…

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