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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Injured Cyclist Passes Away

Macleay Argus · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 1

The death occurred in the Macleay District Hospital, on Saturday night, of Donald Barnett. 17-year-old son of…

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Macleay Woman Injured at Grafton

Macleay Argus · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 1

GRAFTON, Sunday.--Mrs. C. E. Rowe, of Vincent Street, Smithtown, received a probable fracture of the nose when…

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Thumb Injured

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 4

Dudley Woods, 29, of Crescent Head. a timber carter, on Monday suffered a compound fracture of the left…

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Footballer Injured

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 1

Keith Bailey, a 17 year-old member of the Gosford High School team which played the Kempsey High School in…

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Dave Sands'Tragic Death— As Result of Truck Accident Near Dungog

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 2

Dave Sands, Empire middleweight boxing champion, died in Bungog Hospital at 9.30 last night…

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Dave Sands Killed in Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands was killed on the Dungog-Wangat road on Monday night when the truck he was driving overturned and pinned him to the cabin. He suffered head, chest and internal injuries and died in hospital at 9.30 p.m…

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Man Injured at Railways

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 3

A man was injured yesterday when he fell from an engine in the Taree railway yards…

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Fitter Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

Last Saturday, Francis Boileau, a fitter at Nestle's, at Smithtown, was taken across the still flooded river to…

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Woman Attacked by Dog Seriously Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

Miss Eva Gendle, of 50 Barney Street, Armidale, suffered severe lacerations to her left leg recently when…

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Lad's Death Accidental

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 3

Accidental death was the finding of the Coroner (Mr. Hough) yesterday into the death of the lad, Thomas Brian…

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Man Lost Arm "Accident Could Have Been Avoided" --Factory Inspector

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

If a sawmill saw had been guarded, a man would not have lost his arm in an accident, a factories inspector said at the Coopernook Industrial Court, this week…

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Comboyne Series of Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 2

A chapter of accidents has beset the citizens of Comboyne. Jack Parsons was struck…

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Youth's Death Accidental

Macleay Argus · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 1

In the Kempsey Courthouse on Saturday morning the District Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, JP, inquired into the death…

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Cow Trod On Child; Leg Injured

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 1

Four year old Ruth Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Smith, of Austral Eden, yesterday suffered…

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Youth's Death Caused Through Injuries Accidentally Received

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 4

After an inquest in the Kempsey Courthouse last Saturday, the District Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., found that Donald Hartley Barnett, 18, of Gladstone, died in the Macleay District…

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Hand Injured

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 1

Mrs. Les McKenna, Rudder Street, East Kempsey, was on Saturday treated by the Kempsey Ambulance and at a…

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Two Injured in Plane Crash

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--An instructor and his pupil were seriously injured today when the Tiger Moth they were…

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Three Killed; Many Injured in Smashes

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Three people were killed, and many were injured in road accidents at the week-end. The deaths, which occurred in the country,…

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Bad Roads Factor in Accident Toll

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 6

Inadequate or badly planned roads, intersections and bridges contributed very materially to accidents, said Mr. Gawler, a town planning expert and former head of the Victorian…

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Current Topics... Baker's Hill Collision

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 2

A car and a station waggon were damaged on Sunday when they collided at a bend on Baker's Hill, on the Pacific Highway. The car was…

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