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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

829 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 42

Mother's Dream Saves Child's Life Rescue From Drowning SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

Edward Leslie Hamilton, who celebrated his first birthday last Friday, nearly lost his life yesterday when his three-year-old…

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Attacked by Bees Horse Killed; Driver Injured WOLLONGONG, Thurs

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

A horse died and its driver had more than 200 stings taken from his body after being attacked by bees yesterday…

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Student Injured Spine Hurt While Diving

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

While diving in the City Baths early on Wednesday evening Colin Martin (20), a student living in Taylor-street, Armidale, suffered a probable injury…

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Mauled by Crocodile Malayan Badly Injured Darwin, Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

A Malay members of the crew of a pearling lugger was badly mauled by a crocodile 100 yards from the local railway station on Saturday night. An…

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Dangerous Bend Ten Persons Injured When Car Overturns Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

Ten people were injured when a motor car, driven by J. Nock, overturned on a dangerous corner on the Tuggerah-The Entrance road and…

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Spanish Naval Battle Modern Warship Sunk British Destroyers Rescue Survivors Seaman Killed :: Three Shipmates Injured BARCELONA

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

IN A NAVAL BATTLE OFF THE SPANISH COAST NEAR CARTEGENA, BETWEEN WARSHIPS AND AEROPLANES OF BOTH SIDES, THE REBEL CRUISER CANARIAS (10,000 TONS) WAS TORPEDOED BY THE GOVERNMENT DESTROYER,…

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British Destroyers To Rescue Of Survivors Naval Battle In Spanish Civil War Rebel Cruiser Sunk British Seaman Fatally Injured Barcelona

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

In a naval battle off the coast near Cartagena, between warships and aeroplanes on both sides, the rebel cruiser…

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Judge Curlewis Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

While Judge Curlewis was travelling in a tram at the intersection of King and George streets, city, last night, he was thrown on to the road…

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Mysterious Shot Railway Man Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

A message from Maitland states that Cyril Olive Maher, 40, night officer at Farley railway station, was critically wounded by a revolver or rifle bullet…

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Pea Rifle Fatality Boy Shoots Man "Did Not Know It Was Loaded" SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

Frederick Sewell, 35, was accidentally shot dead to-day on the dairy farm of W G [?]net, of Upper Lansdowne where he was employed…

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Car Accident Narrow Escapes SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

One man and two women were severely injured when a sedan car ran off the road near Tuggerah last night. It crashed through a fence, ran…

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The Deepwater Emmaville Supplement LOCAL & General Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 14

"While engaged in his work on the Morgan and Lennon Syndicate dredge, Mr. Cyril Lennon met with a nasty accident, a considerable amount of…

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Cars in Collision Well-Known Residents Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

Mr. Harry Kouvelis, well known theatre manager of Tarn worth and Sydney, sustained a compound fracture of the right upper arm and…

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Head-on Collision

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

As a result of a head-on collision early on Wednesday morning, Mr. Russel O. Chapman, of Wollomombi, and Mr. Harry Kouvelis, manager of…

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[?] INJURED Turee Ribs Broken Unusual Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

As a credit of a most unusual [?] Catholic & [?] is off duty, [?] truth Turee between ribs and heavy [?]…

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Fireman Injured When Owl Hits Cabin Window

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

As the Glen Innes mail train was travelling between Armidale and Uralla last night an owl crashed into the cabin window of the engine…

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Uralla Road Collision Cross-Action Heard at Court Verdict For H. Curtis For £50

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

Damages to the amount of £40, allegedly arising out of a collision between his and defendant's car on the Armidale road on…

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Rodney Verdict Accidental Death

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. Oram, returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of evidence into the deaths of 19 persons who lost their lives when…

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Yetman Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

Leslie Humphreys, 20, single, of Yetman, whilst out hunting yesterday morning on his father's property, had wounded a pig and was hurriedly…

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Shunter Killed Accident at Bunnerong Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

Charles Allen (43), a married man, was crushed to death while shunting a truck at Bunnerong Power House last night…

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