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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

770 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 39

Constable Injured Head-on Collision SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 3

Constable F. Maisey, of the Police Safety Bureau Patrol, was injured last night when his motor cycle and [?] car came into collision with a…

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Girl Drowned Fall From Dinghy Mysterious Accident SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

The body of Norma Hall, 25, [?] was found yesterday morning [?] in Taggerah Lakes while [?] away was dinghy in which [?]…

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Peculiar Fatality to a Chtld

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 4

A finding of accidental death, caused by drinking hot tea from the spout of a teapot, was recorded after an inquest at, Murwillumbah, on…

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Girl Drowned Tragic End To Picnic SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

Irene Lake (9), of Glenfield, was drowned in the river near her home yesterday. She was a member of a picnic party…

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Bathing Fatality Struck Another Man Diving from Height SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

When struck by another bather who had dived from a high diving platform. Thomas Lambert, 41, engineer was fatally injured while swimming in…

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Car Over Bridge Jack Carroll Injured Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

Four people, including Arthur Harwick, better known as Jack Carroll, former welterweight boxing champion of Australia, were injured when a car…

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Tenterfield Tragedy Miss Sommerlad Murdered Eric Sommerlad Seriously Injured Police Detain Man

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 4

A shocking tragedy was revealed at about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning at Hillcrest, a dairy farm about four and a half miles from…

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Nebraska Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 4

Nebraska, which pulled up to a walk in the final furlong, returned to the saddling paddock very lame. A tendon near of the near hint leg leg was…

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BICYCLE - Lorry Collision Portion of Man's Scalp Torn Off SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

As the result of a collision between! his bicycle, and a motor lorry at Bankstown last night, Thomas Clarke (35) received severe injuries…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 4

Rev. L. J. McDonald, of Inverell, who is holding services in the Warialda parish during Mr. Powell's absence, had an unpleasant experience on…

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Efforts Fail To Save Life of Fourth Accident Victim SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

Jack Dyke (30) who had been unconscious in St. Vincent's! Hospital for 38 days as the result of a car accident, in which three persons were…

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Traffic Lights Value in Reducing Accidents

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

The value of traffic lights in reducing city accidents was demonstrated in New York recently. In an effort to minimise traffic…

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Drowning Fatality In Manning River [?]

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

A meeting from Later states that John [?] street, storekeepers. [?] Cundletown was drowned in the Manning River last night…

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Manning River Fatality Man Drowned While Prawning Boat Became Waterlogged SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

A message from Taree states that John L. Street, storekeeper, of Cundletown, was drowned in the Manning River at Taree last…

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Injured by Dart Compensation Award

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 12

It has been decided by the Court of Appeal that an employee in an engineering works, whose eye was injured by a dart while he was…

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Motorist Killed Crashed Into Tram Level-Crossing Accident MELBOURNE, [?]

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

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Education Minister in Collision BEGA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 1

A car in which the Minister for Education, Mr. D. H. Drummond, was making an official visit to the South Coast, was involved in a…

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Intersection Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 4

Two cars were damaged, but the occupants were uninjured, in a collision at the intersection of Brown and Butter streets this afternoon. The cars…

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The Moree Car Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions at Moree on Tuesday Tom Cross, station bookkeeper, was found not guilty of a charge of feloniously slaying…

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