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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Two Killed Motor Accident Fourteen Injured GRAFTON

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Last night near Lismore Frank Robinson and Gordon Kay, were killed and 14 other men injured two critically…

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Boy Drowned Canoe Upset MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Raymond Smith, 11, was drowned when a canoe capsized off Port Melbourne, yesterday afternoon. Two [?] youths who were in…

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Unidentified Man Found Seriously Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

An unidentified man was to-day fond on the first floor were of the new Amaigamated Wireless building in York-street seriously adjusted and…

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Burned to Death Fatality at Auckland A[?] N.Z. M[?]

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Gordon Robert M[?] preserver of B[?] arrived a few days [?] day, was tarred [?]…

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Four Drowned Gale at Wellington, N.Z. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Three men, Thomas Haggerty 38, James Popenhagan, 43, and Frank Rask, 28; also Hilary Haggerty, 11, are believed to have been drowned…

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Dinghy Washed Ashore Four Men Drowned N.Z. Fishing Tragedy Wellington (N.z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Thomas Haggerty (38), James Popehagen (34), Brank Rask (28) and Hilary Haggerty (11) are believed to have been drowned in…

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Lorry Plunges Down Bank Two Men Crushed to Death Fourteen Others Injured GRAFTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Frank Robbins and Gordon Kay were killed and 14 other men injured, two critically, when a contractor's lorry from Lismore, loaded with 18…

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Two Cyclists Fatally Injured Collision with Car Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Harold Downes (28), married, and John May (25), single, were fatally injured last night when the cycles they were riding were…

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Rioting in India 40 Killed; 400 Injured CAWNPORE (India)

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

It is unofficially stated that 40 have been killed, 400 injured and 600 arrested since rioting began on Friday…

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Cars in Collision at Tenterfield Intersection Cross Claims For Damages District Court Hearing

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 6

Inquiry into the circumstances of a collision between two motor cars at an intersection in Ten terfield occupied the attention of His Honor Judge Edwards in the Glen Innes District Court yesterday, when evidence in cross claims for damages filed by the two…

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Two Killed Head-on Collision Between Push-Bikes and Motor Car

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 4

A head-on collision between two push-bikes and a motor car occurred at about two miles from Inverell, on the Glen Innes road, at…

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In Dust Cloud Cars in Collision Suffer Extensive Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 4

Colliding head-on in a cloud of thick dost on newly-formed road nine miles north of Glen Innes on Tuesday afternoon, two…

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Three Motor Vehicles Collide Six Men Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 1

A sensational accident occurred on the main Uralla—Walcha road, about two miles from Uralla, near Dangar's Lagoon, last Tuesday…

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Three Cars Involved in Crash Six People Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 6

Six people were admitted to the Armidale and New England Hospital, two of them in a dangerous condition, And three cars…

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Six in Crash One Injured, Others Escape Truck Capsizes in Gully Returning From Fishing Trip

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 4

Six members of a family party returning from a fishing trip to the Little River had very fortunate escapes from death or serious…

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Buffeted Against Rocks Narrow Escape From Drowning Girl Carried 'Seawards SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 1

Daphne Barrett (18) had a narrow escape from drawing at Bronte yesterday. She was carried seawards by a…

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Car Accidents Glen Innes Mishaps

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 3

Six members of a family party returning from a Ashing trip to the Little River had very fortunate escapes from death or serious injury…

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Bullet in Fire Woman Injured BALLINA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 1

A bullet which had been gathered up in some rubbish and thrown into the fire exploded and wounded Mrs. A. T. Glen…

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Inverell Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2

Harold Downes, 28, and John May, 25, received fatal injuries when the bicycles they were riding collided with a motor car, two miles…

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Motor Fatality. Manslaughter Case. J. J. Coulton Acquitted

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2

In the Court of Quarter Sessions at Inverell on Wednesday, before His Honor Judge Edwards, John Joseph Coulton pleaded not guilty to a…

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