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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

573 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 29

URALLA Cars Crash on Highway Three Women Injured Armidale Resident Involved

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

A peculiar accident, in which three women were injured, occurred on the State highway about eight miles south of Ural la…

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Collision in Harbor HALIFAX

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 1

When an incoming freighter rammed and sank a pilot boat at midnight six harbor pilots and three members of the crew were drowned…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

A man named Cliff Farnant, of Bukkulla, had a narrow escape from being drowned recently when he was rescued from Fraser's Creek in an…

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Thrown Through Hood Passenger In Car Intersection Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

When two cars collided at the intersection of Barney and Douglas streets, Armidale, yesterday, afternoon, a passenger in…

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Boys Save Horses From Being Drowned

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

Two South Johnstone youths—Gordon Rowe and Robert Turnbull—in a small tin canoe in the raging flood waters, saved the lives of 12 valuable…

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Four Injured School Bus and Waggon Collide SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 1

When a two-decked motor bus. carrying about 50 children, collided with an ice-cream waggon at Queenscliff this morning four persons were…

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Four Persons Injured Bus And Ice Cream Waggon Collide SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

When a two-decker motor 'bus, carrying about 50 children, collided with an ice cream waggon at Queenscliff, this morning, four persons were…

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Utilities Collide Accident on Tingha Road Police Court Sequel

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 2

In the local Police Court yesterday morning Ronald Clarence Lowe was charged with failing 10 stop after an accident and with driving in a…

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Invented by Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 3

The automatic system of signalling was discovered accidentally at a spiritualistic seance. The many uses of borax, were discovered through the…

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Trooper in Serious Condition Accident On Manoeuvres

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

Trooper Edward John Helliker, of the 15th Light Horse Regiment, was admitted to the Armidale and New England Hospital last night in a i…

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Fell From Wharf Man Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 4

Archibald Alan Morris (35), of Riley Street, City, was drowned about midnight when he fell from No. 12 wharf Darling Harbor…

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Car Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 1

Three women were injured, one seriously, in a collision between two cars on the New England Highway south of Uralla on…

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Accident Figures—new Record

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

More people were killed on the roads of Great Britain during last December than in any month in any year on record. The total was 1,155,…

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Girl Injured Motor Collision SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

Alice Lambrick, 16, was seriously injured when a police wireless car and another car, in which she was passenger, collided in Marsden road,…

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Girl's Serious Injuries Police Car and Other Vehicle In Collision SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

Alice Lambrick (16) was seriously injured when a police wireless car and another car In which she was a passenger collided on Marsden road,…

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ACCIDENTS v. DISEASES

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

Infections diseases figures for Australia for 1937, released by the Commonwealth Department of Health were made the subject of critical…

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Motorists' Corner Road Accidents Decrease Due Mainly To Country Press Publicity of Campain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 10

Due mainly to the splendid support accorded the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and the Road Safety Council by the…

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ACCIDENTS The Real Causes Interesting Analysis

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 8

The question has often been asked: What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more…

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Motor Fatality Tram Conductor Killed SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 1

When a motor car. and a bicycle ridden by a messenger, collided in the city the car skidded across the roadway and knocked Jack Osborne 27 a…

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Highway Fatality Death of Mrs. Annie Hodder "Accident," Says Coroner

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blake) at the Court House yesterday after hearing evidence…

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