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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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[?] Body Blows [?] For Injured to Study Kidneys Well Protected

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 6

The body is marvellously constructed so as to be delicate and, at the same time, able to withstand violence…

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Car Crashes Over Embankment Three Persons Injured SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 1

When a ear crashed over a 20ft. embankment at the corner of Mount and Division streets, Coogee, this morning, three persons were injured…

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Boat Overturns in Heavy Surf Two Armidale Men Escape Drowning at Port Macquarie Cling to Craft For Half an Hour Port Macquarie, Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

Two young men were in danger of being drowned when their boat overturned in heavy seas on the bar to-day…

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Nearly Drowned

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Two young Armidale men were in danger of being drowned when their boat overturned in heavy seas on the bar at Port Macquarie on Wednesday…

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Armidale Lecturer Rescues Boy From Drowning

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Mr. A. H. Voisey of New England University College lecturing staff figured in a fine rescue feat at Crescent Heads on Wednesday…

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Rescued from Drowning

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

Mr. A. H. Voisey, of New England University College lecturing staff, figured in a fine rescue feat at Crescent Heads on Wednesday. A lad, who…

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Drowning Fatalities in New Zealand. Three Lives Lost During Week-end AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

Three lives were lost through drowning during the week-end. A brother and a sister, William Borkin (37) and Dulcie Borkin (18). who…

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Bundarra Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

MI. [?] Turner, of Mount Drummond, Bundarra, whilst engaged in fencing was struck by some falling timber and received severe abrasions…

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Saw Bench Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. W. Rose met with a painful accident at his wood yard on Monday morning. He was sawing firewood when his left hand was…

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Saw Bench Accident Hand Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

Mr. W. Rose met with a painful accident at Warialda last week. He was sawing firewood when his left hand was caught by the saw and in…

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Amy Johnson Drowned Plane Crashed in Heavy Sea LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

Amy Johnson was drowned when she crashed into the sea off the Thames Estuary in very rough weather. A rescuer who sought to assist her…

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Floods in Country Residents on Roof Feats of Rescue -Escapes From Drowning Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

Further details of floods show that since the commencement of the rain the Macquarie River has risen more than 18 feet and is still rising. The river burst…

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Pawed by Horse Maitland Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

When he was working with a horse in a paddock near his home on Saturday. Peter Montgomery. 17, of Russell Street. Horseshoe Bend. West…

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Two Boys Drowned All Members of Party Unable to Swim

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

Tony Haddad (9) and Rooney Coorey (10), Assyrians, were drowned in Gwydir River at Copeton, 16 miles from inverell…

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Tragic Floods in Orange District. Warialda Resident's Mother and Brother Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Jane Cooper, 76 years of age, mother of Mrs. Stan King of Warialda, and her son, Ronald, Cooper, 30, grocer's assistant, were…

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Double Tragedy Two Boys Drowned at Copeton Mother's Frantic Efforts to Rescue Unconscious When Pulled From Water

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 3

Two Syrian boys—John Haddad (9), of Marylands (Sydney), and Ronald Coorey (10), of Charle- ville (Queensland), were drowned…

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Two Brothers Drowned Double Fatality Near Forbes SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1

Reginald Roehm, aged 16, and his brother, Mervyn (11), were drowned in a dam on their lather's property at Dunnoly Farm, near…

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Night Collision On Tenterfield Road Dangerous Driving Charge

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 7

As the result of a fronl-and-rear collision between two cars on the Tenterfield road on the night of October 26, 1940. the…

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Two Boys Drowned Woman's Brave Attempt at Rescue

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 4

A dramatic feature of the double drowning: tragedy in the Gwydir River on Sunday, when two boys lost their lives, was the…

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Boys' Narrow Escape From Drowning Marooned on Rocks Man Swims To Rescue Through Shark Waters SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 1

Three boys, aged from 11 to 14, had narrow escapes from drowning at Broken Head, near Byron Bay yesterday…

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