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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Road Accidents "The Car Ran Off the Road."

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

(Issued by the Road safety Council of New South Wales). Most of the reports of fatal road accident i [?] months contain…

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Youth Drowned near Moree

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Keith George Thomas Boulton (20), employed by Bice Murray at "Eelparran" Dairy, was drowned in the Mehi River at the Weir on…

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Flood Rains Wide Area Several People Drowned BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

Four men lost their lives during the week-end in flooded areas of Queensland. Farrell Ninham. 19, was drowned in…

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Stop Press Ten Injured in Tunnel Smash BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

It has been ascertained that the number of people injured in the tunnel smash near Toowoomba was 10. Rescuers went about…

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FOUND At Foot of Cliff Man Severely Injured KATOOMBA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

Marius Flanvill (31) was rescued yesterday morning after lying all night at the foot of a cliff over which he had fallen during a walking tour…

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Great Landslide Near Toowoomba Train Plunges In Several People Injured BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

the Thallen mail train head-on into hundreds of tens of rock and earth brought down by a…

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Seven Injured When Mail Train Crashes Into Huge Landslide Rescuers Cut Passage Through Wreckage To Passengers BRISBANE.Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

Seven0 people were injured when the Thallon mail train crashed head on into hundreds of tons of rock and earth, brought down by a landslide between two tunnels at Range View, five miles from Toowoomba, last night…

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Accidental Discoveries

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

To exhaust the list of discoveries which have been made through slight circumstances is beyond our power. Porcelain was discovered by an…

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Fall of Earth Emmaville Miner Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 6

On Monday at the Deep Tin Mining Company's mine on the Vegetable Creek. Walter McCaul, who with Ms brother was caught…

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Wrestler Injured. When Thrown From Ring SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

John Morro was admitted to St. George Hospital last night, following a fall in a wrestling match at Carlton Stadium…

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Small Slips—serious Accidents

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 4

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their intention to…

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Yesterday's News Record Heat--Child Endowment--Tobruk Casualties--Help for Farmers -- Drowning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 3

The temperature at Marble Bar (W.A.) rose to 106 degrees on Wednesday, creating a record of 107 consecutive days with a temperature of…

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Collision in Byron Street Car and Butcher's Carts

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

A car driven by Mr. W. J. Thorley crashed into two carts, owned by Mr. W. J. Cloonan, in Byron Street yesterday…

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Great Explosion Three Men Injured MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 1

Three men were severely injured by an explosion which destroyed an isolated room in a "black powder area" at Nobels Explosive Factory, Deer Park…

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Explosion at Powder Factory Three Men Severely Injured Victims' Clothes Torn Off MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

Three men were severely injured by an explosion which destroyed an isolated room in the "Black Powder Area" at Nobel's…

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Small Slips Serious Accidents

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 7

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists falling to signal their intention to…

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Small Slips, Serious Accidents Motorists Fail to Signal Intentions (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 6

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 6

On Friday morning, last, as Mr. Keightley's race horse Dusty was being exercised, the animal slipped and ploughed the ground for a…

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Fatality at Tingha Young Man Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 4

Keith Gray, a young married man with two children, was killed instantly yesterday morning during firing operations on Mr. J…

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Sad Fatality Mr. E. L. Brennan Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 4

A very sad accident occurred on Monday evening at Bedwell Downs, Wallangra, when Edward Leslie Brennan was thrown from…

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