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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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'Bus Overturns into Canal Woman Drowned; Four People Injured LAUNCESTON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 1

When a bus containing eight adu[?]s and three children overturned into Buyer's Gorge Cenal after skidding in the snow this morning, it was…

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Cycling Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

Mr. Brian Davidson. of [?] Range Road, was fortunate to escape with miner injuris when on Saturday night when riding home from Glen…

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Emmaville Soldier Injured at Darwin

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 6

Pte. E. McMahon, who has been with the Military Forces at Darwin, was on picket duty when he was unfortunate enough to have a nasty…

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Car Door Flew Open Passenger Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 4

Mr. M. Condien senr[?] met with a painful accident on Tuesday evening when the door of a car in which he was a passenger flow open when…

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Killed in an Accident Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holloway Lose Their Son

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 4

Leading Aircraftman Sylvester Clause Holloway 35, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holloway, met his death in the early hours of Saturday…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 15

The four-year-old daughter of Mr. Clarrie Cochrane, of Hernani, while playing with her brother at the wood-heap, had the second finger of…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 3

Aircraftsman L.es White, of Black Mountain, was struck by a car in a brownout in Melbourne. He is still in hospital, suffering from…

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Uralla Man Drowned at Walcha

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 8

William Walsh, aged 34 years, was found drowned in the McDonald River, on Aberbaldie Station, Walcha. The late Mr. Walsh was a…

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Traffic Accidents Eye Sight Test Revelations

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 2

The relation of defective enough to traffic accidents is a subject that appears to have been ignored to a great extent, yet it probably is…

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Shooting Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 7

Whilst shooting on Saturday Lyman Maguire, of Spring Park, Wongwibindi, received injuries to his hand. The victim was being handed…

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Defective Eyesight Its Relation to Traffic Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 7

The relation of defective eyesight to traffic a dents is a subject that appears to have been ignored to a great [?] yet it probably is…

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Four Men are Believed Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 1

Including a coastal pilot, Captain J Leing, of Brisbane, four men ate missing, believed drowned, as the result of the sinking of the wooden…

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Accidental

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

An inquest on the recent death of Capt. W. McGovern, son of MRs. and the late Mr. B. McGovern, of Guyra was held in Melbourne during the…

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Three Injured in Intersection Smash Bus and Military Waggon Collide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 8

With a resounding crash, a large bus owned by McGrath's Bus Service and a military ambulance waggon…

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Pea-rifle Accident Young Girl in Hospital

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 1

Maisie, the 7-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Biddle of Furracabad Road, was accidentally shot on Wednesday with a pea[?]fle…

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Child Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 4

Ian Wadley, aged eight yeara, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wadley of Long Swamp road, received severe lacerated wound on the third finger of the…

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Four Drowned When Car Plunges Into River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday. — When a car plunged into the flooded Mersey River at Latrobe yesterday four people were drowned…

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Wood Chopping Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 5

Gordon Wright (16), of 272 Dumaresq-street, West Armidale, while chopping wood, cut his right instep with an axe. He was given first aid…

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Verdict Of Accidental Death In Wrong Drug Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 4

INVERELL, Monday.—A verdict of accidental death was retured by Mr. A. Symes (Coroner), at the Inverell…

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Woman's Death Inquiry at Inverell Coroner Records Finding of Accidental Death

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mr. A. Symes (Coroner), at the Inverell ocurt house yesterday in the case in…

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