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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Tingha Topics Personal—Xmos Weather—Accident—Hospital Carnival PERSONAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

Miss Margaret Walker, of St. Ursula’s College, Armidale, is spending a holiday in town as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Walker…

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Triple Drowning in Flooded River

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Three members of a military formation engaged in manoeuvres in a northern New South Wales district were drowned…

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Soldier Fatally Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 1

SYNDEY. Saturday.— Pte. John McClelland, of Narrandera, had one of his legs badly smashed when he was struck by a car at Bondi, on…

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Child Drowned in Flooded Creek at Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

Yvone Perkins, 7, of South Grafton, was drowned on Thursday afternoon in a flooded creek running through South. Graf ton golf links…

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Soldiers Drowned

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 2

An awful tragedy occurred in the vicinity of a northern training camp on Friday last when four soldiers were drowned during manoeuvres. The…

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Stop Press Boy Drowned SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 4

Francis Thomas Moxham (9), of Harbord, was drowned in a lagoon at Queenscliff to-day. He had been playing in some…

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Soldiers Drowned Plucky Comrades

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

Details of the tragedy in which three soldiers lost their lives when attempting to cross a flooded river in a northern New South Wales…

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Compensation for Shock or Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday. The State Premier, Mr. McKell, said to-day that the recovery of damages for shook, occasioned as a result of an…

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Girl Tries to Rescue Drowning Soldier Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 4

Miss Lillian Sheppard (19), of Londonderry, near Richmond, made an unsuccessful effort yesterday to rescue George Brown (18), a soldier,…

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Accident to Gravesend Girl Fall Over Precipice

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

Miss Ivy Robinson (17) daughter of Mr. C. Robinson of "Glenwood," Gravesend, is a patient in the Warwick General Hospital suffering from…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

A motor collision occurred on Friday afternoon in White Street at about 6.15 v/hen a cycle and car met head-on. The rider of the cycle was Corporal D…

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Boy Hero Rescues Drowning Man

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 6

Jack Hodgson, 15, of Stuart Street, Manly, dived into 40 feet of water frequented by sharks to rescue a drowning man on Monday…

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Serious Accident Mr. Ted Sweaney Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

Mr. Ted Sweaney met with an accident on Monday night which resulted in both his wrists being broken, one very seriously…

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Beebo Fatality Foot Caught in Stirrup

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 5

Quite a gloom was cast over the district on December 27 when it became known that Mr. Charles Henry Bryant of “Ivy Bank,” Beebo, had passed…

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Three Soldiers Drowned at a Northern River Crossing Comrades' Heroism Revealed in Evidence at the Coronial Inquiry

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

The story of the drowning of three soldiers at a flooded river crossing in northern N.S.W. on New Year's Day as told in evidence on Tuesday to the District Coroner, Mr. F. T. Scroope, P. M., will enrich the records of…

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Five Killed Soldiers in Accident ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 1

One soldier was killed instantly, four others died later and four were injured when a one-ton military lorry smashed into a concrete…

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Mother Drowned Saving Her Children FORSTER

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 1

Mrs. Marie Jamieson, 32, sacrificed her life for her two children, at the Seven Mile Beach, near Forster, yesterday…

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Riding Fatality at Beebo Foot Caught in Stirrup

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 4

Quite a gloom was cast over the district on December 27th when it became known that Mr. Charles Henry Bryant of "Ivy Bank," Beebo,…

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Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 8

Whilst playing at his home in Ollera-street on Wednesday Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Williams, fell and injured his leg. Several stitches…

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Nine Injured and Road Blocked by Motor Van

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1943 · page 1

NEWCASTLE. Tuesday. — Losing control of his vehicle after he had swerved to miss a cyclist yesterday, the driver of a motor van crashed…

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