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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Boy’s Peculiar Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 3

The. young son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bakewell, of Mount George, Wingham, on Friday last, slipped and fell in the doorway of his home. When assited…

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Raliway Employee Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Harry McDermott, a railway employee, of Bradley-street, Guyra, slipped off his trolly near Armidale railway…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 11

Whilst playing with other children at her home on Monday Doreen, aged four years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hill, of South Guyra, fell…

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FATAl Air Accident in England Death of Sgt./Observer Corfe

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1943 · page 2

News was received in Glen Innes on Thursday evening that Sgt. Observer Dudley Corfe, of the R.A.A.F. had been killed in…

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“Curl Curl” Accident in Harbor SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 1

The propellor of the ferry steamer Curl Curl fouled an object in the harbour last night while travelling from Manly to the city…

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Chlorine Fumes Forty People Affected Simple Accident SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 1

More than forty persons were affected by chlorine fumes when the top was accidentally knocked off a cylinder containing liquid…

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Boy's Peculiar Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

The young son of Mr. and Mrs A. Bakewell of Mount George, Wingham, slipped and fell in the doorway of his home. When assisted to rise…

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Level Crossing Fatality at Jennings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 5

Hercules Arthur Williams (53) was killed instantly at a level crossing at Jennings on Saturday, when a train engine struck a horse-drawn…

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Motor Accident Main Roads Board Lorry Overturned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon a lorry belonging to the Main Roads Board, driven by Mr. Les Conlon of Moree, overturned at tin junction of the…

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Harvesting Accident Foot Caught in Machine

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

Whilst harvesting on a farm on the Glen Innes road on Thursday, Mr. Laurie Higgins met with a painful accident. His right foot just below the…

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Man Killed in Collision at Border

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

Mr. Hercules Arthur Williams, was killed instantly when a train engine colldied with a horse-drawn venrle at Jennings,…

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Two Soldiers Fatally Injured in Road Smash

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

Two soloiers died in Armidale District Hospital on Friday night from injures received when the military lorry in which they were…

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Poy Victim of Pea-rifle Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

MUSWELLEROOK: Mervyn Frederick Shepherd [?] and Mrs. Roy Shepherd, of Muswellbrcok died at Brentwood…

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Railway Employee Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

Struck by falling coal at a hoist at the Armidale railway yards Frederick McLeod, a railway employee, sustained severe injuries to the neck…

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Motor Trike Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Charters, a fettler, was riding on a trailer attached to a motor trike near Biniguy on Wednesday, when the trike came in contact…

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Two Drowned Townsville

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 12

Estella Mary Taylox (18) and wil-Mliam Edwin Hodson (12) were drowned in the Ross River at TownsVille yesterday…

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Guyra Road Fatality Inquest on

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 6

The District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blake) wiil conduct an inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of Private Thomas A. Morgan and…

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Railway Fatality Driver and Fireman Killed TOWNSVILLE

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

When a locomotive was derailed near here last night Driver Melville Hartley, and Fireman John Carvolth, were killed…

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German General Killed in Car Accident (A.A.P. News). LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

According to official Greek circles in London, General Stuntz, the recently appointed German military Governor of Salonika, who was en route to Sofia…

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Motor Accident M.R.B. Lorry Overturns

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, January 28, a lorry belonging to the Main Roads Board, driven by Mr. Les Conlon, of Moree, overturned at the junction of…

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