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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

296 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 15

Fatally Injured Sgt./pilot Frank Callaghan

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Callaghan, of West Avenue, yesterday received official advice to the effect that their son, Sgt./Pilot…

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NEWS & NOTES Extraordinary Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 4

An extraordinary accident happened near the No. 2 sawmill, below Yarrowitch, when a man named Mick Toms, an employee at the mill,…

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Building Collapses Many Killed and Injured DUBLIN

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

Seven were killed, two are missing and seventeen were injured when the wall of a gaol at Waterford collapsed on eight houses which were…

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Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 11

When the pony he was riding took fright the ten-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. P. J. Smith, of Aboomaia received a fall which caused a deep…

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Serious Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

An accident which might have been attended with very much more serious consequences happened to Mr. Don Henderson, of Auburn Vale road, on…

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Badger Injured Crashes Into Tree MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 1

When a car he was driving left the road on a bend near Bittern and crashed into a tree last night Melbourne’s leading Jockey, Harold Badger, was…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

Mr. James Brown, of Baroona, Oakwood, met with a serious burning accident on Monday and is now in the District Hospital. With his nephew…

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London Air Raid Shelter Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON. Wed.—The Minster for Home Security, Mr. Herbert Morrison, announced in the House of Commons that 173…

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Dangerous Driving Charge Armidale Hotelkeeper Convicted Sequel to Intersedtion Fatality

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

Evan Alexander Davies, licensee of the Albion Hotel, Armidale, was convicted by Mr. F.T. Scroope, P.M., yesterday of driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public On November 12, 1942. Davies was fined…

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Accident to Child Bather

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 4

While playing in the Macintyre River in about 18 inches of water just below the Goondiwindi District Hospital, Rae, nine-years-old daughter of Mr. and…

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Boy Catches Live Wire Warialda Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 4

Noel Maher, five-years old, son of Mrs. Maher, of the Commercial Hotel, Warialda, had a narrow escape from being electrocuted when he contacted…

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Woman Drowned in Bath

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Believed to have collapsed after stepping to her bath at her home at Concord, Gertrude Lyall 42…

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Coronial Inquiry Into Dangarsleigh Tragedy: Verdict of Accidental Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 4

A tragic story of circumstances leading to the death of Mrs. Mabel Jane Perrott, widow of the late Alfred…

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Blind Intersection Cause of Collision

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 3

Wm. C. Fell pleaded guilty at the Police Court yesterday to failing to lessen speed at an intersection. Constable Doolan said the offence…

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Air Liner Crash: Crew Injured, Passengers Escape MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 6

Three of the crew were injured when a National Airways airliner made a forced landing and crashed into a…

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Accident on Ben Lomond Farmer Pinned in Car

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

Mr. Alfred Caldecleugh, a farmer, of Ben Lomond, is a patient in the local District Hospital suffering from a…

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’Plane Crash Sgt. McCOLL KILLED L/Col. Cardale Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 3

A message from Melbourne states:— Crawling through jungle, covered with leeches, and making human ropes of themselves to scale cliffs, hundreds…

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Lieut. Accidentally Shot Dead Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

Lieut. William Leonard Knowles, a returned soldier, died at the Caulfield military hospital on Saturday from a bullet wound in the chest,…

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Accidentally Shot Returned Soldier MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

Lieutenant William Leonard Knowles a returned soldier, died at Caulfield Military Hospital on Saturday from a bullet wound in the chest…

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Apprentice Rider Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 7

Apprentice rider,Jack Thompson Suffered severe head injuries when a two-year-old racehorse fell at Randwick this morning. Thompson…

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