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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

296 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 15

Sgt. Pilot U. McCOLL Killed on Active Service Result of Air Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McColl, Royston, received the sad intelligence on Monday that their eldest son Lindsay James Sutherland, had been killed in…

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Fettler Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 4

As the result of an accident at North Star, Mr. Joseph McKinnery, of East Moree, railway fettler, was admitted to Moree District Hospital…

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Daylight Saving Saves Accidents?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat.—Accident figures released to-day by the Minister for Transport, Mr. O. Sullivan, show that in 1942 there…

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South Coast Bomb Accident Kills Four Soldiers SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

The names of the four soldiers who were fatally injured when a mortar bomb they were carrying exploded on a South…

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72 Killed; 1,179 Injured in Naples

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—According to Rome radio, 72 were killed and 1,179 injured in an explosion at an ammunition…

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Allegedly Failed to Stop After Accident Sydney Jockey Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—After a mile chase along Oxford St. last night. Constable Tyrell arrested a well-known jockey…

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Moree Fatality Death of Child

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 5

A verdict, of death by accident was returned by the Moree Coroner (Mr. G. O. Doyle) at the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Ferry Accident Three injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 1

When a ferry steamer crashed into the Camellia wharf, near Parramatta, yesterday, two young women and a man were injured…

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Conductress Hurt in Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 7

When a bus travelling from Paxon to Millified collided with acoal rain at Paxton level crossing the conductress Miss Hazel Roberts…

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ARMIDALE 50 Years Ago. (Reprinted from the "Express" April 7 and 11, 1893) ACCIDENT

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 13

Mr. E. C. Blomfield, of Salisbury, was the victim of a painful mishap one day last week. We understand that he had alighted from his buggy…

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Bomb Fatality

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 3

An Army announcement reveals that one officer and 13 other ranks have been killed in a mortar bomb accident somewhere in Australia. Among the…

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Stair Fatality At People’s Palace SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 6

Falling six floors down the stairwell at the People’s Palace where he was staying, Gustav Hamer Sandell, 48, a Swede, was killed last night…

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Killed in Aircraft Accident Frank Dunkin: Popular Armidale Boy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

Mrs. H. A. Dunkin, of Drummoned Avenue, Armidale, has received a wire from Air Force Headquarters,…

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Hockey Fatality

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 2

Jean Murie (22), school teacher, of Parnell-place, Newcastle, was killed curing a hockey match at No. 4 sports ground on Saturday afternoon. She…

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Man Killed Instantly Circular Saw Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 4

A man was instantly killed at Mr. Alexander Mack's wood yard, in Morton Street, East Moree, when a piece of a circular saw, which broke while…

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Train Fatality Mother Dead; Baby Safe MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 1

Mrs. Marjorie Ellen Harriss, 33, of Mildura, was fatally injured when she jumped from a train in an effort to protect a baby which fell from…

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U.S. Soldiers Killed in Truck Accident MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

When a U.S. Army truck overturned on the main Ballarat-Melbourne road on Saturday night, two American soldiers were killed and…

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Drowning Fatality 17 Months Old Child

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

A sad fatality occurred at Mr. H. C. Bradford’s Bath Farm, Oman-Ama at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday last, when the 17-months-old daughter of Mr. and…

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Injured Hiker Rescued

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A rescue party, which left Katoomba yesterday to go to the aid of Leslie Coy, 17, of Homebush…

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Victim of Shooting Accident Dies

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Alexander James Small, 26, of Carlton, who was accidently shot in the neck at Douglas Park on…

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