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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Child Killed, Grandmother Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Alarmed by screams coming from a house at Footscray. at 6.30 a.m. to-day [?]…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 6

George Archibald Taylor (42) manager- of the Roma Branch ol Australian Estates Co. Ltd., sustained fatal injuries while on…

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Tamworth Man Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

At Laurieton beach (North Coast) yesterday Charles Archibald Stewart (37) garage proprietor, of Phillip St., West…

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Flight Boat Strikes Pocket. Six Passengers Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a Qantas Airways flying boat en route from Townsville ran into an…

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WALCHA Boy Injured By Car

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 11

Barry crumpton, eight years old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Crumpton, was recently knocked down by a motor car driven by Mr. Leddie…

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Seized by Cramp Aborigine Drowned In Disused Quarry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 10

Apparently succumbing to an attack of cramp, Hughie Cutmore (22), an aborigine, was drowned while swimming in a disused quarry at…

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Two K.Z. Solicitors Drowned Auckland (N.a.) Wed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 9

Two prominent solicitors who organised the Disabled Soldiers Vocational Training Schools were drowned when a lauch returning from…

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Tjls. Boy Accidently Wounded Dropped Gun While Out Shooting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 6

It was necessary to summon a specialist from Tarnworth to operate on Ronald Reid (16) Who was admitted…

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Gurya Soldier Wounded Accident in Ramu Valley

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

News has been received in Guyra that Pte., R. Love, was wounded, in the Ramu Valley, New Guinea when one pf his companions accidentally…

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Accidental Death Inquest on Quarry Drowning Boys Dived In

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 4

Two young boys, Thomas and Kevin Porter, of Sheep Station Gully, dived into forty feet of water at the “Pit,” Goonoowigall,…

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Aged Man Badly Injured Capsize On The Grafton Road Boy Also In Hospital

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 6

When a lorry driven by Mr. Steve Sourry of Uralla overturned shortly after six o'clock yesterday morning near…

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Three Airmen Killed In Accidental Crash SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

Sergeant William Wallace Hopper, pilot, of Byron Bay; L.A.C. Dudley Frank Grimsey, trainee observer, of Norman Park (Brisbane), and…

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Local News Mr G. Roach and John Sourry Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

Mr George Roach and John Sourry, were injured when a motor truck driven by Mr Steve Sourry of Uralla overturned at Chandler's River…

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17 Killed in Sensational Accident Train Crashed Into 'Bus

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Seventeen people are dead and five others seriously injured as a result…

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Fatality at Sandy Flat Man Caught by Falling Tree

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1944 · page 1

While falling a tree on Mr. H. P. Smith's property at Sandy Flat on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Herbert Perkins, ages 62,…

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Accident at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1944 · page 2

John Tolley, son of Mr. P. J. Tolley, of Deepwater, while negotiating a plank across a creek, overbalanced and fell, breaking…

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Shell Explodes Children Injured Auckland (N.z.)

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 1

Five children from an orphanage were injured, one seriouly and others narrowly escaped, when a shell with which they were playing suddenly…

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The Glen Innes Saleyards Considered "Dangerous" Near Accident at Recent Sale

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

Reports to a meeting of the Glen Innes Municipal Council revealed that at a cattle sale last week at the Council's saleyards a plank seat collap[?] and several persons narrowly escaped…

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Serious Accident Cutting Knife Broke SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

Herbert Dalrymple (25) was operating a cutting machine at a Redfern factory yesterday when the blade snapped off, flew through the air and…

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Two Men and Girl Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday—Two men and girl lost their lives by drowning in the river near…

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