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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

293 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 15

52 Persons Killed In Country Read Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 11

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last totalled…

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Car Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 2

An accident resulted when a technical fault developed in the engine of a car driven by Mrs. E. J. Rumble. of Chester Street, at the week-end…

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Gen. Freyberg Injured in Air Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 1

AUCKLAND. Thursday.—Advice has been received that General Freyberg, Commander of the New Zealand Division in…

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FREYBERG, V.C., INJURED Condition Reported to Be Satisfactory AUCKLAND

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 1

Advice has been received that General Freyberg, commander of the New Zealand Division in Italy, suffered a penetrating wound in the…

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Country Road Accidents 1150 Registered: 152 Fatal

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 6

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last totalled 1150, causing the death of…

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Hanged by Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 8

Accidental death was the verdict returned at an inquest at Tipton Staffordshire, recently on Thomas Shake, who came by his end in a…

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Air-gunner Donald Grant Killed in Air Accident in England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 6

News has been received of the death in an air accident in England of Air-Gunner Donald Grant, formerly of Armidale…

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Train Fatality Engine in Trouble PERTH

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 1

A railway fireman was killed by another as he was alighting from a stationary engine at karrakatta yesterday…

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Railway Fatality Fireman Killed in W.A. PERTH

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 2

A railway fireman was killed by another train as he was alighting from a stationary engine at Ka[?]katta yesterday…

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Train Smash Twenty Killed; Sixty Injured New York

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

At least 20 were killed and 60 injured, mostly soldiers, when a fast moving train, “Dixie Flier” crashed into a stationary mail train in a fog…

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Mere Child Victims of Road Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 15

Although there was a substantial reduction in the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents last year, the…

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A Plucky Private Reso[?]s, Drowning Boys With Broken Hand SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 2

A soldier with his broken hand set in plaster assisted yesterday in the rescue of three boys from drowning in the fast flowing George's River,…

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Early Guyra Sulky Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 September 1944 · page 8

Mrs. G. Campbell, of Tubbamurra, was thrown from a sulky on Tuesday and sustained injuries of such a serious nature as to necessitate her…

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Woman Seriously Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 4

The many friends of Mrs. J. Kannar. of Inverell National Service Office, will regret to learn that she met with a serious accident at Wallangra…

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Three Men Injured When Lorry and Truck Collide Aid Promptly Called

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 6

When a gang of telephone linesmen was involved in an accident on a lonely country road last evening they…

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Three Injured Ben Lomond Collision Companions Had Miraculous Escapes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1944 · page 1

Three men suffered injuries when a Guyra Shire Council truck and a lorry transporting telegraph linesmen collided on…

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Three Injured Trucks in Collision

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 September 1944 · page 1

Three man suffered injuries when a Guyra Shire Council truck and a lorry transporting telegraph linesman collided on Thursday evening on the…

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Highway Fatality Bad Smash Near Uralla Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1944 · page 4

Selby Keith Kerslake (34) died in St. Elmo Private Hospital, Uralla, this morning, as the result of severe head…

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Urall Funeral of Accident Victim Mr. Selby Kerslake

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 8

The funeral of Selby Kerslake (34), who died at St. Elmo Private Hospital, Uralla, as the result of head injuries received in a motor…

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Child Thrown From Horse Sustains Concussion and Abrasions Accident at Enmore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 6

Stewart Finlayson, the seven years' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bevis Finlayson, of Enmore, was admitted to the…

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