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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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News & Notes Goal No Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

Fred Hanson, New York house-painter, caught with £32,000 worth of Jewels as he left Prince Belossel-sky's house last April, told Judge…

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Drowning Fatality Verdict SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 6

William Cutter (25) was accidentally drowne[?] in the Hawkesbury River when a boat in which he and another mental patient escaping…

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Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 4

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300ft. cliff in…

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Four Killed Motor Collision TOWNSVTLLE

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

Three service women and one service man are dead as the result of a collision between two motor vehicles five miles from Charter Towers on…

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Service Personnel Killed In Motor Collision TOWNSVILLE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

Three servicewomen and one serviceman are dead as the result of a collision between two motor vehicles five miles from Charters…

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Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 7

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 330-ft cliff in Sydney and fell to his death, everyone…

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Fatal Accident Woman Over Cliff NEWCASTLE

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

Mabel Edith Hopper. 37. married, of Mayfield.was killed last night when she fell 150 feet over a cliff between Newcastle beach and King Edward…

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Killed in Air Accident Flight-Sergeant Lionel Parkes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 4

Flight-Sergeant Lionel Ernest James Parkes, of Armidale, was killed in an aircraft accident in Northern Australia…

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Little Things Cause Accidents

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

"Oh, I'm too busy—I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road…

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Accident at Armidale Engineering Shop

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

Two young men, Jim Ames (19) and Jack Webb (23), of Armidale, escaped what might have been serious injury when a length of steel…

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Uralla Road Collision Armidale Man Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 6

When the truck he was driving collided with another truck on the New England Highway, about two miles on…

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Injured While Cutting Wood

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 9

When cutting firewood on Wednesday morning Rodney Eric-Berry of Woodville, Uralla, sustained a severe cut to this foot which…

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Drowning Fatalities Near Wyong

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 6

Two men were drowned early yesterday morning in Porter's Creek, near Wyong, when their car left the road and landed upside down…

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Faulty Brakes and Lights Prolific Cause of Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 5

Motor Vehicles are getting older and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected…

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Brawl in Prisoner of War Camp One Italian Killed, Two Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is understood that only a few prisoners were involved in the brawl in Hay prisoner of war camp, in…

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Young Airman Killed Aircraft Accident in England

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mr. G. A. Bond, of Church Street, received official advice that his son. Flight Sgt. John Norman…

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Truck and Utility in Collision

The Uralla Times · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 4

On Thursday last, at 5.40 p.m. a Ford Utility driven by Phillip C. Hine, Armidale, travelling south, and a 3-ton lorry driven by Robert…

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Two Injured in Sewer Explosion

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE. Thursday. —When a sewer on which they were working exploded this morning two employees of the City…

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Faulty Brakes and Lights Prolific Cause of Accidents

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 7

Motor vehicles are getting older and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected until the war has ended…

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Accidents in U.s.a

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 4

The National Safety Council has revealed that since Pearl Harbour Day 220,000 persons have been killed in accidents in…

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