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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Shocking Fatality Man Mutilated by Train BATHURST

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

Kevin Bruce Price (19) died a shocking death in Blayney railway yards last night. He was crossing the lines when…

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Green Grapes Fatality

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

Last week a little boy 2 years and 3 months old, Albert Thomas Britton, passed away at the Warialda Hospital. The child was the son of Mr. and…

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Train Stolen Serious Accident Averted by Burst Boiler

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 4

A railway engine with two trucks attached was taken from the Moree locomotive shed on Saturday night…

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Bushfire Fatality Man Burned to Death Near Sydney SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 11

Thomas Campbell McIntyre (52), of Crow's Nest, was trapped by flames less than 50ft. from the safety of a roadway and burned to…

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Lorry Driver Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

Kenneth S[?] of Stannum, lorry driver for E. N. Holmes, of Stannum, was unloading a truck of timber this morning when he…

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13 Injured in City Train Smash

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The train smash in which 13 persons were injured near Merrylands Station yesterday afternoon is…

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Stop Press Shooting Fatality Ten Years' Old Boy the Victim

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

Lionel Bell (10) died in the Armidale and New England Hospital this morning as the result of a rifle wound accidentally…

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Shooting Fatality Armidale Boy the Victim

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 6

As the result of a bullet wound, accidentally received while shooting 'parrots on Wednesday afternoon on his…

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BOY (12) DROWNED Tragedy at Carroll

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 6

While bathing in the Narnoi River late yesterday afternoon, Mervyn James Barratt (12) of Carroll, Was drowned…

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Seaman Injured in 30ft. Jump

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A 30 year old seaman jumped 30 feet from an open window in a merchant seamen's residential…

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Local and General Armidale Boy Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2

Lionel Bell (10) died in the Armidale and New England Hospital as the result of a rifle wound accidentally sustained…

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Cars in Collision Near Cordial Factory

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

A taxi, owned and driven by Mr. J. A. Collins, and a tourer car driven by Mr. Arthur E. Lawler, collided at the intersection of Chester and Lawrence…

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Boy Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

losing control of his cycle whilst coming down Ross Hill from Brae Street on to the Inverell bridge this morning, Brian Hodges, of Hindmarsh…

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The Tractor Kicked! Operator's Hand Injured

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

In the act of cranking a tractor on his father's farm last week, Mr. Jim Saunders suffered an injured hand as the result of a kick. He…

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Fatal Train Smash in Mexico 96 Killed and 63 Injured in Collision Mexico City

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

Ninety-six persons were killed and 63 injured in a collision between freight and passenger trains, reports the United Press…

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Butter Factory Accident Manager Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 1

When Mr. O. S. Maurer, manager of the Glen Innes Co-operative Dairy Society, was lifting ice from the moulds at the…

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Shooting Fatality Inquest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 8

The District Coroner (Mr.R. L. Blake) has fixed Friday. February 16, as the date for the irquest into circumstances surrounding the…

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Horse and Bus in Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 8

Riding along Faulkner-street yesterday afternoon. John William Gray narrowly missed being sevenely hurt, when his horse swerved…

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City Tragedy Three Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

Mrs. Alice Templeton and daughter, aged nine, were found last night in a me at Bankstown suffering severe [?]ead injuries…

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Savage Attack Woman and Children Injured Man’s Throat Cut BLACKTOWN

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

Residents had to arm themselves with palings to drive off a man who was attacking a woman and her daughter with an axe late last…

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