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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Train Smash 43 Airmen Injured. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

Eighteen civilians and about 25 R.A.A.F. personnel were injured when a Sydney-bound train crashed head-on into a stationary Air…

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Burning Accident Mr. A. D. Frater Victim

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

Mr . A. D. Frater, of Fairview Dairy, Swanbrook read, met with, a serious accident on Saturday night. He was pumping up a lamp near a vessel…

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Eighty Injured in Train Smash

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

ZORRA (Ontario) Tuesday.—Eighty persons were injured when nine cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train from…

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Wagga Tragedy Baby Drowned in Kerosene Tin WAGGA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

The ten months' old baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schiller, of marrar Station, was drowned in a kerosene tin half full…

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Taree Boy Drowned Father Rescued at Point of Collapse TAREE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

When he fell from a launch, which was being towed up Lansdowne River yesterday after it, had broken down, Raymond Vinnicombe (10), of…

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Rome Riots Thousands Demonstrate One Killed :: Many Injured ROME

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

One woman was killed and several persons were wounded when a crowd of several thousand, after demonstrating in Colosseum Square…

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Six Drowned When Guard's Van Flooded on River Bridge

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Six persons are believed to have been drowened when trapped in a guard's van on a bridge over the flooded Burdekin River, near-Townsville…

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Misfortune Dogs the Kliendiensts Second Member of Family Fatally Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

Mr George Richard Kliendienst, 60, of West Armidale, received injuries on Wednesday of last week from which he died next day…

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Utility Accident Mrs. Fox Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 4

An accident, which could have had much more serious results, occurred on the Warialda road, near the Gum Flat turn off, on Wednesday afternoon…

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Run Down by Train Mr. Joseph Brissett Fatally Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

News was received by Ald. H. N. Brissett yesterday that his brother Mr. Joseph Brissett, who was senior engine driver of the Railway…

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The Accident That Wasn't

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 5

Police officers see many unique tilings that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some…

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Face Splashed With Molten Metal Power House Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 4

While assisting with the metalling of a bearing at the Glen Innes Municipal Council's power house on Saturday, Mr…

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Intersection Fatality Death of Richard Kleindeinst "Accidental," Says Coroner

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 8

At the Armidale Court House yesterday, the District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blake) after hearing evidence concerning the…

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Faulty Brakes on Car "Potential Accident at Every Corner" Police Magistrate Fines Driver £2

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 4

People who drive a car without effective brakes, commit an offence every yard of the way, commented the P.M. (Mr…

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Girl Killed Level Crossing Fatality MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

Jean Frost, 11, of Northcote, was killed yesterday when a milk cart was run down by a train at a level crossing in Mildura…

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Nine Injured in Tram Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Nine person were injures in a collision between two trams in Broadway to-day. One of them…

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Dog Causes Accident Horseman Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

Mr. Clem McCanna or Meade Street, was the unfortunate victim of a mishap caused by a dog on the Armidale Road…

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Car Overturns Miraculous Escape Local Family Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

Inbound from Inverell in a car early on Sunday morning, William Pollock, electrical linesman, of Glen Innes, and his…

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Local Family's Son in Car Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

We have been advised that Mr Tony Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chappell of Bourke Street, who met with a car…

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Harbour Bridge Crash R.N. Officer Critically Injured SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

When a jeep containing three Royal Navy, officers and three women crashed with terrific force into the safety fence on the Harbour…

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