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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

323 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 17

Car Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 11

[?] electrical linesman, Mr. W. [?]k, of Glen lnnes, and his Wife' two children, were, injured on day when, a tyre of their car…

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Riding Mishap Deepwater Girl Seriously Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 4

Whilst Miss Pat Cameron, aged 15 years in company with her sister Joan, of "Gregadoo," Ten Mile, was riding to…

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5 Injured when Truck and Tram Collide

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Five persons were injured, one critically, when a motor truck carrying six tons of ammunition…

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A Serious Fall Knee Injured on Stone

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 7

Miss Dorothy Moore, of Falconer, while walking across a paddock last week slipped and fell, striking her knee on a sharp stone…

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Car Accident On Inverell-Glen Innes Road

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 8

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

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Sea Disaster 70 Sailors Drowned BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 1

It is feared that more than 70 members of the crew of an Allied merchant ship which foundered in a cyclone off the North Queensland…

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Car Accident Near Motheson

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 1

Bound from Inverell in a car, William Pollock, electrical linesman, of Glen Innes, and his wife and two children, received injuries and shock…

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Cycle Skids High School Girl Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 8

Gloria Skinner (14) a student of Armidale High School, suffered a probable fracture to the right forearm, abrasions to the left side of the…

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Road Accidents Increase Need For Care Stressed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 5

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed increases in 1944 over the previous year. In the…

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Road Accidents Increase

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 6

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed increases in 1944 over the previous year. In the…

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Aged Horseman Injured Pulled Off Mount by Clothes Line

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 4

Eighty-nine-years-old Mr. Nelson Gore, of Pinetree, Yarrowyck, is suffering from three fractured ribs and an injury to the ear as the…

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Head-on Crash Seaman Seriously Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

When he failed to correctly manipulate his motor cycle on the turn on to the Tingha bridge at 5 p.m. on Monday afternoon last…

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Fatal Collision Bus Hits Truck Young Woman Killed

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 3

A young woman was killed and four other persons were injured while proceeding to a dance at Bingara from Warialda on Friday…

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Motor Fatality Girl Killed in Lorry Crash Dance Party's Sad Plight

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

Miss Heather Griese (22), eldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G[?]iese, was killed in a motor crash that occurred at Ti-Tree Creek…

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Bus Owner's Claim Allowed [?] mmonwealth to Pay Compesation For Damage Done [?]el TO Collision at Armidale Intersection

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 11

A claim for damages and co[?]ensation for loss of revenue [?]as allowed against the Comr onwealth of Australia in the…

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Fatal Accident Driver Charged

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 4

A rather unusual case came before the Inverell Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. It was one in which Thomas V. Guyer was charged with…

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Man Severely Injured Horned in Forehead

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 4

Whilst in the act of branding calves at Inverell station on Friday last an employee Mr. Clem Hartley, of Lawrence Street, Inverell, was horned in…

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Mine Disaster Explosion at Balmain Three Dead—Two Injured SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

An explosion at Balmain colliery this morning resulted in the death of three men and the serious injury of two…

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Warialda Fatality Evidence at Inquest Verdict of Accidental Death

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 3

An inquest was held by Mr. Andrew Stewart., Coroner, at Warialda on Thursday last on the recent fatality which occurred a few miles from that…

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Shire Employee Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 4

Mr. William Goodwin, of Grey Street, is a pattern, in the Glen Innes District Hospital as the result of an injury to his back…

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