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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

323 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 17

"Grace Notes and Accidentals" a Virtuoso Drops In

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

Old Kine Cole was a musical soul Who never laurel Maestro' Leo: If he had. I"[?] vow Held be calling now…

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Fisherman Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 4

GOSFORD, Tuesday. — While he and his wife were fishing from a rowing boat at Patonga late yesterday, Constable Cecil…

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Tasmanian Rail Smash Fireman Slightly Injured LAUNCESTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 6

Fireman Bruce Jones (26) was injured, not seriously, when a goods train carrying about 300 tons, and an empty passenger train collided…

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Motor Fatality Girl Killed; Several Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1

A motor lorry carrying members of the Jehovahs’ Witnesses sect to a convention at Katoomba got out of control and overturned three times…

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Two Fatal Accidents Men Crushed to Death SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 2

When a small car he was driving) was involved in a head-on collision with a tram near The Spit last night, John F. Thompson (37), of…

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Serious Accident At Filtration Plant Workman Falls Thirty Feet

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at the Municipal Council’s filtration plant about 4.45 on Wednesday afternoon when, an employee…

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Soldier Drowned Unusual Conditions SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 1

The police have been told that Corporal C. T. Ryan, 30, of Victoria, who was drowned in the Parramatta River near Meadowbank camp early…

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Three Boys Accidentally Shot at Rifle Range

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday— While searching behind a low mound on Holdsworthy rifle range yesterday for spent ammunition,…

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Bus Crash Nineteen Persons Injured Rescue Aids Given SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 1

Nineteen persons were taken to hospital to-day after a double-decker bus had crashed into a telegraph pole at the intersection of Parramatta Road…

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Ex-Serviceman Killed Bride of Three Weeks Seriously Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An ex-serviceman. Anthony Murray (25), of Coogee, was killed and his [?]hree weeks bride seriously…

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Amazing Train-car Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 4

An employee at St. Aubins Station, T. C. Clout, had a remarkable escape from death when the car he was driving was…

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Launch Tragedy Founders In Heavy Sea Five Young Men Drowned SYDNEY

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

Five young men, four of them doctors and one a medical student, are believed to have been drowned when a…

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DISGUSTING And a Menace to Public Health Dog Drowned in Water Supply Service

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

The Glen Innes Municipal Council is endeavoring to trace the person who deliberately drowned a dog in the Beardy…

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Sulky Capsizes Accident at Falconer

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

Mr. Forbes, a seasonal worker, suffered a badly broken leg and head injuries when his sulky overturned last week. On the morning U.S. Marines crouch behind a rock to avoid the blast as a heavy explosive charge blows up a cave connected to a three-tier block-house on Iwo Jima, during the 26 days of bitter fighting in which the central Pacific island outpost was wrested from. Japanese…

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Fatal Accident Evidence at Inquest Late Mr. P. Kenny

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

An inquest into the death of Patrick Kenny took place at the local Police Court on Wednesday. Mr. A. F. Avern (Avern, Mclntyre,…

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Guyra Soldier Fatally Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 2

On the 4th. of the month Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heagney, of Ben Lomond, received word that their son, Despatch Rider James…

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Tingha Fatality Mr. Geo. Dickson Killed

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

George Dickson (64) was killed instantly on Saturday afternoon. He was galloping after stock and was thrown heavily when his horse put its…

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Bomb Explodes Two Injured BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

Two Australian provosts received severe injuries yesterday when a small mortar bomb exploded in a truck at Toowoomba…

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Painful Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 8

When attending to the engine of a motor car, Mr. Jack Donoghue, of Messrs. Low and Donoghue, Uralla had a painful accident to his hand,…

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Industrial Accidents New Approach to Problem Needed SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 6

Industrial accidents in N.S.W. during the 12 months ended April 30 totalled 19,916, the Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Hamilton,…

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