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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

323 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 17

Two Killed in Uralla Accident Military Car Overturns After Striking Culvert

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 8

Two were killed and two injured when a military car, believed to have been travelling at high speed, struck a…

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Painful Accident Splinter Enters Man's Arm

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 4

Whilst carrying an armful of wood, at his home, "Stoke Farm," Ben Lomond, Mr W. Bush, had the misfortune to run a splinter, two…

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Military Funeral for Road Accident Victims

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 4

The victims of the minor accident which occurred near Uralla on Sunday night, Lieut. Claude Deane and Sergt. Elwin…

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Delungra Doings Personal—Accident—Red Cross PERSONAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 6

Miss Esme Barker, of the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, who left Delungra four years ago has been renewing acquaintance with old friends…

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Shooting Fatality Armidale Boy the Victim

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

On Saturday evening, two days before his fourteenthbirthday, which he would have celebrated to-day,…

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Glen Innes Accident Girl Thrown From Lorry Dies Glen Innes

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

Dulcie Eileen Newby (13), of Red Range, was fatally injured and three other persons Were hurt when they were thrown from a lorry while…

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Girl Fatally Injured In Fall From Truck Three Other Passengers Sustain Minor Injuries

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 4

When a motor track carrying a party of Red Range residents was returning early on Sunday morning from a dance at…

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Girl's Death From Injuries in Fall From Lorry "Purely Accidental"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 3

After hearing evidence of the circumstances in which Delcia Alleen Newby, 12 years and 11 months old, sustained fatal…

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Air Collision Fatal Results New York

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 1

A three-year-old child was killed, two passengers were injured and two army Airforce personnel are reported killed, following a collision in midair…

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U.S. Air Collision New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 1

A three-year-old child was kiiied, two passengers were injured and proted killed following a colloston in mid-air between and army bornber…

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Doctor's Action Criticised Removed Injured Man in Car

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 6

Members of the Armidale District Ambulance Board, on Wednesday night, expressed disapproval of the actions of…

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Schaefer Method Superseded Resuscitating the Apparently DrowNed Rocker Unit Available in Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 6

Surgeon-Commander Gibbons had seen what German torpedoes could do. Time and again, warships had responded to an S.O.S. from a…

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Freak Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 1

A boy who had a remarkable escape from death when he fell from a train, was the cause of a woman traveller on his train…

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Seventeen Persons Injured Bus Crashes into Pole SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 1

When a double-decker bus which left Bondi Junction at 7.50 a.m. today for South Head cemetery swerved across the road and crashed into an…

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Youth Killed by Bomb Shocking Tragedy at Byron Bay Eleven Children Injured LISMORE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 4

A boy aged 16 was killed and 11 other children were injured when a flare bomb with which they were playing…

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Many Injured in Bus Smash Crashed lido Electric Light Pole Passengers Trapped Under Seats SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 4

When a double-decker bus, which left Bondi Junction at 7.56 a.m. to-day for South Head cemetery, swerved…

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Burning Accident Petrol Fumes Ignite

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

On Monday last Miss Nell Stevenson was severely burnt on the left arm and face when the fumes of petrol with which she was cleaning…

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Miraculous Escapes From Drowning Mile Swim to Safety

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

GOSFORD, Tuesday — Fighting errific seas from Sunday afternoon until 5 pm yesterday, three Sydney men, including Dr…

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Shooting Fatality Inquest at Armidale Court House Boy Tells of Tragic Sequel to Rabbiting Expedition

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 8

The tragic story of events leading to the death of his school-mate was told in the Armidale Coroner's Court…

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Shocking Air Accident-twelve Killeed Sydney’s Worst Air Disaster Twelve Occupants Killed Plane Crashes Info Viaduct Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

Shortly after taking off from Mascot aerodrome at 8.5 p.m. last night, an R.A.A.F. Transport…

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