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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Accidentally Killed Motor Truck Overturns

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

Raymond John Dorn, aged 24, wellknown in Inverell was accidentally on Sunday when returning to Rathmine camp near Newcastle. A…

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Local and General Cyclist Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 4

(Ronald Keelan, son of Mr. W. Keelan, of 112 Ferguson Street, received a probable fracture of his left forearm when he fell…

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Car Accidents Two Men Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

Edward Morley, formerly of Bingara, met with a car accident at about 7.30 on Saturday morning near Little Plain. His appears to have…

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English Sport Disaster 36 Killed, 500 Injured Victims Trampled to Death London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

New Home Office instructions to the police to tighten up control on increasing crowds attending open air…

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Missing Man Found Drowned Sunday's Tragic Happening

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

A thirty-six hours search for Mr. Norman Bradley, aged 29 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bradley, of "Nardoo," Ashford…

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Indian Riots Some Killed and Injured CAWNPORE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 1

Two persons are reported killed and forty injured in serious rioting which broke out when Sikhyempl was set afire…

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Sad Accident Little Boy Hurt

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon Keith Wm. Dean, aged five years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean, of Sheep Station Gully, left his home on the Tingha road to…

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Injuries Prove Fatal Saturday's Accident Victim

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

Mr. Edward Morley, the victim of Saturday's car accident on the Little Plain road, passed away in the Inverell District Hospital early…

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Forgot Rifle Was Cocked Shooting Fatality Glen Innes Lad's Death

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

"We were talking about the soldiers in New Guinea and how the Japanese would bayonet them after all the…

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Forgot Rifle Was Cocked Glen Innes Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

"We were talking about the soldiers in New Guinea and how the Japanese would bayonet them after all the ammunition had gone. He…

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Car Fatality Former Inverell Resident

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

The distressing news was received by Mr. P. J. Brown, of Rose Street, on Saturday last that his brother. Mr. James Brown, of Gloucester, had died…

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Seven Drowned Wimmera Floods MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

Flood water have swept through the western district of Victoria and Southern Wimmera. They resulted in very heavy property damage and it is…

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Hundreds Injured Explosion at Berlin LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

A German policeman caused an explosion which wrecked the Berlin police headquarters in the Russian zone, killing three and injuring…

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Warialda Fatality Death of H. H. Hartog

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

On Monday afternoon last the body of Henry Herman Hartog. 50, of Warialda Railway, was found in a woolshed some few hundred yards from…

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Death From Drowning Late Norman Bradley

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 6

A Coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death on March 11th, of Norman Bradley, who was found drowned in the…

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Plane Crashes Into School Crew Kilted, Girls injured LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

The pilot and co-pilot were killed, and two schoolgirls slightly burnt and cut when an R.A.F. Mosquito crashed…

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Further Drastic Cut in Britain’s Food Ration Accidental Death Motor Car Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

At the Coroner’s Court yesterday, Mr. Leo Cloonan inquired into the circumstances concerning the death in Inverell on March…

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170 DROWNED Japanese Ferry Accident TOKIO

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

When a twenty-ton. ferry capsized near Onagawa on the North East of Honshu Island, 170 persons are reported to have lost their…

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Father and Son Believed Drowned Tragedy in Tasmania HOBART

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Kenneth Vincent Campbell (42) and his son, Vincent Campbell (24), are believed to have been drowned at Leith, at the mouth of the Forth…

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Seriously Injured Courtship Crashes Into Fence SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

Courtship, one of Australia’s best fillies, was badly injured at Randwick to-day, and Jockey J. Thompson, twice came close to disaster when the bit…

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