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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Spotlight On sport Courtship Badly Injured Crashed Into Fence at Randwick 20 Stitches Inserted in Wound. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 15

Courtship; one of Australia's best fillies, was badly injured at Randwick to-day, and Jockey J. Thompson…

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Girl Injured in Collision Abrasions to Arms and Legs

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

Swerving to avoid a car as she was cycling to Guyra Central] School last week, Nancy Williams collided with a school friend,…

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Courtship Badly Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 4

Courtship, one of Australia's best fillies, was badly injured at Randwick yesterday, and Jockey J. Thompson twice came close to…

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Accident on Ben Lomond

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 4

Early on Sunday morning last Mr. William C. Beverley. of 57 Ferguson Street, met with an accident which might well have…

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Apartment House Fire Several Persons Injured AUCKLAND

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

Several people were injured when a fire swept through an apartment house in Wellington last night. The flames raced so quickly through…

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Man's Painful Accident Thrown From Motor Cycle Intel Hot Bitumen SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

Severe burns were received by James Ruxton (17), Dulwich Hill, when he was thrown from his motor cycle at Marrickville this afternoon,…

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Pearifle Fatality Young Lad's Death

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

The Deputy Coroner. Mr. A. R. Mitchell, yesterday concluded his inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Injured Back in Fall

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

When Mr. Aif, Gilroy was loading a drum of petrol on to a utility truck on Monday his feet slipped on the metal floor, He fell heavily…

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Llangothlin Man Injured When Cultivator Strikes Stump

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

While cultivating a crop on his properly at Llangothlin on Friday Mr. Ian Mackenzie sustained a painful injury when his implement…

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50 School Children Drowned In Monday's Tidal Wave HILO (Hawaii)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 2

Hope has been abandoned for 50 School children swept to sea in Monday's tidal wave. Onlookers saw the children rush…

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Pope on World Famine -- 50 Children Drown Children Drowned Swept by Tidal Wave HILO (Hawaii)

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 1

Hope has been abandoned for 50 school children swept to sea in Monday's tidal wave. Onlookers saw the children rush to…

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Two Killed in Mine Double Fatality at Broken Hill

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

BROKEN HILL. Saturday, -- Two miners were killed yesterday in a slope at the 1850 level at North Mine when…

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3 KILLED, 70 INJURED Ammunition Dump Explodes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

SAIGON, Tuesday.--At three were killed and 70 seriously injured when an ammunition dump exploded…

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Jeep and Truck Collision at Quay SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 1

When a Jeep, in which he was a passenger was involved in a collision with a big truck at East Circular Quay this morning an Army captain…

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Prompt Action by Uralla Forter Saved Head-on Train Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 8

A serious accident was averted by the prompt action of a goods shed porter, Mr. Frank Killen, at Uralla yesterday…

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Horse Accidentally Shot

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 4

Mr. John Mayled, of "Stockbridge," Tenterden, had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse during last week. He found the horse dead in a paddock…

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1 Killed; 17 Injured in Election Riots

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 1

NAGPUR, Saturday.-- One was killed and 17 injured, including four women, in an election riot when police fired on…

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Shocking Tragedy at Sale Man Burned to Death in Plane Aerial Pageant Accident MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

Before the horrified gaze of 5000 spectators at an aerial pageant at Sale yesterday, a young air observer, formerly…

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Train Capsizes Fireman Killed. Driver Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

When the line collapsed as the result of a washaway near Paterson last night, the engine of a Sydney bound goods train…

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One Dead; 8 Injured in Heavy Coastal Deluge Ferries Battered: Transport disorganised: Buildings Flooded: Train Derailed

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Eight people were hurt when great waves battered ferries attempting to cross Sydney Harbor this morning, when torrential rain, which began at the week-end again lashed the…

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