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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

364 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 19

Court Verdict in Moree Accident £500 to Injured Cyclist

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1946 · page 2

In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury, a verdict was given for plaintiff, Athol James, against James Scott, farmer, of…

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Accidents Over the Week-end Church St. Collision Glen Innes Business Man Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 4

Mr. Harry Stone, senior member of the firm of Stone's Butchery, Grey Street, Glen tones, is a patient in the Glen…

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Jack Johnson Fatally Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 1

RALEIGH (North Carolina), Tuesday.--Jack Johnson, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, died in hospital from…

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Victory Day Casualties Explosion - Ferry Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY,Tuesday.--Thousands of people gathered at vantage points last night to witness the Victory Day harbour display were unaware that the pyrotechnic display had been cut short by the…

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Many Injured in Melbourne Stampede

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--When a stampede occurred on Prince's Bridge during the Victory celebrations lost night…

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Accident at Bald Nob

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Arthur Thomas Keelan, of Bald, Nob was skinning a beast when the knife lie was using slipped…

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Accident on Guyra Road Car Driver Fined £20

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 8

Robert Rawlinson, of Murlumbah, received minor injuries when his car overturned on the Armidale-Guyra Road on Monday…

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Two Lads Injured Fell Into Hot Ashes

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 4

While playing in the yard of his parents' home in Lang St. yesterday afternoon Garry Gilbey, son of Mr. and Mrs. L…

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Double Accident Causes Death

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 2

A 75 year-old visitor from the country died as the result of injuries sustained in an unusual accident in Oxford Street,…

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MR. R. H. Currie Killed In Accident Near Inverell Truck Failed to Negotiate Road Turn

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1946 · page 4

Mr. R. H. Currie, of "Cloverlea." Furracabad, was killed when the truck in which he was travelling crashed into an…

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Gas Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1946 · page 2

Tw elderly men were gassed-- one fatally -- last week-end while washing clothes over gas rings in Sydney. On Saturday…

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Glencoe Grazier Killed In Motor' Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1946 · page 2

Richard Henry Currie, grazier, of Glencoe, was killed instantly on Saturday night when the truck he was driving failed to negotiate a…

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Fatal Accident Death Mr. R. H. Currie Crushed in Cabin of Lorry

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 June 1946 · page 4

Mr. Richard H. Currie, aged 52, a well-known grazier of Furracabad, in the Glen Innes district, was fatally injured on Friday night last whilst…

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Man Injured When Horse Bolts Thrown Against Tree

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 8

When his horse bolted and hit him against a tree yesterday afternoon, James R. Hyatt (18), of Yooroo[?]ah, suffered injuries to his ribs and right…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. Richard H. Currie, aged 52, a well-known grazier of Furracabad, in the Glen Innes district, was fatally injured on Friday week whilst…

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Week-end Accidents Miner's Escape

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 3

Mr. Jack Rooney, of Tingha, had a miraculous escape from being drawn into a revolving machine at his tin mine on Friday last when his trouser…

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U.S. Bus Smash Seven Killed, Nine Injured SEATTLE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

Seven members of the Sppokane baseball team (Western International League) were killed and nine others critically injured when a chartered…

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R.A.F.'s Safety "Quiz" Pilots to Report on Machines Move to Prevent Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 13

Pilots of Britain's Royal Air Force at airfields in many parts of tire world are to be asked to give their views cat…

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Struck by Saw Man Seriously Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 3

When Mr. Roy Thomas Short, of Bannockburn road, was struck by fragments of a circular saw which broke at the woodyard on the property of…

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Smooth Tyres Cause of Accidents

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 2

Although most motorists are aware that wet bitumen faced roads and smooth tyres in combination are not conducive to safety, many drivers…

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