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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Freak Accidents Fancy Feats During 1947

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 9

Without even trying, a few unsung individuals performed fancy feats last year that might have stumped…

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Fears of Fatality at Creek

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 13

Fears that a fatality would occur during times of flood it Sandy Creek were left unbridged were expressed by Cr. C. E. Wheaton (president) at…

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Railway Fatality Former Warialda Resident's Fate

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Mr. Maxwell Gilmour, 35, of The Crescent, Berala, youngest son of Mrs. M. Gilmour of Warialda, was fatally crashed between two…

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Fear of Fatality at Sandy Creek

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

Fears that a fatality would occur during times of flood if Sandy Creek were left unbridged were expressed toy Cr. C. E…

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Two Dead, 29 Injured In Plant Explosion

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

WALTHAM (Massachusettes). Monday.—Casualties in a plastics plant explosion here at midnight on Saturday are now given as two…

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Faulty Vehicles Cause of Accident Increase

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 6

Until the statisticians got to work at the end of the year a serious "leakage" in road accidents and lives lost was…

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11 Killed, 90 Injured Armed Patrols for Jewish Quarter After Explosion

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Friday.—Thousands of armed Hagarah men, wearing ,battledress, have cordoned off the entire Jewish section of Jerusalem as a result of yesterday’s disastrous explosion which wrecked the right wing of the…

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14 Drowned When Trawler Strikes Rocks

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

REYJAVIK, Monday.— Fourteen members of a crew of nineteen of the British trawler Epine,…

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Communist M. L. A. Seriously Injured In Street Fracas

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Communist M. L. A., Mr. Fred Paterson, suffered severe head wounds during a fierce dash between police and strikers near Brisbane Trades Hail to-day. Paterson and another man…

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Hotel Proprietor Killed Car Overturns on Hillgrove Road Two Passengers Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 8

John Stanton Beatty, 37, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Armidale, was killed when his sedan car overturned on…

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POLICE v. STRIKERS Communist M.LA. Seriously Injured In Strike Clash

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Communist M.L.A., Fred Paterson, suffered severe head wounds…

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Football League President’s Report Proper Register Of Claims For Injured Players Suggested

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 6

“From my experience of the players’ insurance scheme last year, it is my recommendation that a proper register of claims is necessary and that a sub-committee should be appointed with responsibility to place the…

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COMMUNIST M.L.A. Injured at Brisbane Another Fierce Clash in City Streets Strikers' Procession Broken Up by Police BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

Communist M.L.A., Mr. Fred Paterson, suffered severe head wounds during a fierce clash between police and strikers near Brisbane Trades Half to-day. Mr. Paterson and another man were admitted to…

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Armidale Accident Hotel Licensee Killed in Car Crash; Daughter in Hospital

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

John Stanton Beatty, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Armidale, was killed, and his 17-year-old daughter Anne injured when a car in which they were driving ran into a water-table and rolled over two-and-a-half times on…

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Hotel Proprietor Killed. Car Overburns on Hillgrove Road Two Passengers Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 3

John Stanton Beatty, 37, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Armidale, was killed when his sedan car overturned on…

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Give Accidents a Holiday Observe Rules, Be Courteous

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 4

Holidays are just round the corner and with them comes the dread that many people will be killed or injured in…

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Intersection Fatality at Guyra Bicycle in Collision With Car Young Man's Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 8

Kevin Patrick Desmond Gallagher (26) was fatally injured when his bicycle collided with a car at die…

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Armidale Hotelkeeper's Death Accidental, Says District Coroner

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 5

Armidale District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blake) yesterday found that John Stanton Beatty (37) died from injuries accidentally received when the car he was driving overturned on the Armidale-Grafton road on March 16…

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Otho Street Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 4

A slight collision occurred in Otho Street late yesterday afternoon when a truck pulling out from the curb was hit by a…

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Fatal Accident Young Man Killed

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 4

When his bicycle came into collision with a car at the intersection of Bradley and Starr streets about 5.30 p.m. on…

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