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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

358 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 18

Trawler Sinks After Collision

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 30-foot trawler sank-after a collision with the collier Mortlake inside the Heads of Sydney Harbour early…

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Trawler Sunk in Collision with Collier

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday,—A 30 foot trawler sank after collision with the collier Mortlake Inside the heads of Sydney Harbour…

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Trawler Sinks in Harbour Collision With Collier SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

A thirty-foot trawler sank after a collision with the collier, Mortlake, inside the heads of Sydney Harbour early to-day…

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Trawler Sinks in Harbour Collision With Collier SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

A thirty-foot trawler sank after a collision with the collier, Mortlake, inside the heads of Sydney Harbour early to-day…

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Failed to Stop After Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

Stanley Edmund Reid, 47, of Healey's Lane, Glen Innes, was fined £5 for falling to stop after , an accident, by Mr. Fleeman,…

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Man Accidentally Killed Shot By Father Testing Rifle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 6

A man accidentally shot dead his 24-years-old son in tragic circumstances near Inverell yesterday afternoon…

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Man Accidentally Killed Shot By Father Testing Rifle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 6

A man accidentally shot dead his 24-years-old son in tragic circumstances near Inverell yesterday afternoon…

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Telephone Services Interrupted Police Car In Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 8

Telephone services were interrupted yesterday afternoon when a telephone pole was knocked over by a car at the corner of Brown and…

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Injured Players' Fund Opened By Rugby League

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 15

Officials of New England Rugby League appeal to supporters of the game to subscribe to an Injured Players' Fund…

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Winter Weather Cause of Many Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 6

Road accidents were lower in New South Wales last June than in any month for years past, but even then the…

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Driver Fined-Sequel To Fatal Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 4

Stanley Edmund Reid, 47, of Healey’s Lane, Glen Innes, was fined £5 for failing to stop after an accident, by Mr. Fleeman,…

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Goods Train in Crash Near Sydney Driver, Fireman Injured SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

An engines driver and fireman were injured and three vans carrying perishable goods from the North Coast…

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Coronet Finds Man Died From Wound Accidentally Received

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 4

Inverell District Coroner (Mr. L. J. Cloonan, J.P.), yesterday found that Noel James Forden (25), of “Maxwellton,” Oakwood, had died as the result of a bullet wound in the head accidentally received when he walked…

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Bromwich Injured Strains Ligaments In Instep LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 11

Australians John Bromwich, facing a stiff match against America's Budge Patty in the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon to-day, is still…

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Injured Pilot Had to Be Cut From Cockpit

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1

An injured pilot was cut from the cockpit of a 'plane which crashed on Inverell aerodrome on Saturday afternoon while…

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"New Look" Effect on Road Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 12

The "New Look" in women's Clothes has started a controversy among road safety students. According to the N.R.M.A., they…

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Woman Walks Into Sea Drowning Witnessed By Man On Balcony MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 15

While standing oh the balcony of his home on. The Esplanade, Brighton, yesterday, Mir. R. Tymms, a retired bank manager, saw a woman…

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Four Killed, Twenty Injured in Train Smash Near Harden

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At least four people were killed and 20 seriously injured when the engine of the South-west Mail left the rails and plunged down a 20ft. embankment near Harden at 5 o’clock this morning…

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Rail Fettler Killed Tricycle Run Down by Train Early Morning Fatality At Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 8

Harold Martin, a relief fettler, of 88 Ohio-street, was killed instantly this morning when the tricycle…

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At Least Four Killed; 20 Injured in Worst Rail Smash for Years Kl in worst Sh for Years

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At lease four people were killed and 20 seriously injured when the engine o the South - West Mail left the rails and plunged down a 20 feet embankment near Harden at 5 o'clock this morning…

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