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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Boy's Shocking Injury Arm Crushed In Accident Fell Under Moving Train NEWCASTLE, Wed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

A young boy ran home to his mother after his arm had been crushed by a train yesterday…

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Man's Narrow Escape Near Accident At Power Station

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Mr. Keith Simpson, of Llangothlin-street, had a narrow escape from serious injuries at the Power Honse on Tuesday…

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Fatality Near Tenterfield Bus Chassis Off Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 8

A young man was killed late yesterday afternoon when the bus chassis he was driving on the Wallangarra road, seven…

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Ben Lomond Man Killed in Shunting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Twenty the-year-old Beds Patrick Mackson was killed in a shunting accident at Armidale goods yard on Tuesday…

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Road Accidents "Needless Sacrifice of Lives"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

Declaring that there is a needless sacrifice of lives through road accidents, the general…

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Country Leads in Accident Drive

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

Nine persons were killed in road accidents in the State during the eleven days of the Christmas-New Year…

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Three Killed in Collision Between Planes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.—A Pan-American Constellation with 23 passengers and a crew of 10 yesterday collided with a…

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2209 Mile Flight Injured In Jeep Accident Condition Improves SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

The condition of Ernest Leslie (35), whose mother flew 2280 miles from Perth to visit him,…

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Girl Injured Thrown From Horse

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 6

Sixteen years old June Smith, of Dumaresq -street, wag thrown from a horse in Butlerstreet at mid-day yesterday,…

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Woman Found Injured on Roadside

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Monday.—Police are trying to find the cause of injuries received by a young woman found unconscious…

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Two Accidents At Delungra

The Inverell Times · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

Two serious accidents occurred at Delungra on Saturday. An infant of 5½ months was…

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Sulky Shaft Through Arm Black Mountain Man's Painful Injury Sustained in Highway Collision

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

Guy Menzies (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Menzies, of "Ardrossan," Black Mountain,…

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Uralla Stockman Injured Attacked By Bull

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 8

Norman Bullock, of Uralia employed by Mr. Robert Park on his Harwood property, near Uralla, was injured when…

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Sulky Shaft Through Arm Black Mountain Man's Painful Injury Sustained in Highway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 8

Guy Menzies (18), son of Mir. and Mrs. A. C. Menzies, of "Ardrossan," Black Mountain,…

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98,000 Fatal Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

CHICAGO, Friday.—Accidents killed 98,000 persons and injured one of every 14 persons in the United States in 1948—yet it…

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High Accident Toll in U.S. 98,000 Killed In 1948 CHICAGO

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

Accidents killed 98,000 persons and injured one of every 14 persons in the United States in 1948—yet it was the safest…

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[?]iverell Sewerage Worker Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

A man working on the [?]erage construction works [?]Otho Lane suffered a sash the forehead and other…

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Man Injured in Byron Street Brawl; Three Charged

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

After police had broken up a major brawl in a humpy near the railway bridge in Byron Street on Saturday night they arrested and charged three men with offensive behaviour…

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Boy Drowned in Private Pool Failed To Answer Call For Lunch SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

A three years old boy was drowned in a private swimming pool in his home at Sans Souci yesterday…

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Rowdy Reception for Morrison' Hostile Greeting In Scotland Speech Drowned By Shouts LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2

Groups of Scottish Nationalists heckled the Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert…

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