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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Moree Woman Fatally Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

Mrs. Helen Bede Shelton (33), wife of well known Moree grazier, Mr. Fergus Shelton, of “Yambulla,” was fatally…

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Submarine Deaths “Accidental”

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: The Coroner, at the inquest yesterday into the death of ten of the victims of the Truculent submarine disaster, found that…

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Two Injured in Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

Two men were admitted to the Tenterfield Hospital after th Pord "A" model utility in which they were travelling became…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Was Accidental

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6

At the conclusion of evidence at an inquiry held in the Court House yesterday concerning the death of Gordon Brown (22), the Coroner (Mr. L. P. Cloonan), returned a verdict of accidental death…

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Toes Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6

Leonard Bower, of 112 Dnmaresa-street, was treated by Armidale District Ambulance for severe bruises to the…

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Popular District Identity Killed in Car Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

Residents of Warialda and district, in common with those of a vast area of the North-West, were shocked by the news of the…

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Motor Cyclist' S Death Accidental

The Uralla Times · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 6

Mr. C. L. Hefren, C.P.S., found that Stuart Maxwell Hoy, Tia, hear Walcha, died from the…

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Cyclist Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 8

Max Hure (10), of Armidale, when knocked from his bicycle by a car on the old Inverell road, received lacerations and…

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Boy Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 8

Adrian Allingham, 12, of Yallambi, suffered a probable fracture, of the right collarbone and right wrist as a result of…

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Warialda Motor Collision Verdict for £70 DAMAGES

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

Judge Storkey, V.C at a District Court sitting at lnverell on Tuesday granted a claim for £701810 by Thomas Lancelot…

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Injured Boy Taken to Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 8

Neil McDonald, 10, son of Mr. T. McDonald, of 61 Rusden-street, Armidale, was taken to Sydney on Monday…

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Ten Injured in Sydney Smashes Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

Ten people were injured in two separate traffic accidents in Sydney this morning. Two passengers and a…

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Cyclists Injured in Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 8

Elaine O'Neil, of South Armidale, received a probable fracture of the skull and severe shock when the bicycle…

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Tamworth Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

TAMWORTH: Charles Leslie Fitzsimmons, 41, Peel St., Tamworth, died soon after his admission to Tamworth Base…

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Jockey Injured, Horse Killed

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The 18-year-old apprentice jockey, Sid Bundy, was seriously injured and the horse, Prince…

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Centre Parking Alleged Cause of Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4

A Glen Innes policeman to-day blamed central parking in Grey Street as the cause of a collision between two cars on Wednesday…

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8 Killed 15 Injured in Explosion

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

MIDLANDS (Michigan) Friday.—Eight workers were killed, 15 were injured and three are missing in an explosion at…

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Jockey Hurt Horse Killed in Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The 18-year-old apprentice jockey, Sid Bundy, was seriously injured and the horse Prince Verity was…

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Jockey In Second Accident In Three DAys SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

Eighteen year old apprentice jockey, Sid Bundy, was seriously injured and a horse, Prince…

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Two Years Old Accident Has Airing At Armidale District Court Judgment Reserved on Intersting Legal Point

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 5

A claim for £400 damages and £4/15/ solicitor's costs was heard in the Armidale District Court yesterday by Judge Storkey, V.C. Plaintiff was Jeannie Reid Waugh and…

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