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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

360 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 18

Police Inquire Into Drowning

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives are investigating the mystery of a body which was found floating in Sydney Harbour near Glebe…

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Another Lifesaver Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Another surf lifesaver was drowned yesterday when seaweed fouled his line. He is the second to die in this…

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3 Injured in Heavy Seas

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Three members of the crew of the 141-ton auxiliary schooner, Mileeta, were injured when…

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Boy Injured in Fall From Bicycle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

Mervyn Handebo, aged 9, 01 104 Douglas-street, Armidale, suffered slight concussion, shock and abrasions to the…

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Car Capsized in Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

A car was knocked on to its side and slewed around to face the way it had come, in a collision…

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Two Injured in Fall From Horse

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

Two young lads on Wednesday suffered injuries when they were thrown [?] They were Albert Penn (15…

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Man Drowned Near Wyong

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — A man was drowned when a wave swamped a rowing boat at Norah Head near Wyong yesterday…

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Man Drowned When Boat Swamped

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday.— A man was drowned when a wave swamped a rowing boat Norah Head, near Wyong,…

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BOY (5) Drowned in Lagoon Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

The body of a young boy who had been missing since yesterday was found in Queenscliff Lagoon to-day…

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Bush Worker's Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

A youth named D. Buck (19) suffered severe injury to a hand in clearing operations on "Glenwood," Gravesend, on Monday…

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Three Vehicles in Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 4

Three vehicles—a taxi cab, motor cycle and car—were involved in an accident near the…

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28 of Crew Drowned

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.— Twenty-eight members of the crew of the London oil tankker Clam, of 7404 tons, were…

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28 Drowned When Lifeboats Overturned London

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

Twenty-eight members of the crew of a London oil tanker, Ciam (7404 tons) were drowned near Reykjavik…

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Child’s Fatal Injuries Accidental

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

At the conclusion of evidence into the circumstances of the death of John Lewin Krause, aged four years,…

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1 DEAD, 1 Injured in Gang War Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

Shooting from a car, gangsters fatally, wounded one man and seriously injured another in the…

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Cricketer Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

Mr. Keith Gardner, an Oxford Club cricketer, yesterday received a nasty blow on the side of the nose from a fast…

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Three Injured in Bus Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

Passengers on a Palmer's Melbourne Sydney Brisbane has had a narrow escape from serious injury when…

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Reducing The Risk Of Road Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

The smash at the intersection of Barney and Dangar-streets this morning focusses attention oil on the urgent need for better traffic control. Happily, the consequences of the accident were not…

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Boy Drowned at Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

A six-year-old boy was drowned in a dam seven miles from Guyra yesterday afternoon…

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Two Hurt in Cycle Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

Two cyclists were injured yesterday afternoon when their cycles collided in Bourke St. A cycle ridden by Mr. H…

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