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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

360 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 18

Australian Jockey Injured By Malay Terrorists SINGAPORE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 8

Australian jockey, Ted Harper, of Sydney, was wounded—not seriously—in the chest and hand when terrorists in Johore…

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Collision on Ashford Road

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 4

No one was injured in an accident on Saturday night when two cars collided some five miles out on the Ashford…

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Chartered Plane To Take Injured Man South

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 4

A specially chartered East West Airlines Anson transported, a seriously injured Glen Innes man to Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The man [?]6-years-old Patrick…

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Riding Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

Mrs. R. Donaldson of "Bendee" sustained serious facial injuries when she was thrown from a horse oil Friday morning…

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Woman's Death Drowning at Tamworth

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

In Tamworth Coroner's Court, the District Coroner (Mr. O. H. Cooper) found that Mrs. Mary Ann Dowling (70), of Shannon Vale, via Glen Innes, died on April 28 from drowning in the Peel River…

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Collision in Beardy Street

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 8

Two cars were damaged in a collision in Beardy St., near the Bank of New South Wales, at 4.30 p.m. on…

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Injured Glen Innes Grazier Flown to Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 4

A specially chartered East West Airlines Anson transported a seriously injured Glen Innes man to Sydney…

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Motorcyclist's Death Accidental

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

The death of a Queensland motor cyclist, Neville Charles Little, 23, on the New England…

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Glass Flies in Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 8

A man had his face cut by flying glass in an accident on the corner of Rusden and Markham Streets at 7.30 this…

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20 Killed in Petrol Truck-tram Collision

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Friday.—At least 20 persons are reported killed and the death roll may run to 40 following a collision between…

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Heavy Death Toll In Truck, Tram Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Friday.—At least 20 persons are reported killed and the death to 1 may run to 40 following a collision between a petrol…

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"Cracker Night" Accident—ash in the Eye

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 8

Armidale ambulance reports that there was only one Empire Day "cracker night" accident victim—Mrs. D. Gilchirst, of…

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Fatal Motor Accident on Bingara-Barraba Road

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

One man was killed, while six other people escaped injury, when a car and a heavily-laden timber lorry, travelling in…

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£5000 Damages in Motor Accident Claim

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

A Coonabarabran widow, Eleanor Eliza Lindsay. (39), was, awarded £3000 damages against two motorists by a Supreme Court…

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Two Hurt in , Road Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 4

A man and his son were hurt in a collision between a utility truck and a car at Clinton, on the Warialda Road, on…

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Guyra Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 8

A glooam was cast over the town of Guyra on Monday night and Tuesday at the news of the…

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Double Fatality at Guyra

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 6

At 7.15 on Monday evening, while proceeding in a northerly direction along Malpas St., Guyra, to attend a circus,…

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London's Strangest Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—London's strangest accident shut Blackwall tunnel for 90 minutes yesterday…

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Guyra Fatality

The Uralla Times · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 4

A gloom was cast over the town of Guyra on Monday night and Tuesday at the news of the…

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Double Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

Thomas Starr (20) and Leslie Dean (19), cousins, were killed instantly at Guyra when the motor cycle they were riding…

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