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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

393 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 20

Accident Victim Off Danger List

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 4

Hospital authorities reported this morning that the condition of Carlyle Henderson, 53,…

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Car and Taxi in Collision

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 4

On Monday afternoon a taxi driven by Eric Lea and a car, of which Colin Briggs, of Inverell was the driver, came…

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Chicquit a Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

Chicquita, Australia's No. 1 mare, is out of racing, at least until the spring. She shied at some magpies, which…

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Rugby Union Two Men Cautioned for Rough Play, Another Injured City's Fierce Game Against

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

Two players were cautioned for rough play and another was injured and had to go off in a fierce game between City and the newly-formed Inverell team at Guyra on Saturday…

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Chicquita Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 10

Chicquita, Australia's No.1 mare is out of racing at least until the spring. She shied at some magpies, which…

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Boy Thrown From Utility In Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

An eight-year-old boy suffered injuries to the head on Saturday afternoon when he was thrown from a utility after an…

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Accidents at League Match

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 4

John Rodgers, of 185 Markham Street, Armidale, was injured while playing football at Rugby League Park…

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Deaths in Road Accidents

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

An average of two persons per day have been killed in road accidents in N.S.W. this year. In the first 22 days of last…

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Four Injured When Taxi Somersaults Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

Four persons were injured when a taxi so[?]ted over another taxi and rolled over three times after a collision in…

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Two Killed In Motor Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE. Friday.—Two people were killed and six others seriously injured when a car and a service coach collided head on in…

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Two Killed in Road Collision Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

Two men were killed and six others seriously injured when a car and service coach collided head on in blinding…

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2 Killed, 6 injured In Crash in Dust

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—Two people were killed [?] others seriously [?] a car and a [?]…

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Two [?] in Accidents

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

Tingha [?] Inverell District [?] as a result of injuries received. They are Mr. Edward N…

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Two Accidents Yesterday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 8

There were two accidents' at or near Armidale yesterday. At 3 p.m. a car collided…

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Boy Injured in Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

Keith Duhig, 11, of 14 Handel Street, Armidale, sustained severe lacerations to the knees and right side of the forehead…

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Gorilla Drowned at N. York Zoo

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. — Makoto, a 14-year-old gorilla, fell into a moat and was drowned at Bronx Zoo yesterday…

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Fatal Accident at Armidale

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

Mrs. Martha Mathilda Wilkinson. 46, widow, of Brown St., Armidale was knocked down by a car while crossing a street…

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Accident Victim Dies

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

A woman knocked over by a car on the corner of Barney and Faulkner Streets at 6…

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