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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Child Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 7

Kelyen Fenley, 3, 5 of Th[?]ton while playing this morning fell at his home and received a greenstick fracture of the right forearm [?]…

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Unusual Accident Man Walks Over Himself

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

Last week. In Swan-street, Morpeth, a well-known resident asked a friends to walk across the street and buy a packet of cigarettes for him,…

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Walking Into Trouble Pedestrians And Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

Pedestrians had the worst road accident record of all groups of road [?] last year. They still hold the same uneviable…

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Cyclists Injured at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

When two bicycles collided at kurri Kurri on Wednesday night, Henry Bain, 31, of Gillies-street, Kurri Kurri, received a scalp wound and K…

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Boy Drowned in Well Tragic Circumstances

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Henry Alfred Summerhill, 5, was drowned in tragic circumstances in a well 15 yards from his home in Lookout Road ,Berowra, yesterday…

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Cycling Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

The new culvert in Myles-street was the scene of another accident to a cyclist on Tuesday. The road surface there has been left in a very…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

Edward Atkinson, 37, of Swanson-street, Weston, had his left hand caught between a skip and a prop at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Alex Davidson, 31, of Greta-street, Aberdare, a wheeler employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, injured his back when he stepped into a hole…

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Two Injured Car And Military Truck Collide Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 3

When a car and a military truck collided on Pacific Highway at Belmont on Saturday night, two men were injured. Both vehicles were…

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Ship Hits Mine Singapore Accident (A.A.P. Service) SINGAPORE, April 6

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

Going out of Singapore Harbour to [?]vage a Blenheim, pointer which had crashed into the sea, the R.A.F. mooring vessel Buffalo (300 tons)…

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Child Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 1

Struck by a mattock on Sunday afternoon, Peter Duffy, 7. of Rawson-street, Aberdare, received a lacerated wound to his…

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Struck by Skips Miner Fatally Injured New Castle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 3

John Buckle, 72, a miner, was fatally injured in Burwood Collery yesterday afternoon when strick by a set of skips. His left leg was…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 8th APRIL, 1941. Sate Kenneth Wattus. Evidence at Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. R. Clendinning, J.P., held an inquest at the Muswellbrook Court House on Saturday morning into the circumstances…

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Accidents in Mines (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 3

Sir,—The reference to the record number of accidents, as referred to in the April 5th issue of "Common Cause," which has occurred in my…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Central colliery yesterday, James Williams, 40, miner, of Maitland-road…

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Shunter Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 7

Stanley Hutchison, 19 of North-coat-street, Aberdare, a shunter, employed at the E[?]ingto Collery, was caught between a skip and prop and…

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R.a.a.f. Trainee Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 5

Leading Aircraftsman Jack Andrews, 21,was fatally injured and three other occupants were injured when a car overturned and caught…

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SCONE Boy Scout Injured Fell From Tree Scone

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 8

While attending a Boy Scouts camp on the property of Mr. W. T. Seaward of Myala, Scone, Roger Prince, 13 year old son of…

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Colliery Fireman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 2

George Thomas, a colliery fireman, residing at Fan Hill, Abermain, tripped and fell upon coal at Abermain No. 1 colliery yesterday and received…

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Victim of Hit-run Motorist? Local Resident Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 5

Mr. George Estwick was found lying oh the roadway in Sydneystreet shortly, after 6 p.m. yesterday, with his bicycle nearby. It is…

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