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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 49

Man Killed Instantly Military Truck Capsizes At Toll Bar Nine Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 4

The Old Toll Bar at Rutherford was the scene of another fatal military accident shortly after 12.30 a.m. yesterday. One man was…

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Army Truck Smash Near Rutherford One Man Killed and Nine Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

One man was killed and nine were injured—one seriously— when a military truck overturned on the New England…

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Air Raid Over Alexandria Hundreds Feared Killed or Injured. Alexandria, Sunday (A.A.P.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 1

Hundreds of persons are feared to have been killed or injured in last night's air raid, when a squadron of German planes divebombed the Arab…

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Flood Tragedy Young Couple Drowned ADELAIDE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Sixteen hours after they had been swept from a buck board down a swollen crek and drowned near La[?]ra, the bodies of a young couple…

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5000 Killed and Injured. Ammunition Waggons in Fortress Blow Up. LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

According to an Agency message from Budapest it is now reported that 5000 were killed and injured at Semedria in Yugoslavia as a result of 90 ammunition waggons blowing up in a fortress yesterday…

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Dr. C. H. Scott. Death Follows Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 5

Dr. Charles Henry Scott, one of the oldest medical practitioners in the State, and for many years in Scone, where he was regarded as one of the…

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Kurri Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

In a collision between his bicycle and a car at Kurri Kurri on Friday night, Herbert Allen, 26, of Neath-street, Pelaw…

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Young Couple Drowned in Flooded Creek

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

Sixteen hours after they had been swept from a buckboard down a swollen creek and drowned near Laura, South Australia, the bodies of…

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Car Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death No One Culpable Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death with no blame attachable to the driver of the car was returned by the Cessnock Coroner (Mr. W. S…

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Injured Neck Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

Mr. J. J. Sattler of Maerannie, was this morning conveyed to a doctor’s surgery for an X-ray of the neck Sattler who had been conveyed to…

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Forced Landing Two Air Trainees Injured SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 9

TWO air trainees were slightly injured when their plane made a forced landing at Wagge yesterday afternoon The engine of the plane cut out…

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Cyclist Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 5

Stanley Mcintosh, [?] of Congewaist., Aberdare; fall from his bicycle yesterday and fractured his left collarbone. He was attended by…

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Blitz Over Alexandria 150 Killed and 200 Injured. London, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 2

Last night's blitz was the heaviest that Alexandria has yet experienced. Low-lying planes plastered the…

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Two Accidents Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 5

Singleton Ambulance made a qiuck trip to Macrannie yesterday to oring into a doctor Mr. J. J. Sattler, who injured his nock when he…

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Local and General News Accident to Little Girl

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 2

Thelma Harris, 11 years of age, a daughter of Mr and Mrs V. J. Harris, of View Street, met with an accident on Wednesday afternoon in…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 5

Struck by a prop at Pelton colliery on Wednesday, Jack Roddenby, shiftman, of Pelton received injuries to the right…

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Echoes of Fatal Car Smash in Allandale Road. Tragic Story of Neath Woman's Death. Grim Experience of Party From Dance. Corner Returns Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 6

The story nf how a party of dancers in the early hours of the morning of June 4, went from the gaiety of a ball room into an atmosphere of stark tragedy, was told at Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, when the District Coroner…

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Bus and Cycle in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 6

When his motor cycle collided with a bus at the High and Churchstreet intersection at 6.15 last night Earle Hill (22), dispenser at…

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Run Over by Bus Man Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 6

Richard Carroll, 55, of Gosforth near West Maitland, died in the Maitland Hospital at noon to-day from injuries he received when he…

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Weather Changes and Car Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 6

The harvest of the roads, In the form of accidents, goes by lessons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been…

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