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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 49

Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 3

Stanley Bennett, 21 of Kurri Kurri, was riding a bicycle yesterday when it came into collision with a motolorry. He was admitted to Kurri Kurri…

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Drowned When Mother Fainted Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 6

While bathing her four–months–old daughter in a tub at her home at Woolwich, Mrs. Margaret Ward fainted When she revived she found that…

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Injured at Football

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 7

Kenneth Hopes, 16, of Abermain, dislocated his shoulder and Harry Scott 16, of Ellalong-street, S[?]on Kop. [?]tored his left leg while playing football…

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Jockey and Horse Injured Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 1

While Jockey L. Hill was riding Penair on the inside grass track at Kensington to-day the gelding shied at some birds which flew up and…

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Shocking Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 3

When a circular saw was being attended by Mr. C. H. Conway at his wood yard at Mudgee, it came in contact with some hard substance in the…

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Footballer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 6

Kenneth Hopes, 16, of Cooma-etreet, Abermain, dislocated his shoulder while playing football at Kurri Kurri on Wednesday. He was…

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Boys Drowned in Dam Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 8

Two brothers, John David Nash, 11, and Leslie Lionel Nash, 5, were drowned in a small dam 7ft deep in the yard of a house in Percy-street,…

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Soldiers' Mascot Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 3

(Extracts from the Magazine of the 2/19th) Battalion of the A.I.F., Malaya) “Joey” the Battalion’s kangaroo mascot, which we found” in a Red…

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Accidents Caused By Shoes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 6

An Investigation into the accidents that occur in U.S.A. whilst women are boarding and alighting from motor buses disclosed that…

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Boy Injured Ran Into Barbed Wire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 5

Leonard Henny [?] of East Greta, [?] severe lacerations to the [?]ght temple and the right eye this morning when he ran into a barbed…

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Sisters Killed in Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 2

Two sisters suffered fatal injuries when the car in which they were travelling struck a tree on the Barraba Road. They were Miss Clare…

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Fatally Injured by Car

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 8

Miss Leslie Lelia Hayes, 18, of Wardell Road, Earlwood, was fatally injured by a car when she ran on to the road near her home on her way to…

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Crushed by Load of Stone Youth Badly Injured SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 1

Alan Ward 10 York street ford was badly crushed when a load of monumental stone on his father’s lorry shifted…

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Fatal Accident While Riding Motor Scooter. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 2

The death occurred this morning in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, of Ray Reed, aged 18, from the effects of injuries received in a…

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Magpie Causes Man’s Death Electrical Accident ADELAIDE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 1

A magpie carrying. a piece of wire believed to have caused a man’s death At the inquest It was stated that Frank Joseph Whiting 63 car…

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Cyclist Involved in Accident Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 4

Harold F. Sams, of Regent-st., Cessnock was [?]ed 10/, with 8/ costs, at Cessnock Police Court to-day on a charge of having ridden a…

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Two Brothers Fatally Injured Collision Near Gosford

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 2

Two brothers were fatally injured and another man hurt in a collision between a small car and a motor-cycle on the main…

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Drowned in Effort to Rescue Girl Adelaide

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 6

When he dived into the Torrent[?] Lake, Adelaide, in an attempt to rescue a girl who had fallen into the water, [?]onel E. Baldock, 21, an…

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Death of Accident Victim

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 3

Struck by a car near her home in Main-road, Teralba, on Thursday, Mrs. Isabella Clu[?]le White, 50, died in Wallsend-Hospital at the week-end…

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Man Fatally Injured Crushed In Winch At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 5

A finding of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chipllo, at an inquest today concerning the death of…

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