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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 49

Severely Injured by Car Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 7

When she was struck by a motor car at the Mayfield tram terminus, last night shortly before midnight, Miss Marjorie Betterham 24 of…

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Far East Tension “Collision Seems Inevitable” (A.a.p. Service) WASHINGTON Oct. 24

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 1

The United States Japanese relations appear to be rapidly approaching a crisis. The Secretary of the Navy, Col Knox, said…

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Driver Fell From Engine Armidale Accident ARMIDALE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 5

An engine driver, Clarence Rice, 45, [?]li from the engine which he was taking northward from Armidale Railway Station. He was admitted to Armidale…

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Youth Drowned Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 1

After several hours dragging police this afternoon recovered from the back channel of the Hunter river, near the steel works. the body of…

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Mine Worker Injured CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 3

When he was struck by a piece of coal At Aberdare Extends colliery today, Jack Kerr 29[?] clipper residing at Kitchener. received a badly lacerated…

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Car and Lorry in Collision Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 6

During a heavy storm at Singleton yesterday a car driven by Miss B. Tulloch. of Gas-st, collided with a lorry driven by Mr. Jack Gould at the…

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Collision at Street Intersection During Storm Vehicles Extensively Damaged

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 2

During one of yesterday's storms there was a collision between a car and a motor lorry at the intersection of Bathurst and…

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Airmen Injured in Car Smash Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 3

When their car got out of control on a sharp band at Maequarie Grove, Camden, and crashed through a bridge, three members of the…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 2

Jack Kerr, 29, a clipper, of Kitchener, had the little toe of his left foot severed yesterday. A topper was dislodged from a skip, and this…

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Mine Worker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 3

Caught between skips at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery last night Walter Convery, 17, of Third-street. West[?] received an injury to his back. He…

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Hand Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 5

While working at [?] Colliery today William Manning 17 a road layer of Atwater avenue, Cessock received…

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Fatality at Stanford Main No. 2. Miner Crushed by Fall of Stone

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 3

Cyril Beckett, 44, a miner residing at Vincent-street, Cessnock, was killed by a fall of stone at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, Paxton, yesterday. Beckett was crushed under a stone which weighed more…

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Mine Workers Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1941 · page 7

Two mine workers were injured while working in Mines on the Cessnock field to-day. Vincent Chalkley 20, a sidler, of…

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Truck Tyre Fatally Injured Soldier

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 October 1941 · page 6

Leonard Halstead, 21, formerly of Petersham, a motor mechanic with the Armoured Brigade, in camp at Greta, was killed on Friday while…

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Lessons of Recent Accidents Points That Should Be Observed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 October 1941 · page 4

Last week’s road accidents in which motor vehicles were involved could have been avoided had the following points been…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1941 · page 4

When a fall of coal occurred at Stanford Grete colliery.[?]yesterday james [?](25)miner of [?] splon kop [?]…

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HALTON Accidents To Children

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1941 · page 7

[?]mlnor accident to school [?] chil[?] place in the past lew days [?]…

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Sapper’s Death "Purely An Accident"- Coroner's Verdict

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1941 · page 4

“It was surely and simply on accident and do not think blame is attachable to anybody The was the verdict of the coroner…

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Amazing Escapes In Tram Accident KALGOORLIE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1941 · page 3

Sixteen persons had remarkable escapes when the front axle of a tram snapped this morning causing it to…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 4

Run over by a skip at Stanford Merthyr colliery yesterday, Alfred Shone, 53, of Maitland-street, Stanford Merthyr, received several…

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