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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Miner Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 5

When he slipped whila at work today, William Ramsay, 01, of Allandule-street, Kearsley received lacerations to his right thigh. He was…

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Stanford Main No. 2 Fatality. Comments by Coroner and Mines Inspector

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

When a coronial inquiry was conducted on Wednesday at Cessnock Court House into the cause of the death of…

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Accident Season Approaches Carelessness On The Roads (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and…

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Plan to Reduce Accidents Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 5

As an experiment in the campaign to reduce accidents at the wire works of Rylands Bros, (Aust.[?] Pty., Ltd) the management has handed over to…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

S[?] [?] of coal at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. Alfred Latter, 41, of Victoria-street, Kurri Kurri, received an injury to his hip…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

While working a coal cutting machine at Abermain No. 1 Colliery on Wednesday [?] Allan, of Maitland-street Kurri Kurri [?]…

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Killed in Air Accident Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 6

Pilot-officer Hendric William Pronk, 24, of the R.A.F. was recently killed in and air accident over England. He was educated at Sydney, and later…

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Killed in Air Accident Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 3

The Air Board has been advised that Pilot-Officer Hendrik Willem Pronk, H.A.F., was killed recently in an air accident over England…

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Three Injured Motor Collision At Tamworth TAMWORTH

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 2

Mrs. May Hillard, of Armidale, received [?] to head, and concussion probable fracture of the left wrist abrasions to both arms and…

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Lorry Over Two Inverell Soldiers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 6

Ptes, H. .Winmill, 15. O’Connor, W, Watkins.and Monckton, all of Inverell, were injured when a motor lorry in which they were travelling overturned…

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Man Drowned Went To Rescue Of Boy BOOROWA

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 5

While attempting to rescue a boy who was in difficulties in the Boorowa river yesterday, a man named Wheatley, of Goulburn, was drowned,…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Geo. Morris, of the Junction Hotel, had the very bad luck to break her right arm at the wrist on Monday night, says the Raymond…

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Accident Season Approaches (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 3

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and killed…

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Accident Season Approaches

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 3
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran .across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and killed…

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Cyclists Are Getting Wild Alarming Accident Figures (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1941 · page 10

Cyclists injured in road accidents during October increased in number so that they almost equalled the number of…

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Collision at Intersection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 1

Bert Major (18), a cyclist, and a motor lorry collided at the intersection of Bridge and Brook-streets yesterday afternoon. Major received…

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Miner Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 5

When he was [?] by a piece of coal at Cessnock No. 1 [?] to-day, Eradarick Perry, 43 a [?] of [?] received a [?] to the scale…

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Hit by Truck Schoolboy Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 1

When he ran on to the road from behind a fruit cart yesterday afternoon. John O’Connor (15), of High street. West Maitland was struck…

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Fell in Drain Boy’s Arm Injured CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 5

When he fell about 14 feet to a concre[?] flooring, Rolen Brown [?] Mayfield-street, Cessnock, received a probable tracture of the night [?]…

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