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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 49

Old Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 3

When he [?] from a bicycle, John LEE £60, of Thirds street, Weston, re[?] imbrues to the rigth [?] and [?]ons to the hand. He was treat…

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R.A.A.F. Trainee Drowned Wagga

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 6

Aubrey Herbert Creamer, 24, of No 2 R.A.A.F. School at Wagga, was drowned- while attempting to swim across the M[?]mbldges River at…

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Foot Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 2

Anthony Edmonds, aged [?], of Homeville, was admitted to Maitland Hospital with heavy contusions to the left foot and a probable fracture. He was…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 2

Returning from church to their home at Main Creek about midday, Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. R. Tierney met with an accident. Whilst…

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Road Accidents Are Sabotage (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 4

Road accidents to-day are destructive of national fitness and therefore cannot be tolerated. An avoidable road accident is virtually an act of…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 4

A fatal accident happened to the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Gilson, of Balikera, Raymond Terrace, whilst on his way home from…

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Accidents on Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 5

CESSNOCK Tuesday—When he was struck by a prop while working at Aberdare Central collier today, Stan Burgess, 46, a miner, residing,…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 2

Mr. L. W. Bryant, signalman at Weismantels, injured his knee when he tripped whilst crossing the railway line. He was met at Dungog…

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Prevention of Accidents in Blackouts Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 5

An announcement .was made last night by the Minister for National Emergency, Mr. Heffron, that a' code for the prevention of accK…

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Boy Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—Ian Whiteside, [?] North Bondi, was drowned yesterday while playing with other Boy Scouts on a log in the Warranora…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 2

Oscar Hawing, 40 a miner, employed at Kent colliery, Beresheld, who re[?]ldes at Eastville, [?]; [?]lalt–land, suffered a lacerated wood–to…

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Grazier Fatally Injured by Car

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY Monday. — Mr. Franc Brereton Sadleir Falkiner, 33, of Fox[?]w, Bungendore, a member of one of the best-known grazing families…

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Two Cyclists Injured Collided With Car

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 5

When his bicycles was involved in a collision with a motor car at the corner of Fitzroy-street and Newcastle road, East Maitland yesterday…

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Killed in Truck Accident Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 1

Cpl. Noel Jack Brindle, 21, of Lavender-street, Five Dock, was killed instantly, and Pte, Keith Edie, of Eighth Avenue, Campsie, was…

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Truck Damaged in Collision with Cow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 2

A new G.M.C. motor truck was badly damaged when it collided with a cow on the New England Highway, about six miles from Singleton, late…

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Killed in Riding Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 6

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Reginald McNamara, 39, an employee of Mr. L. Sattler, of Yarragoola, was fatally injured when training a horse…

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Four Hurt in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 December 1941 · page 6

When a fire engine collided with a motor van at Randwick, four people, including two firemen, were injured. The most seriously injured was Allan…

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Two Drowned at Deewhy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 December 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday.—Edgar Walter Carter, 40 of Petersham, and Richard Huer, son of Mr. William Huer, lodgekeeper at the Thomas…

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Soldiers Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1941 · page 6

Two soldiers were injured in a collision between a motor cycle and [?] at Cardiff Heights. Kelvin Sawyer, 24, of Newcastle-road. Wallsend…

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Killed in Air Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY Saturday.—Pilot Officer Charles Richardson Digges, of the R.A.A.F., has been killed in an aircraft accident in England. His…

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