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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Boy Drowned Children Trapped By Storm SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

During a heavy storm, Raymond Sutherland, 9, of Warsaw-street, Homebush, was drowned in a stormwater channel…

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'Bus Crashes Over Embankment Many Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

All except eight or nine of 35 passengers suffered injuries when a bus bound from Austinmeer to Canberra crashed over a steeply graded…

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Struck by Tram Woman Badly Injured SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

Struck by a tram at Newtown. Mrs. Ethel Arentz, of Tumut, suffered fractures of one thigh, a leg and shoulder, concussion, extensive abrasions…

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Children Trapped in Heavy Downpour Boy Drowned in Storm Water Channel

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

Raymond Sutherland, nine years, of Homebush, was drowned in a stormwater channel at Homebush during Saturday afternoon's heavy…

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Man Injured During Walking Tour 60Ft. Fall From Cliff

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

Marius Fanliville, aged 31, of Doncaster Avenue, Kensington, was rescued yesterday morning after lying all night at the foot of a cliff over…

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Seven People Injured When Train Smashes in Landslide Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

It was announced to-day that washaways on the railway lines in New South Wales have been repaired, and normal services are now operating. The Railway Department stated that a series of washaways has been reported on die main line…

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Train Crashes Into Rock and Earth Ten People Injured. Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Ten people were injured when the Thallon mail train crashed headon into hundreds of tons of rock and earth brought down by a landslide…

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Killed of Injured in War Perils Federal Scheme of Insurance Urged

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

Mr A. W. H. Padfield, chairman of the Australian National Service League, said at the week-end that the Federal Government should enact…

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Bus Accident Fell on Side Over Embankment Many People Hurt Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

When a bus bound from Austinmer to Canberra crashed over a steeply-graded embankment, about 14 feet high, on the Federal Highway, 21…

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Arm Amputated Woman Injured In Collision SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 7

Mrs. Ivy Thompson, of Smithfield, had her right arm severely injured in a collision at Smithfield yesterday afternoon. She is in Auburn Hospital,…

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Four Injured Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 6

When a car overturned on a sharp bend at New Lambton Heights last night, four people were injured, but none seriously…

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Crashed Into Pole Four Persons Injured MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 8

When a motor-car, driven by Mr. Herbert Hollands, of the Department of the Interior, crashed into a pole at Benalla, four persons were injured…

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Train Crashes Into Landslide. One Dead, 11 INJURED

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

Twelve people were injured—one fatally—when the Thallon mall crashed into a landslide of rocks and earth as it left a…

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Accidents

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

Joyce Baker, 19, of Greta-street, Aberdare, Buffered lacerations to the head, abrasions to the left hip, concussion and…

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Killed in Collision Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

Thomas B. Hawking, 59, married carrier, of Redbank, was killed when his car collided with an Air Force tender at Goodna during heavy rain…

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Injured in Fall From Ice-chest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 2

Falling from an ice-chest, Margaret Barrass, six, of Kavelock Street, Mayfield, fractured her right thigh at Belmont on Monday night. She was…

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Finger Injured Caught In Chaff Cutter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 6

Leonard Oswald Gallagher, 14, of Regent-street West Maitland, suffered a severely lacerated wound to the first joint of the first finger of…

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Wrestler Injured at Carlton Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 9

John -Morro was admitted to St George Hospital last night following a fall in the wrestling match at Carlton Stadium. He is thought to be suffering…

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Boy Drowned Manilla

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 5

Francis Elliott, aged nine, of West Manilla, was drowned in the Namot River. He was wading in shallow water when he was swept away by…

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Priest and Boy Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

A priest, Father McCusker, and Clifford Lee, 13, both of Bungendore, were drowned at Cotter River picnic ground, 14…

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