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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Children in Accidents

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 4

A child of Mr. R. J. Dawes, residing opposite Bebeah vineyards, had a nasty fall from a verandah and fractured his right elbow joint. The…

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Soldier Injured by Car

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE [?] Knocked over by a [?] st., Newcastle, last [?] Raymond Suno, of [?]…

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Three Injured When Plane Struck Cars

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 1

ADELAIDE Sat.—Three persons were injured when a plane crashed into two cars while malting a forced landing near…

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Accidents in Scone District

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 6

SCONE Saturday.—Leslie and Hazel Adams, brother and sister, of Dartbrook, had a miraculous escape from serious injury when…

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Injured in Car Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday—When a motor tor struck a tram post at Waterloo early on Sunday morning, two persons were injured…

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Hiker Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Monday—A 17-year-old hiker, Brace Jones, of Mascot. slipped off a damp, tree think. lie and other hikers were…

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Empty Petrol Tank Exploded Garage Proprietor Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 4

Severe injuries were suffered by Harold Newman, garage proprietor, at Goulburn when an empty petrol tank he was welding exploded…

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Crawled Along Top of Train Gave Alarm For Injured Mate

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 1

Crawling along the tops of 14 railway cars of a goods train bound for the North Coast last night, a 15-year-old youth told…

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Paterson Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 4

PATERSON Tues.—The Gresford District Coroner (Mr. A. R. Brown) will inquire into the death of Robert James Reid, 74, pen…

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Boy Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 3

Said to have fallen off a load of [?] noel Edwards of Woodwill recreated a probable fracture of the right leg and…

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Injured in Mine

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tuesday—thrombus as Bowie 17 of [?] West [?] who works in stockton callers received a…

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Crawled Along Top of Train Gave Alarm for Injured Mate

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 4

Crawling along the tops of 14 railway cars of a goods train bound for the North Coast on Sunday night, a 15-year-old youth…

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Motor Accidents. Smashes on Gundy and Aberdeen Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 1

Leslie and Hazel Adams, brother and sister, of Dartbrook, had a miraculous escape from serious injury a few nights ago when the sulky in…

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Mill Accident Man's Lucky Escape

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 2

At Mr. Woods' sawmill, Stroud Road, at 8 a.m. this Monday morning, a young man named Cliff Higgins had his clothes caught in some…

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M.l.a. Injured in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, [?] member for Gloucester is [?] and about again after his [?] accident whilst stock drafting…

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Oxy Welder Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

Aubrey Randall, 29, of Thornton, an oxy-welder, employed by the Hunter District Water Board, received severe burns to…

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Gave Blood for Injured Miner

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday. — The president of the Southern miners (Mr. F. Louden) yesterday save one pint of blood in a…

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R.a.a.f. Man Drowned Body Found on Edge of Feel River

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 1

The body of Corporal Godfrey Eustace Morris, 34, member of the R.A.A.F., was found on the edge of the Peel River four and a half miles…

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Sapper Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

Suffering, from a fracture of the left leg lacerated. wounds to the leg and from severe shock Sapper Colin Hall, 21, was…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday. — John Murray, 15, of Fisher-st., Bellbird a set-rider, employed at Stanford Main No. 1 colliery,…

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