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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Injured by Car

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 3

KURRI Sat.— Struck by a car at the corner of Alexander-st., and Maitland-road, Kurri Kurri, early last night, Robert Fisher, 48, of…

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Increase In Night Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY Saturday.— [?] cast last night, [?] National Emergency, [?]ron, said that [?]…

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Car's Plunge Into River Four Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 1

When a sedan car crashed through a fence at the approach to a bridge over the Mersey River at Latrobe (Tas.) yesterday and plunged into a…

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Accidents on Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 1

CESSNOCK Monday.—While playing football yesterday afternoon William Dreary, 18, of Alexander-street, Cessnock,…

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Aberdeen Resident Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. William Fittock (67), a wellknown resident of Aberdeen, was admitted to Brentwood Hospital in a serious condition on Saturday night,…

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Knee Cap Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 3

When she fell at her home to-day Mrs. Alice Fuge aged 56, of 48 St. Andrew-street, West Maitland, suffered a probable…

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Claim Allowed. Accident to School Pupil

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 1

When he fell from a ladder at the Aberdeen Public School on February last, Keith Knight (12), son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Knight, received…

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Accident at Cooplacurripa

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. Harry Young, while assisting Messrs. Bob Blanche and Vic Starr to muster cattle six miles) from the homestead of Cooplacurripa cattle…

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Alison Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. John Hudson, Senr., of Alison had a narrow escape from drowning last Sunday morning. While engaged along the river bank pulling out "the…

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Miner’s Finger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wednesday— Ralph- Shippen 26, a miner, of Darwill street Cessnock received extensive lacerations to the…

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Hurdle Crash at Randwick Hore Killed and Rider Seriously Injured Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

Jockey A. Pearce was seriously injured and his mount, Regiment, killed in a sensational hurdle crash while training at…

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Large U.s. Army Plane Crashes 17 Killed and Three Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

Seventeen men were killed and three others were seriously injured when a large U.S. Army transport plane, in which they were travelling,…

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Coroner’s Verdict Soldier Killed in Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 3

The inquest into the death of Staff-Sergeant Evelyn John Guinness, 30, of Curzon-street, North Melbourne, war conducted at the…

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Accidents on Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday—When he fell from a waggon at Bellbird colliery James Homan, 50 of Crossing-street, Bellbird, a…

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Personal Pte, Clem Aisbett Accidentally Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

The sad intimation came to hand yesterday from overseas, of the accidental drowning of Pte. Clem. Aibbett, second son of Mr. J. T…

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

Frank Griffiths, 46, an unemployed labourer, was riding a bicycle in Newcastle-st., East Maitland, to-day, when a collision…

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No Tail Light Sequel to a Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday. John William Ballard, of Atkinson-street, Bellbird, was charged with having parked a car on the…

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Painful Accidents

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

A painful accident occurred at Rix's Creek colliery to a young man named Thomas Neems. It appears that he was engaged in collecting…

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Accident to a Boy

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

A boy named Charles Maguire aged nine years, eldest child- of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Maguire, of "Wcnona," was rather severely injured. He, with…

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Soldier Drowned Overseas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 4

SCONE Sat. — Intimation has been recived from overseas of the accidental drowning of Pte. Clem, Aisbett, second son of Mr…

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