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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Killed In Aircraft Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1942 · page 3

QUIRINDI Saturday —A cable has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Otway Falkiner, of Noonoke North Widgiewa NSW. that…

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Boy Drowned in Capsize Fatality At Tester’s Hollow

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 October 1942 · page 2

When a tin canoe capsized in Tester’s Hollow about midday yesterday, Peter James Taylor, 15, only son of Mrs. E. E. Taylor, of…

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Inquest on Bus Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 October 1942 · page 3

An inquest regarding the death of Edward James Charlton will be held at the West Maitland courthouse on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock…

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King Christian Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 4

LONDON Oct. 19—King Christian of Denmark fell from his. horse in Copenhagen this morning He sustained minor…

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Two Hurt In Cycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 2

Dorothy Hoban, 20, of Rousstreet, East Maitland, was treated by Maitland Ambulance for head Injuries, concussion and…

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Boy Drowned When Dinghy Capsized

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 3

When a tin dinghy capsized, in Tester's Hollow about mid-day on Sunday Peter James Taylor, 15, only child of Mrs…

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Brothers on Injured List Gresford Soldiers’ Experiences

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 5

ECCLESTON Wednesday. — Signaller Milton Chick who was recently reported as dangerously ill, has now been moved to the…

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Schoolgirl Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 3

When she fell while playing at school Jean Farrugia 11 of the Walke Waterworks Oakbampton received a severe lacerated…

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Accidentally Shot

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Thurs.—While shooting rabbits in the grounds of the mental hospital at Parramatta, where his father is a warder,…

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'Bus Fatality at Heddon Greta Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 3

The Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) returned a verdict of accidental death at the West…

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Local and General Accidental Death

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. J. T. Williams, J.P., after an exhaustive Inquiry into the death of the railway fettler, the late Mr. Joseph Evett Campbell…

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Drowned While Trying To Save Son

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1942 · page 1

BEGA Sat — Gornelius Bavalikis 52 was drowned at Eden on. Thursday night when [?] to save his son Nicholas…

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Injured On The Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 October 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.-Four mine-workers were injured at the mines to-day. learned McCarthy 19, a aid…

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Drowned Trying to Save Son Encountered a Big Swell

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 October 1942 · page 1

Cornelius Bavalikis (52) was drowned at Eden when endeavouring to save his sen Nicholas Bavalikis (24)…

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Car Overturns Occupants Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 2

On Sunday a single seater car driven by D. Blowman, 18 years, overturned several times on the Foaterton road Just outside the town. The…

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Fatality Near Metford Inquest Into Death Of Fattier

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 3

The Kurri Kurri District Coroner, Mr. A. W. Johns, conducted an inquest at West Maitland Courthouse this afternoon Into…

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Bus Conductor Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 3

KURRI KURRI Wed.—When the window of a bus collapsed at Kurri Kurri today, William Beverley, 17, of Ferguson-street,…

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Five Injured in Brisbane Tram Smash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE Wed—Two drivers were injured, one critically, and three other persons taken to hospital when two trams collided…

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