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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Dr. Injured in Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 5

GLOUCESTER Monday. — Dr. Channon, with his wife and child, ere involved in a motor accident near Charlestown, and suffered…

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Three Injured in Car Skid

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Monday.—When a motor car skidded near Lambton Park on Saturday night, three men were injured…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 5

CESSNOCK Monday. — Robert brown, 60, of Kearsley, fell from a horse and fractuted his collarbone yesterday. William…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday—When he fell from a scaffold on to a skip at Aberdare Central Colliery to-day, Phillip Connors, 50, a miner, of…

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Serious Motor Accident the Chansons Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 3

Dr. and Mrs. Channon and their infant were involved in a serious motor accident about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, while on their way to Sydney by car…

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Injured At Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 3

KURRI KURRI, Thursday — Two mine workers were injured on the Kurri Kurri field to-day George Duncan, a miner, of…

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Accident at Karuah Ferry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 4

At the recent Stroud Shire Council meeting a letter was read from Mackenzie and Cunningham, Raymond Terrace with reference to Council's claim on…

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Foot Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 3

Cessnock. Friday.— When the haulage rope run his foot at Bell[?] collery to-day. William Jonas 54, a[?] of McLean-st.,…

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Ankle Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday. —While he was playing at the Boys’ High School, Waratah, to-day Master Prescott, 13 of New Lambton,…

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Jockey Injured at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday.— Eric Eagleton. 18, an apprentice Jockey for -Don McKinnon at the Broadmeadow racecourse this…

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Local and General. Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

On Friday night last Mr. W. G. Hackett met with a painful accident at the Merriwa freezing works. He had dressed a sheep ready to be…

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Injured In Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 6

SCONE Saturday.—When a motor truck in which he was being driven turned over at the steepest point of Gallaher's Mountain…

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Soldiers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

NEWCASTLE Saturday.— Three soldiers were injured near Wyong last night They were Lance Corporal Robert Tuckey 28 Private…

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Killed in Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 1

ALICE; SPRINGS Sat—A. verdict of accident death was recorded corded at an Inquest held yesterday into a road accident…

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Ankle Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.— When he fell white working at Aberdare Extended colliery to-day, Robert Lockwood, 36, a wheeler,…

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85 Bombs Propped At Port Moresby Nobody Was Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

PORT MORESBY Monday—Sweeping over Port Moresby Japanese twin-engined planes dropped 85 bombs in 17 minutes. All fell wide of their targets. There were no casualties, and damage was confined to two tents and a hut…

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Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 5

CESSNOCK Monday.— Bert Walton, 20, of Millfield, suffered a fracture of his right collarbone when the motor cycle he…

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Lorry Accident Three Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

A military lorry driven along Hooke Street on Friday night failed to negotiate the culvert and capsized. With brown-out conditions prevailing and…

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Brakes Failed. Accident on Mountain

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 4

When a motor truck in which he was being driven turned over at the steepest point of "Gallagher's Mountain," near Aberdeen, on Thursday…

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Killed in Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Tues —Cyril Claude Pritzler, of York-street, Waverley, was killed in a motor accident at Richmond yesterday…

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