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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Women Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday.— Mrs. [?] of Adelaide-street, Paxton fell at her home, and injured her right [?] Mrs. Jurd, of…

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Radio Jester Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 5

WHILE engaged in barrier practice at Broadmeadow yesterday. Radio Jester, ridden by apprentice J. Smith, struck the…

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Maitland District Court Claim for Damages Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 3

For injuries received in a motor accident at Ferodale on January 28, 1941, Trevor Richards of Sheddon-street, Cessnock, claimed £400…

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Two Were Killed at Darwin Several Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA Friday. — Two were killed, one seriously injured and six or seven slightly wounded when Japanese planes…

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Drowned on Exercises

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 4

WAGGA, Saturday. — Private Parriok [?] 26 son of Mr. and Mrs David Omeley, of [?] was drowned while engaged with a…

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Injured at Mine

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 5

John Farrell, 19. of Abermain, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, and a lacerated wound to the left ankle and hip,…

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Cyclist Badly Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 6

NEWCASTLE Sat.—John Ball, 62, of Mayfield, received numerous severe lacerations, and also suffered severe shock when the…

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Submarine Lands Injured Sailor

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON March 20.— Government sources disclose today that a German submarine a fortnight ago landed a wounded…

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Three Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Saturday—Three mine-workers were injured while working at collieries yesterday afternoon…

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Accident at Quarry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

While Employed on work at council’s quarry at Martin’s Creek yesterday afternoon, Earl Clark (34), a tool sharpener,…

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Killed in Head-on Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 4

When two heavy, vehicles collided head-on on the Pacific Highway near Calga, 12 miles south of Gosford, late on Friday afternoon, one man was…

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Accidents in American Industry

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 6

WASHINGTON March 22 — President Roosevelt yesterday quoted National Safety Council statistics showing that industrial…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday — Joseph Dixon, 50, a miner, of James-street, Cessnock, was struck by a piece of coal at Aberdare…

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Lodge Secretary Injured Fall of Coal at Pelaw Main

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 2

Thomas William O'Toole, Secretary of Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge, was seriously injured while at work at Pelaw Main colliery yesterday…

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Two Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 2

Harold . Bartley (29), of Edward-st., Kurri Kurri, received lacerations and contusions to the fingers and left hand, left foot…

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Farmer Badly Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 2

When he was pinned beneath a utility truck late yesterday afternoon. George Maher, a 74-year-old farmer of Lochend,…

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Killed in Plane Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dolman. of Elgin-street, West Maitland, have been advised that their son, Sergeant-Pilot Horace Edward…

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Trucks in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 3

SINGLETON Thursday—Four soldiers were injured and admitted to Dangar Cottage Hospital this morning as a result of a head on…

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Industrial Accidents in America

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 2

President Roosevelt recently quoted National Safety Council statistics snowing that industrial accidents in 1941 cost 460,000,000 man days or work. In the…

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