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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Eye Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 4

Mr. J. O’Grady of Raymond Terrance met with a painful injury to an eye during the wash When carrying a calf he tripped…

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Mystery Disappearance of Woman Drowning Theory

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 1

Mystery surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Mary Eileen Turner (38), who has been missing since almost immediately…

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Kurri Miner's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. R. Scott, when he held an inquest at Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday…

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Miner’s Death Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 3

KURRI Friday.—A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. R. Scott, when he held an inquest…

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Collarbone Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Sat. — Thomas Clark, 17 of Wollombi-road, Cessnock received a dislocated left collarbone when playing football…

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Man Injured in Two-up Raid

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday. — Police carried out two raids on two [?] schools in the suburbs last night and arrested 48 men…

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Police Injured in Chase

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Monday.—Detective L. R. Norton was injured, and the driver, Constable McCullum, was severely shaken when the…

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Injured Man’s Trying Ordeal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 3

MOSS VALE Tuesday.—With his left leg practically shot off, James Mortimer, 33-year-old vegetable farmer of Burrawang,…

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Accidentally Killed in Motor Cycle Crash

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 2

At the conclusion of evidence at this afternoon's coronial inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of Maxwell Walter Whal-in, a soldier,…

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Child Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.—Palling into a drinking trough for horses near her home at Redfern, Marie Gladman, 3, was drowned…

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Fisherman Drowned at Foster

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 2

FORSTER Thurs. — David Henry Date, 43, a fisherman, of Anna Bay, was drowned when the weight of a [?] of salmon…

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Injured Man's Ordeal

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

With his left leg practically shot off, James Mortimer, a 33-year-old vegetable farmer of Burrawang, crawled more than [?]0 yards through thick scrub to a clear…

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Mine Worker Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 2

Harold Wallace, 28, of North Rothbury, a scraper driver at Maitland Extended Colliery, received a probable fracture of the…

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Soldier Killed In Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

SINGLETON Thurs.—The District Coroner. Mr. A. Morrison, JP, at the inquest yesterday into the death of Maxwell Walter…

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Injured by Cart

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

Prank Meehan, 43. of Oakhampton-road. West Maitland, a bread-carter employed by the Co-operative Baking Society, suffered…

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Fisherman Drowned at Forster Fish-laden Net Sinks Dinghy

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

The weight of a haul of salmon in a net pulled a dinghy 70 feet under the ocean and drowned a professional fisherman at Forster…

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Death of Mr. Peter Robb Fatal Mine Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 1

The death occurred at the Muswellbrook Colliery on Wednesday morning of Mr. Peter Robb (53) as a result of injuries received when…

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Fisherman Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 1

GRAFTON Monday.—Irvine Piggott, 43, a fishermen, single, of IIuka, was drowned when he fall from a motor-boat in Doka Bay on…

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Two Young Men Drowned Near Ettalong

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD Monday—When a 16ft. skiff, in which they were fishing off Lobster Beach, off Ettalong, capsized in a heavy…

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Colliery Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday—Alexander Dow, 21, of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, had the little finger of his left hand fractured when lift…

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