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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

625 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 32

Killed in Air Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 1

Flight-Lieutenant Clive Douglas Hill, of Norwood, South Australia, pilot, and Flying-Officer Kenneth William Baxter, of Brunswick…

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Boy Drowned in Lagoon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 1

Bruce Abra, aged six, of Erina, was drowned in Terrigal lagoon, A man paddling in a foot of water trod on the body, which was lying on the…

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Homes Wrecked and Families Injured Terrific Storm in Wollombimillfifld Area

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 3

Rescued from their wrecked homes ana taken over flooded creeks, seven members of two families from a mountain area…

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Injured in Road Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 2

WYONG Friday.—Arthur Holland 77, retire farmer of Tuggerah, was severly injured last night when strack by a motor…

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Drowned In Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE Friday. — Very heavy rain, accompanied by a fierce gale, flooded many watercourses in south-eastern Queensland…

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Accidents That Led to Romance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE Friday.—It is revealed that a football match, a packet of cigarettes and a broken ankle brought three A If men to…

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