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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Operating on Injured Birds

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

Operations at any time are not pleasant things to have but many lives have been saved by them. When we talk about…

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Struck by Cars in High St. Two People Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 2

Struck by a car near Church-st. intersection, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Ada L. King, 62, of Melbourne-st., East…

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Fatal Lorry Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 2

On Saturday, afternoon, about five miles north of Limeburners' Creek, a lorry broke a stub axle, ran off the road and overturned. There were four persons on…

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Accidents on Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs.— Leslie Stone, 25, of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock a wheeler employed at Maitland Main colliery, received…

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Chapter of Plane Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

NEW YORK Jan. 27 — Officials of Pan-American and Grace Airways have announced at Buenos Aires…

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Shooting Fatality Muswellbrook Boy Dies in Hospital

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Mervyn Frederick Shepherd (11), son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shepherd, of Muswellbrook, died at Brentwood Hospital at 2.30 a.m. yesterday from…

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Gas Cylinder on Truck Explodes 14 on Tram Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 6

An acetylene gas cylinder on a motor-truck travelling alongside an outward bound tramcar to Balmoral exploded at East Brisbane on Wed…

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Youth Drowned in Canal

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 3
Also in Maitland Mercury

Phillip Patrick Skiilings, aged 18 Of Hawkins Street, Newtown, was drowned in a canal near Scarborough Park, Kogarah, yesterday afternoon…

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Injured In Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

SINGLETON Monday—Arnold George Hedges suffered lacercations and con[?] to the left thigh when he tell from his…

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Two Killed in Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

ARMIDALE Monday—When a military truck left the road near Guyra at the week-end, Private Thomas Morgan, of Mascot and…

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Clipper Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Percy Meare 19 of Main Road Paxton. a clipper employed at Stanford Main So 2 colliery had his left…

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Skull Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 5

When he fell-from a screen at Richmond Main, colliery, Leslie Rampling 50 of Platstowe-street West Maitland. suffered a…

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Local and General Shocking Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

Mrs. Wakeling, wife of Mr. J. D. Wakeling, manager of Frederickton Cheese Factory, was travelling to Nowra on 12th January on her way to…

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Drowned in Dam Residents Praised by Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 3

KURRI Wednesday—When he hold an inquest at Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday into the death of Neville Austin 15 of Cessnock…

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Two Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

SINGLETON Wednesday—Alien Manager of Wyle's Flat received slight incretions and continuous to back of the left…

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High Title Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE Thursday — While working at Mentone to-day High Title Injured his lege High Title recently returned from the…

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Two Accidents at Baths

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

West Maitland Ambulance treated two. boys who received in juries at West Maitland. baths late yesterday afternoon…

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Priest Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday. — The Rev. Father Edward Walsh was drowned in the Neppen River at pen[?]. He was aiming with…

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Priest Drowned While Swimming Suffered a Heart Seizure

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 6

The Rev. Father Edward Walsh was drowned in the Nepean River at Penrith last Monday. He was swimming with several other priests and…

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