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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Injured Airman Progressing

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Sat—Friends of Flying Officer john killalea son of Mrs 3. Killalea, of John st Singleton, will be pleased to know…

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Two Soldiers Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday. — Privates Schwartz and Lonfer of the 8th Australian Employment Company were drowned While they were…

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Girl Drowned at Windsor

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday. — While swimming at Windsor Valma ElaIn Goddard 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goddard, of Albert…

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Fell Under Train Youth Severely Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

William Harvey, 17, of Carrington Hotel, West Maitland, a general hand at Hexham butter factory, who fell finder a train at…

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Mother Died After Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday.—Mrs. Alice Starkey, 27, of Granville, died from injuries received in the only serious road accident at the…

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Accidents at the Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.— Norman Moynahan, 29, of Aberdare, a wheeler, employed at Aberdare Colliery, received injured to the…

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Fatally Injured By Bomb

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

ROMA Tues. — George Archibald Taylor, 42, died in Soma Hospital from Injuries received in a bomb accident during V.D.C…

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Youth Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY. Thurs Vincent William John Anderson. 19. of Edgeworth David-street, Hornsby, was drowned in a swimming pool…

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Child Saved From Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

GRAFTON Thurs.—Plunging into 15 feet of water in the Orara River at Coramba, Joan Barry saved the life of sis-year-old…

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Racehorse Killed in Road Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE Thursday—The five-year-old gelding, Kuaka, trained by V. Ryan, was killed in an accident on the road to-day…

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Child Saved From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

Plunging Into 15 feet of water in the Orara River at Coramba, North Coast, Joan Barry saved the life of six-year-old Jimmy Swadling, who…

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Brothers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

WALLSEND Friday. — Harry Field, 60, of Awaba, had his left foot probably fractured when a tree fell on it while he was cutting…

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Surfing Fatality at Forster

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

FORSTER Friday, — While surfing at One-Mile Beach with a number of chil en to-day, Alice Amelia Elliott (24), of 61…

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Youth Drowned Near Hornsby

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

Vincent William John Anderson, 19, of Hornsby, was drowned in a swimming pool in a valley near Hornsby. Anderson went for a swim…

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Singleton Airman Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

Flight-Sergeant Harold E. Groves, who is serving with the R.A.A.F. in Britain, has been slightly injured in air operations This information has…

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Drowned In Surf At Bondi

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday.—Carried out by a strong undertow at Bondi, an American soldier, a staff-sergeant, aged 34, was brought in In…

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Victims of Plane Accident Improve

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

Noreen Cullen, 17, who lost' both egs below the knees, and Hector Luxford, who lost both feet when they were struck by a wive rope…

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Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE Mon. — When she jumped from a car in fright when a tyre blew out while travelling along the Geelong-road,…

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Woman Drowned at Forster

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

While surfing at One Mile Beach, Forster, with a number of children, Alice Amelia Elliott (24), of Camperdown was drowned. It was over…

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Fatally Injured by Motor Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

QUIRINDI: Mr. C. J. Moore, coroner, held an inquest into the death of Edward John Smith, which occurred following an…

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