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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tues.—Arthur Pepper, 63, of 6 Skelton-street, Lamilton, sustained lacerations to the forehead, a contusion to…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 3

Neil McLeod, 28, of Rawson Street, a wheeler at Maitland Main colliery, suffered an injury to his back while lifting a skip at work to-day. He was…

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Coronial Inquiry Recent Motor Cycle Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 2

At Dungog Court House on Thursday last, the Coroner, J. T. Williams, Esq., held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Killed in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 2

Pte. Jim Pickin. fourth son of Mrs. Pickin and the late Mr. G…

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Death After Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 2

GLOUCESTER Thurs. — The death took place at Narraweema Hospital of Thomas Leonard Wratten of Elliott-st., Gloucester,…

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Road Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday— While crossing Queen Victoria-street, Kogarah, near his home last night. Samuel Bielsford, 68, was fatally…

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Carpenter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 1

Les. Brown, of Kearsley Hill, a carpenter at Maitland Main colliery. suffered, an injury to the left knee when he struck himself with a hammer this…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday — Leslie Brown 16, of Keatsley, Hill, Kearsley, a top hand employed at Maitland Main colliery…

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Fatally Injured At Wickham

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Saturday. — D. McRae, of 2 Island Avenue, Mayfield, was riding a bicycle at the corner of Tudor and Hunter-sts.,…

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Injured When Horse Bolted

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 2

John Scott, 46, a labourer employed at Hume Pipe Works, received abrasions to the forehead, both hands and suffered…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 25 & 50 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated June 17, 19 and 21, 1919). Accident to Child

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 4

Hessel Symonds, three years, of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Symonds, of George Street, received injuries of a serious and painful…

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Two Miners Injured by Flying Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

A pair of miners working at Bloomfield South Colliery were injured by Dying coal this morning after a shot had been fired…

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To-day's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

James Orr. 61 a shiftman employed at Maitland Main Colliery, slipped off a scaffolding while at work to-day and injured his right ankle. Cessnock…

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Varying Speeds Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council in New South Wales.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured are revealing a new hazard. More and more victims are stating, "I was confused…

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Former Well-known Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.—Former well-known cyclist, Albert Ernest Horder, 71, of Parramatta, was critically injured when a bicycle…

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Miners’ Lucky Escape in Runaway Transport Nine Men injured In Accident At Pelaw Main

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 3

When an underground transport rope broke while hauling nine trollies and three skips carrying between thirty and forty tamers, at Pelaw Main Colliery this rooming, the men had narrow escapes from serious injury…

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Cause of Motor Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 2

(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales) Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been…

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Varying Speeds Cause Accidents (Issued by the .Road Safety Council of New-South Wales)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured are revealing a new hazard. More and more victims stating: 'I was confused by the…

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Compensation Court Injured on Way Home From Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 1

John Henry Rohan, of Moore Street, Cessnock, a second-class shiftman at Bellbird colliery, who was injured on the way home from work on October 19…

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Pelaw Main Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 1

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, is to be asked to cause a Government inquiry in connection with the breaking of the rope at Pelaw Main…

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