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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Level Crossing Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE Saturday—Former Richmond footballers Angus Mclsaac 41, of Euroa, Victoria was killed on a level crossing…

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Three Injured When Souvenir Bomb Exploded

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat.—When a souvenir Japanese. bomb was being examined by a schoolboy in a house at Paterson-street,…

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Injured in Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Monday.—Lionel J. Hampson, 30, of East Maitland, received a probable fracture of the right elbow and confusions…

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Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents Issued by the Road Safety Council of NSW)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300ft. cliff in Sydney and…

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Child Severely Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tues.—Judith Morwood, 5, of 21 Murray-street, Hamilton, sustained a large lacerated wound to the forehead,…

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Soldiers Injured In Hotel Row

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday—Bombadier N. J. A[?]stone, 25, of Victoria, and Pte. J. V. Wallace, 24, of Bega, two members of the AIF, were…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

Garney Craft, 19, of Millfield. a set rider at Maitland Main colliery, suffered abrasions to the right buttocks and a severe laceration to his right leg when…

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Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

When it was reported last week Hi at a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300ft cliff in Sydney and fell to his death, everyone…

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Lost Eye in Mine Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Wednesday.—Mr. Hedley Harris. 32, of Albert-st.. Singleton lost his right eye yesterday when at work in a…

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Local and General News Serious Accident to Miner

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 2

Mr Hedley Harris, 32 years, of 12 Albert Street, South Singleton, who is married, with a wife and four children, met with a serious…

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Cyclist's Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 3

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300 ft cliff in Sydney and fell to his death, everyone exclaimed…

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Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 30ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death…

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Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents About 1000 Accidents Each Year (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 4

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300-ft. cliff in Sydney and…

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Injured by Spike

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 2

Douglas Martin 8 of Bourke.st West, Maitland; received two lacerated wounds to his right leg when he bumped a spike while…

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Fatal Trip in Canoe Boy Drowned in Brisbane Water

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 2

On Saturday aft moon a sixyear-old boy was drowned when a canoe capsized in Brisbane Water, between Ettalong and…

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Accidents Caused By Little Things (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 2

“Oh, I’m too busy—I can’t be bothered with little things like that.”- Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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Injured at the Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday— Roy Broadbent, 26, of Paxton, a wheeler, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had his right…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

ROY BROADBENT, aged 25, of Northcote Avenue. Paxton a wheeler at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, suffered injuries…

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Little Things Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 4

"Oh, I'm too busy. I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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Leg Injured in Mine

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 2

Albert Baker, 52, of Dear[?] street, Kuril Kurri, an elect[?] machine [?]borer at Bloomfi[?] South colliery, received [?]…

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