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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Injured Ankle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 3

When he slipped on the gutter on Saturday night. Reg Carey. 18. of Denman-st.. West Maitland, suffered a probable fracture of…

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Mine Worker Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 3

KURRI Monday—Hugh Hamilton, 56, a screen-hand, employed at Richmond Main colliery, and residing at 11 Ward-street, West…

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Rood Accidents In The Country

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Mon.—Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last totalled…

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Two Injured by Falls of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Patrick Thomas, 19, of Neath-roads Neath, a wheeler employed at Neath colliery, received an extensive…

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Premiers to Play the Rest Injured Players’ Insurance

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tues—On Saturday a match will be played between the premiers, Waratah, and The Rest at New Lambton…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 3

Patrick Thomas, 19. of Neath Road. Neath, a wheeler at Neath colliery, suffered an extensive laceration to the first fin per of his right hand, and a…

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Child Victims Of Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed.—The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale, stated that probably the worst and most tragic aspect of…

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Accidents on the Roads Appeal to Minimise Risks

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 2

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last totalled 1150,…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 15 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated August 30, Sept. 2 and 4, 1929). Accident to Linesman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 3

Mr. Hugh Sharp, a linesman in the employ of Singleton Municipal Council, was standing on a ladder removing wire from an electric light pole…

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General Freyberg Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 2

AUCKLAND (NZ), Thursday— Advice has been received that General Freyberg leader of the New Zealand forces, suffered a…

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Kalingo Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 3

At the Cessnock Court House yesterday afternoon, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) conducted an inquest…

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General Freyburg Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 2

Advice has been received that General Freyberg suffered a penetrating wound in the side when an aircraft capsized on landing. He was…

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Collier Wear Lost In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat.—When the collier Wear was cut in two and sank almost immediately in a collision with a freighter off the…

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Fatal Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1944 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Sat. — Mr. P. Jones, Newcastle, formerly of Hamilton North, has been advised of the accidental death of…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

KURRI Monday—William Laidley, 40, of Wallsend-street, Stanford Merthyr, sustained an injury to the cheat while at work at…

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Accidents At Cessnock Mines

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday—Robert Lockhead, 37, of Barrett Avenue, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery,…

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Two Killed In Motor Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday—When his motor cycle and a truck collided at Liverpool. Stanley Ernest Hammond, 30. was killed…

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Injured In Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tuesday.—Ernest Kentish, 44, of Harriett-st., Wallsend, a miner, employed at Waratah colliery, received…

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Killed in Aircraft Accident. Flight-Sgt. Keith Panwick

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 1

Mr.J.Panwick, of Scott Street, received the sad news on Saturday last that his son, Flight-Sgt, Keith Panwick, had lost his life in an…

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Aircraft Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 1

Four R.A.A.F. airmen and a W.A.A.F. were killed while carrying out non-operational navigation training exercises…

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