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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Lorries and Vans in Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 1

Lorries, vans and heavy vehicles generally are figuring prominently in the road accidents statistics, particularly in country areas. This is not to…

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Accident to Mrs H. C. R. White

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 December 1944 · page 2

The many friends of Mrs H. C. R. White, of Gowrie, will be sorry to learn that she met with a painful accident while on a visit to her…

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Lorries and Vans in Roam Accidents (Issued by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 December 1944 · page 3

Lorries, vans and heavy vehicles generally are figuring prominently in the road accidents statistics, particularly in country areas. This is not to…

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To-day's Colliery Accidents

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

Sid Nulson, 37, of Aberdare Road, Aberdare, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, had the index finder on his right hand crushed when it was…

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Accidents At The Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Joseph Hughes, 40. of Gordon Avenue. Cessnock, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery,…

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Cessnock Men Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wednesday—John Hodge, 25, of David-st., Cessnock, a locomotive driver, employed at Kalinog colliery, had…

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Little Girl Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1944 · page 2

Jocelyn five and a half years' old daughter' of Mr and Mrs John McGrogan, of Percy Street, sustained a fractured thigh and lacerations…

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Pilot Killed In Air Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday.—Pilot-Officer A. Watkins, of Euroa, Victoria, was killed instantly and another bailed out safely when two…

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W.a.a. A.f. Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday—On Sunday afternoon Corporal Hudson, WAAAR, was drowned in the river two miles from Wagga. She could…

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Week-End Accidents At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK.—When he fell from his bicycle, James McCormack, 35, of Atlanta[?] road, Cess received lacerations to his…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday — Harry Wile, 28, of Wollombi-road, Cessnock, a shiftman, employed at Kalingo colliery, had his left foot…

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Only Two Accidents During Month

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 2

Only two accident, cases were treated by Singleton. District Ambulance during November, it was reported by the superintendent-secretary (Mr. W…

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Country Road Accident Figures Increase

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 4

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed a substantial increase for the three months ended September 30 last, the…

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Injured In Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tues.— James Palmer, 38. of William st., Tighe’s Hill, employed as a bread carter at the Newcastle Co-operative…

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Stroud Road Accident at Stroud Road Mill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 2

On Friday, 1st December, Walter Relf, of Stroud Road sawmill, was severely burned on his tight arm when the top blew off the hot water system…

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Japanese Convoy Cut To Pieces Enemy Loses 35,000 or Killed or Drowned Australian Associate Press

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, December 12—Four Japanese transports and three destroyers were sunk off the north-west coast of Leyte yesterday in attempting to reinforce the Japanese on Leyte…

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Stop Press Jockey Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY Thurs—J. McKnight, an apprentice, attached to M. Poison’s stables, was injured when riding work at Randwick…

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Accidents To School Children

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Thursday.—The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, stated to-day that he has been greatly concerned regarding…

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Kayuga Road Fatality Recalled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 1

A collision between a motor cyclist and a horse on Kayuga road on 6th October last, which resulted in the death of Michael Joseph Casey, was…

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Car Hit Wall : Two Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday—When a car skidded on a wet patch and crashed into the wall of the Sydney Show Ground, two men were…

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