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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Liability to Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON Monday— The annual [?] of the Workers’ Compen[?] Commission for the year [?] 30 dis[?] that males in…

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Motor Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 5

WELLINGTON (NZ), Wed — One man- was killed and two injured when a car driven by Major H. A. Jaffray, military secretary…

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Cyclist Injured When Fork Breaks

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

When the front fork of his bicycle broke yesterday afternoon, Walter B. Stevenson, 34. of Victoria-street, West Maitland. was…

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Two Killed, Eight Injured In Jeep Crash

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

Two men were killed and eight injured when the jeep in which they were riding skidded and overturned on the Richmond Road last night…

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Two Killed In Jeep Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. — Two men were killed and eight in. juried When a jeep, in which they were riding skidded…

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Unkovich Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE Thurs—Jockey T. Unkovich was seriously injured in a fall at Mentone to-day He suffered a broken leg and…

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Woman Killed in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 4

A woman was killed and her fiveyear-old daughter criticaly injured when a car ana a motor cycle collided near Minnamurra bridge…

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Cessnock Man Killed in Jeep Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

L.A.C. Peter Abercrombie, of Belmont and Cessnock, was killed on the Richmond Road on Tuesday night…

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Mr. J. Russell Miles Accidentally Killed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

Mr. James Russell Miles, well-known grazier, of Burraduc Station, Eungwahl, was fatally injured by a motor car on Friday last. He went…

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Taxi And Lorry In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Mon.—When a lorry, property of Mr. E. O’Brien, and driven by Mr, C. Andrews, and a taxi driven by Mr. L…

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Youth Drowned at the Entrance

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2
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John William Brown, 18, of Wyong, was drowned in the surf at The Entrance yesterday. He was near a sand bar when he got into…

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Car and Motor Lorry in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

A motor lorry owned by the Messrs. O'Bryan Bros and driven by Mr. Carl Andrews, overturned on Saturday about noon after it had collided…

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Sir Earle Page's 21st ACCIDENT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.—Sir Earle Page, M. H. R., has broken another record for Parliamentarians by having his 21st motor ear accident…

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Flying-officer Eric Henry. Killed in Aircraft Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

News was received in Muswellbrook yesterday of the death of Flying-Officer Eric Henry, of Muswellbrook, in an aircraft accident…

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Sir Earle Page Has Another Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

Hearing that "The Doc" has "done it again," meaning that Sir Earle Page has had another motor car accident, friends of the local Federal…

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Kesselring’s Eighth Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON Jan. 11.—The Gorham man radio states that Marshal Kesselring is shaking off the effects of his eighth accident. He…

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Fewer Deaths From Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales Death Took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales…

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Died After Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Monday—The mas prattle 11 of Cardiff Heights died in Wallsend Hospital on Sunday from Injuries he…

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Man Injured In Bicycle Crash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

When the front [?] of the bicycle he was riding [?]pped yesterday afternoon. James Jones, of Mr. Pleasant West…

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