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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Injured At Pelton Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday.— Eric Roxby. 24, of Ellalong Rd., Pelton, a wheeler, employed at Pelton colliery was jammed between…

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Sismey Injured at Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON June 7—Australian wicketkeeper, Stan Sismey, was injured during the first innings yesterday of the Lancashire v…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Stone

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 3

Caught in a fall of stone whilst work at Bloomfield , Stone Drive this morning, John Mitchell, 27, of Eastville, East…

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Injured In Fall Off Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 3

After leaving the Miller’s Forest-West Maitland bus at Martin’s Wharf Road, Miller’s Forest, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday…

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Golfers Hurt in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 2

A car containing three golfers returning from East Maitland on Saturday evening was involved in a head-on collision with a…

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Injured in Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tuesday. — Daphne Ratcliffe. 23, of 96 Memorial Drive, Newcastle, was suffering from concussion,…

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Heavy Toll of Life. Mother and Four Children Drowned at Tatham. Deaths in Sydney. Shipping in Trouble. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

After their home at Tatham, on the Richmond River, near Casino, was flooded yesterday, following torrential rains which swept the far North Coast…

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Seriously Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY. Wed.—William [?], Well [?] racing identity. of a Melbourne was knocked down by a military track lost night…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 6

CESSNOCK Wed. — Joseph Dixon, 63 of James-street, Cese nock, a minter employed at [?] dare Extended colliery, was…

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Twenty-Two Injured In Train Smash Riverina Express Derailed Near Picton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Twenty-two persons, including the driver and the fireman, were injured when the Riverina Express was derailed two miles from Tahmoor, near Picton, last night…

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Died After Tram Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday — Charles McLoughlin, 29, of King’s Cross, died at St. Vincents’ Hospital, following serious injury when he…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: While endeavouring to cross a flooded creek in a horse-drawn cart at McCully’s Gap, two brothers,…

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Injured In Fall Down Steps

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 3

Mrs. Amy Carrnthers, of On Street, Telarah, fell down some steps at her home this morning sustaining a probable fracture of…

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Man Thought Drowned in Barrington River

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 2

Ernest Leslie Garland (58), of Bulline is thought to have been drowned in the Barrington River on Tuesday morning last…

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Injured ln Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wednesday. — William Doohan, 39, of 10 Annie-st., Wickham a park ranger for the Newcastle City Council,…

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Six Injured in Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed. — When two cars collided at Marrickville last night six persons were injured. One of the cars was turned…

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Two Injured by Same Bullet

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 1

A 12-year-old boy and 20-year-old girl were wounded by the same bullet while waiting for a bus at St. John's Park, near Cabramatta. The missile…

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Woman Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Thurs. — Mrs Lorna McGrath, 23 of Gow-street Handicap North, was fat[?] injured when she was…

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Train Accidents at Central Station Woman Critically Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

A middle-aged woman was critically injured, and a 13-year-old boy had a fortunate escape from injury in train accidents at Sydney Central…

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Housemaid’s Injured Knee

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

Alleging that she had been totally incapacitated as a result of an injury to her left knee, Audrey Margaret Syron housemaid…

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