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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Echo of Car Fatality Charge of Feloniously Slaying

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

At Cessnock Police Court this morning before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., Claude James Lewis was charged with felonionsly slaying Leslie Raymond…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.— Cavel Smith, 60, of Sheddon-st., Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Kalingo Colliery, received an…

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Sequel to Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 5

CESSNOCK. — Claude James Lewis and Roy Stanley Vicker[?] were before the Cessnock court charged with having feloniously…

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Collision Near Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

GRESFORD—On Monday the Rovers Motors has coming from Allynbrook to Gresford and Mr. R. J. Hancock's lorry travelling…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs. —William Collins (43), of Mayfield-et, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, was…

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Child Drowned in Waterhole

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday. Robert Edward Price, 2½, of Nelson road, Maraylya, was drowned in a waterhole near, Windsor. The…

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Left Arm Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Friday. — Stanley Banker, 21, of McDonald’s Avenue. Paxton, a shiftman employed at Stanford Main No, 2 collery…

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Drowned in Surf at Deewhy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday.— Frank E. Dunstap, 42, of Ferndnle Avenue. West Rvde, a meter tester of the Metropolitan Water Board was…

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Fall From Bicycle In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 2

Mrs Glenice Quinton , of 70 Louth Park road West Maitland, receives painful injuries whin she fell from a bicycle after a…

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Injured Man Found On Roadside

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the finding of Jack Meaker of Ingall-street. Mayfield on the roadside near West Maitland railway station…

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Woman Injured In Fall On Elbow

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 3

A painful injury was suffered by Miss Annie McCaw, of Albion-street, West Maitland, when she slipped and fell on her elbow…

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Killed in Lane Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

OTTAWA Jan. 22—Three airmen, including two Australians, were killed at St. Thomas (Ontario), on Sunday, when their…

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To-day's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

Ronald Stacey, aged 17, of Allandaie Road, Cessnock, a lorry driver, sustained lacerations to the second, third and fourth finger of one of his hands when…

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Sequel to Car Smash on Boxing Day. Two Men Arraigned on Manslaughter Charge. Coroner Returns Verdict of "Accidental Death."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

At Cessnock Coroner's Court yesterday, the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted an inquiry into the cause of the death of Lesjie James Raymond O'Connor. At the conclusion of the evidence, the Coroner…

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Accidents on Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—George Evans, 51, Rawson-st., Kearsley, winding engine driver employed at Kalingo colliery, received…

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Seven Lucky In Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Tuesday—When a car went over all embankment in front of the Mines Rescue Station, at Cockle Creek, last night…

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Two Australians Dead in Plane Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

Three airmen, including two Australians, were killed at St. Thomas (Ontario), on Sunday, when then, bomber collided in mid-air with…

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Local and General News Vehicles in Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

A collision between a motor oar driven by Mr A. H. Wood, of Goulburn Street, and a utility truck driven by Mr C. Shadlow, of John…

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Found Shot After Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday. —The body of Arthur Gavin Alexander, 77, was found in a chair at his, home at Renmark with two…

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Sequel to Car Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

At Cessnock Police Court, on Tuesday afternoon, Claude James Lewis was fined £3 on a charge of negligent driving, and 10/ on a charge of driving…

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