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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Four Injured In Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday. — When two cars collided at [?]yde, Frederick Phillips, 61, the driver of one of the cars, suffered a probable…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 1

Andrew McCallum? 49, of Shedden St., Cessnock, and employed at Bellbird colliery, suffered abrasions to the body when struck by coal to-day. Cessnock…

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Sequel to Car Accident. Wear Neath Hill

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 3

The case in which William Brown, of Paxton, sued Harold Condron, of Abermain, for damages to the amount of…

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Soldier in Fatal Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Tuesday.—A soldier, William A Eyles of Orange, was attached to the 13/33rd Infantry Battalion at Singleton,…

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Fatal Accident On Collier

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY Wed.—Ten minutes before the collier Caldare was flue to sail for Newcastle last night, a waterside worker, Oscar…

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Fatal Bus Accident Inquest Alleged Faulty Retreading of Tyre Which Blew Out

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 3

Before the deputy Coroner (Mr. E. C. Scarlett), at the West Maitland Court to-day, an inquest was held into the death of Thomas TurnbuII, 59, of Ninth-street, Weston, who died on September 27 as a result of injuries received when…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs. — James Davis, 16 of Edden-street, Bellbird, a Clipper, employed at Aberdare colliery, received a…

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Inquest Into Bus Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 2

The deputy corones for Maitland and (Mr. E. c Scarlett ) has not concluded his inquiry into the death of Thomas [?]…

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Two Children Drowned On Sandbank

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE Thurs.—Two children were drowned in Swan Bay, near Queens[?], when they were playing on a sandbank 150…

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Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 1

Jim Brereton was driving the coach when a fatality occurred at Hinton punt. It was night time and when taking the corner, he hit a ballast log…

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Tide Drowned Two Children Playing on Sandbank

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

Two children were drowned in Swan Bay, near Queenscliffe (Vic.), when they were playing on a sand bank 150 yards from shore. They…

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Bus fatality On Maitland Rood Conflict of Evidence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 5

At the Maitland Court House, when the deputy coroner (Mr. E. C. Scarlett opened an inquest into the death…

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Truck Crashed Down Mountainside Four Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 3

When a timber truck crashed 150 feet down a mountainside on the eastern Dorrigo road, about 16 miles from Coff's Harbour, four persons…

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Injured in Fall From Building

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 2

Falling from A building Which he was dismantling on Sunday, Leonard Wimberley, 60, of Alberta Rutherford, received a…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.— Arthur Arkley, 44, of Spencer-st., Cess cock, shiftman employed at, Kalingo colliery, to-day received…

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Injured In Motor Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 4

KURRI KURRI: Two men were injured when a motor cycle they were riding overturned at Abermain. The men, Wallace…

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Car Collides with Sulky. Woman Injured; Admitted to Hospital

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 1

When a car collided with a horse and sulky on the Aberdeen road on Saturday last, a woman received extensive injuries to the back of the head, and…

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Cyclist Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1945 · page 3

Falling from his bicycle whilst riding home from work last night Edward Ireland, 59, of Nerang-street, East, Maitland, a miner…

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Fatally Injured In Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Thursday.— The District Coroner, Mr. A. Morrison, JP, who conducted a magisterial inquiry into the death of a…

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Injured at Abattoirs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 3

Whilst working at the abattoirs to-day, Carl Vanharen, 21, of Aberglasslyn-road, Rutherford, received an incised wound…

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