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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Tug Sinks After Collision Four Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 3

Four men were drowned when a tug assisting the Royal Mail liner Highland Monarch at Southampton sank after collision with the liner…

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Sailor Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Mon. — James McAuley 20, of the Royal Australian Navy, was drowned near Moss Vale yesterday. He was…

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300 Japs. Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 3

Three hundred Japanese were drowned when a coastal vessel carrying a working party of 459 men struck a mine near Singapore. The…

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Injured Spine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY Mon —Albert Barrowdale 28 received severe spinal injured when he dived into the George River from the…

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Gen. Patton Badly Injured in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

FRANKFURT Dec. 10. — The American army commander, General Patton, has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition as…

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General Patton Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

General Patton has been seriously injured in a motor car accident. His sedan collided with a big army truck ouiside…

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Injured When Tyre Blew Out

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

Struck by a motor car on Saturday night, John Johnson, 25, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri. a letters suffered an injury to…

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103 Killed In Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY Tuesdays-Road accidents dents resulted In 103 people being killed and 1703 injured in the three months ended September…

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Child Injured In Fall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 5

Robert Blaze, of 78 Belmore Rd., Lorn suffered an incised wound to the right side of his head when he fell and struck the…

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Killed in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK. — Mrs. W. Allen, of Cassilis, who lost a son New Gulnea two years ago, received the sad news on…

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Tragic Death Roy Germon Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 3

The tragic death occurred on Sunday of Roy Germon, 22 years of ago,son of Mr. J. S. Germon, of Beattie's Island. He was swimming across the…

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Airman Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE Mon. — A young airman, LAC W. J. Birrell, believed to be from Geelong, was swept into a deep-gutter and drowned…

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Spirit Stove Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY. Monday. — The first tragedy, directly attributable to gas and electricity rationing, occurred to-day. when Laurel Day…

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Cyclists Injured at Katoomba

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 4

KATOOMBA Monday.—A motor cyclist and a pillion rider were seriously injured on the main road, Blackheath, when a…

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Deaths of Two Young Children Drowning and Poisoning

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 1

Larraine Allen (8), daughter of Mr and Mrs A. G. Allen, undertaker, of Warren, was drowned in a lagoon on the Quambone road a mile from…

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Boy Injured on River Bank

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 2

Whllst playing on the bank of the Hunter River yesterday afternoon, Arthur Hamson, 14, of Pitnacres-road, East Maitland,…

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Woman Killed in Plane Crash Fatality Near Long Bay Gaol

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 2

Miss Elizabeth Faux, 30, of Kensington, was killed when a Tiger Moth aeroplane crashed between Malabar and Little Bay…

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Drowned in Peel River

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 3

TAMWORTH Tuesday — Two sisters were drowned in the Peel River, near Tamworth. were June and Josephine Darby,…

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Sisters Drowned in River

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 2

Two sisters were drowned in the Peel River, near Tamworth. They were June and Josephine Darby, 17 and 15. They were members of a…

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Lucerne Cutter Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 4

Whilst cutting lucerne with a scythe yesterday, Neville Ellicott, 14, of Oakhampton-road, Oakhampton, received a lacerated…

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