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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Tragic Week-end Three People Die After Road Accidents. Victims Include Two Cousins

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 1

Last week-end was a tragic one for Merriwa, Denman and Quirindi families. Two young men died from injuries received in a motor accident near Muswellbrook on Friday night, and a child died in Scone Hospital as a…

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Two Shunters Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wednesday.—Ronald Wigmore,, 24, of Lake Road, Kearsley. a locomotive shunter employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery…

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Youths Injured At Play

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

Two youths were injured at play at West Maitland yesterday afternoon. Brian Watson, 9, of 17 Devonshire…

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Rioting in Alexandria 12 British Soldiers Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

It is officially announced that 12 British soldiers were injured, some seriously, in rioting in Alexandria. The rioting broke out when a mob…

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Radly Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 4

NEWCASTLE Thursday.— Alexander Lewis Hughes; 39, Ct Fairfax-st., Speers Point, suffered a probable fracture of the…

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Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Thomas Baldwin 79, of Neath-road Neath collapsed today and fell on the roadway receiving severe…

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Counsel Badly Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

LAUNCESTON [?] Thurs.—Connsel, winner [?] the 1944 Caulfield Cup, was [?] injured while running [?] paddock…

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Child Drowned in Dam

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—Kevin Morgan, aged one year and 11 months, of Padstow, was drowned a dam near his home…

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Child Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

KURRI: Conrad Nellson, 6, son of Mr. [?] Mrs. N. Nellson, of Pelaw Main-Colliery, Pelaw Main, was fatally injured when struck…

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Job For Injured Employee

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Workers’ Compensation court J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries, Ltd., were…

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Child Fatally Injured at Pelaw Main

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 5

Conrad Neilson, aged 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Neilson, of Pelaw Main colliery, was fatally injured when struck by a motor lorry in…

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Tragic Fatality in Queensland Parents of Eight Children Shot Dead

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

Eva Gertrude Pollard (39) and her husband, Gordon Pollard (45) were found dead on a dairy farm 33 miles from Texas (Qld.) last…

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Run Down in Tunnel Railway Worker Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

Thomas William Older, railway construction worker, was fatally injured when a rail motor tricycle, on which he and another man was…

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Accident at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Two youths were seriously injured at Aberdeen on Tuesday last, when they were struck by a lorry on the New England Highway. Victims were:…

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Another Road Accident Two Young Men Receive Fractured Legs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

The series of serious road accidents in the district was added to on Tuesday night last, when two young men, residents of the Aberdeen district…

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Killed In Freak Rail Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

LUCKNOW May 23.—Five persons were killed and eight injured in a break rail collision between several goods [?] at…

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Accident at Atomic Bomb Laboratory

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK May 25.—An accident at Los Alamos atomic bomb laboratory last Tuesday, which was not accompanied by an…

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Statements After Motor Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Saturday.—The NRMA advises motorists to refrain from giving signed statements to the police regarding accidents…

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Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Leonard Thompson, of Stanmore, was fatally Injured late last night when knocked down by a car in…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday—A young man and a girl were admitted to Manly District Hospital following a collision between a…

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