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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Injured Constable Dies

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 4

Constable Hubert Jackson, 38, who was found shot through the head, with his service revolver lying near him at his home in Cliff Street,…

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Injured in Car Capsize

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 2

A woman, [?] was admitted to Maitland Hospital last night with a probable fractured of the right forearm received when the car…

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Singletonian Gets £500 for Accident Circuit Court Case at Maitland Settled

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

A settlement was announced in the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday in the case in which John Charles Bower, of…

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Two Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 5

A man and his wife were injured when the motor cycle they were riding collided with a car at the intersection of High and…

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Children Injured at Park

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 5

A boy and girl were injured in accidents at West Maitland Park yesterday afternoon. The girl. Fay Bolton, 4, of Co…

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Injured Trainer Spent Good Night

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 5

Leslie John Whyburn. 53, of Farley, who was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday with serious head injuries, was…

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Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday —A 15-year-old cyclist, Maxwell Morris, of Hornsby, who was critically injured in a collision with a…

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Thumb Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 4

Fred Thompson, 16, of Victoria-St., East Maitland. suffered a lacerated wound to the right thumb when operating a machine at…

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Injured Whilst Demolishing House

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Burgmann, of Castlereagh Street, was admitted to Dangar Cottage Hospital by Singleton District Ambulance Service yesterday…

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Child Killed by Lorry at Pelaw Main Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

A verdict of death from injures accidentally received after being [?] by a matter [?] was [?] by the District Coroner (Mr. W…

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Cessnock Men in Serious Accident Hit-run Driver

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

Last week-end, Harold [?] 34, of West Street, Parramatts, and Alec, [?] 36, of West Street, North Sydney, came to Cessnock to…

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Injured in Car Crash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON Sat.—Two men were injured when the car in which they were returning from the dance at Ravensworth last…

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Condition of Accident Victims Still Serious Terrible Injuries to Two Young Men in Road Smash

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 2

G. P. Layton and W. Spencer, who sustained terrible injuries when the car in which they were riding overturned in the vicinity…

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Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON, Tues.— A collision occurred at the corner of Church and Castlereagh streets on Saturday last A car the…

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Abernethy Man Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.—Hugh Albert Quinn, of Abernethy near. Cessnock was knocked down by a motor car and fatally Injured…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. Albert Quinn

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 3

Mr. Albert Quinn, who was Secretary for the Mine Pensioners for many years, was knocked down by a military truck in Sydney last night…

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Three Injured in Blackout

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Three people were injured la the Pacific Highway, Chats wood, during blackout late yesterday afternoon…

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57 Persons Killed And 200 Injured In Big Hotel Fire (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 1

CHICAGO, June 6.—At least 57 persons were killed and 200 injured in the early morning fire that swept through section of the 22 storey La Salle Hotel, in the centre of Chicagos financial district…

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Jockey’s Death Accidental Coroner Exonerates. Race CIub

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Thurs. — Newcastle Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplln) to-day returned a verdict of accidental death following the…

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Three Railway Employees Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 2

Three railway employees were injured at Minto, near Campbelltown, at 4.30 this morning, when a passenger train crashed with terrific force…

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