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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Ail But One Of Crew Believed Drowned

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 4

It is reported from Condon that eight of the crew of nine are believed to have been drowned when the 1000 tons Mersey Harbour Board…

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Late James Arthur Harding. Further Details of Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 3

James Arthur Harding, victim of the fatality at the open cut mine on Tuesday afternoon last, lost his life within five minutes of finishing his…

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Motor Car and Bicycle in Collision. Claim for Damages at Cessnock District Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 6

The sequel to a c[?] between a bicycle and a motor car on W[?] Road on the night of January 21 was heard in the Cessnock District…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 5

CESSNOCK Friday. — Patrick Thomas, 21, of Neath Road, Neath, a wheeler, employed at Neath colliery, was struck by a fall of coal…

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Three Hurt In Head-On Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—When two motor cars crashed head-on on the Pacific Highway, Lane Cove, three men and a woman were severely…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Mon.—Albert Leonard Norman Porter, 56, of Narrabean, and Patrick Daniel Murphy, 63, of Bankstown, were killed in…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton SO Years Age (From Issues of "Argus" Fortnight Ended July 20, 1896) Accident to a Boy

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 3

A little boy, 7 years old, son of Mr. Josiah Gates, who works at Mr. H. M'Fadden, junr's., coach factory, amused himself by digging a kind of…

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Injured In Gar-CycIe Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Robert Hodging 24, of Lake View-street Bool [?] driver of a motor cycle, and a pillion passenger,. David…

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Leg Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday. — Ivan Stevens, 43, of Mills Crescent, Cessnock, a miner employed at Bell-bird colliery, received extensive…

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Many Drowned in Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

ROME, July 22—Forty people are missing believes drowned and scores of small vessels were wrecked when a cyclone swept…

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Premising Swimmer Meets With Fatal Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

The funeral of the late Miss Thelma Chapman, who was fatally injured in Brisbane at the week-end, will take place at the Beresfied…

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Dead and Injured Gathered Up More Terrorist Warnings in Jerusalem Further Threats Follow Hotel Bomb Incident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

After 30 hours' work, British troops and ambulance men had brought out 47 dead and 55 injured from the ruins of the King David Hotel, where the Jewish terrorists set off a bomb on Monday…

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Late Joseph Arthur Harding Muswellbrook Ofen Cut Mine Fatality. Evidence at Inquest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 5

The District Coroner (Mr. R. Clendinning, J.P.) held an inquest at the Court House on Wednesday last into the circumstances associated with tho death of John Arthur Harding at the open-cut mine on the 10th. inst…

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60 Injured In Kashmiri Battle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 6

NEW DELHI, July. 28.—It is reported from. Srinagar, capital of Kashmir that sixty, troops, police and officials of the Kashmir State…

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Two Injured in Fall of Stone

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 3

While attempting to rescue his mate, who was caught in a fall of stone at Bloomfield South Colliery to-day a miner was caught…

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Six Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday— Six persons were injured late yesterday afternoon when a car collided with a funeral car and two…

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Foot Injured In Mine

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Thomas Mitchell, 28 of 210 Melbourne street, East Maitland a wheelar employed at Bloomfield stone drive colliery received a…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

William, Tannoch, 18, of Kendall Street, Bellbird, a waggon packer at Pelton colliery, suffered concussion when he fell from a waggon to-day. Cessnook…

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300 Drowned And Hundreds Homeless

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 1

ISTANBUL, July 31—Three hundred persons are feared dead, 500 injured and thousands rendered homeless by floods following torrential rains in the agricultural districts of Amasya and Samsun…

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Audrey Cameron’s Death “Accidental” But Poison Placed In Powder Deliberately

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 2

GOULBURN, Thursday—-The Goulburn coroner (Mr. H. Brooke) said yesterday afternoon be was satisfied Audrey Cameron (20) bad not intended to take her own life. At the conclusion of the inquest into Cameron’s death,…

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