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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Child Fatally Injured by Plough

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday— Garry Legge, 4, of Lake road, Kearsley was [?]tally injured at his home to-day when a plough fell on him,…

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Boy Fatally Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 3

A three year old boy ma fatally injured at Aberpethy yesterday, when a plough capsized and orushed him…

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Queen Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 4

LONDON August 12.—It was stated at Balmoral Castle that the Queen, who slipped and slightly injured one of her legs…

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An Accident an Hour

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

Road accidents in N.S.W. occurred at the rate ct 31 a day and more than one an hour to May, according to figures issued by the Commissioner for…

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Inquiry in Sea Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Captain Arthur Cronin, who abandoned the freighter American Farmer, told the coastguard board of…

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School Teacher Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 3

Mr. R. P. Whilphous, MA, English master at Maitland Boys High School who was recently involved in an accident, is still…

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Inquiry Into Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 6

NEW YORK August 14.—The chief engineer of the salvaged freighter American Farmer, William McFee, told the Coastguard…

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To-day’s Leader: Road Accidents BRITISH M.P. Sounds Republican Groups in Spain

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, August 15.—Britain’s youngest Member of Parliament, Captain Francis Noel Baker, crossed the Pyrenees to France after a 10-day secret visit to die underground leaders of Spain’s Republican resistance movement says Renter’s…

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Sulky Accident Near Wingham

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 4

WINGHAM Mr, and Mrs. Robert Young, not Mortimer street, Wingham, met with an unpleasant accident last…

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Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 4

IT is scarcely likely that anyone will disagree with the statement made at the Australian Safety Convention at…

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Injured Foot In Fall

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 5

Raymond Walton, 12. of Black Creek. Branxton a scholar at the Maitland Boys High School suffered an injury to the left…

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Two Injured in Truck Capsize

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—When a truck loaded with grain over turned at Belmore, two men were Injured…

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90 Killed and 900 Injured In Calcutta Riots Stabbings During Clashes On “Action Day”

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

BOMBAY, August 17.—Total casualties in the Calcutta riots ninety killed and 900 persons injured. The casualties were mostly stabbings in the Hindu-Moslem “direct action day,” says the Daily Mail's” Calcutta correspondent…

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Mrs. Roosevelt Involved In Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK August 17—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who had two her front teeth knocked out a motor accident, says she Is…

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Race Horses Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon, — Two terrified race[?] broke loose from their [?] and were badly injured when the steamer…

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Collision in High Street Sawmiller On Two Charges

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

Arising from a collision in High-st., on the afternoon of August 5, Charles Louis Cox (40), sawmiller, was parsed at West…

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3000 Fire Blazed In Calcutta 1,000 Dead; 4,000 Injured Rioting May Be Passed its Peak

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

Over 3000 fires in the past 48 hours blazed throughout Calcutta as a result of the riots between Hindus and Moslems. Fire brigades, since the outbreak of the disturbances,…

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£1,500,000 Damage in Calcutta Riot Situation Reported Still Serious 1000 Dead and 4000 Injured In 3 Days’ 3 Fightirig

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, August IS—High police officials estimate casualties in three days’ fighting between the Moslems and Hindus at 1000 dead and 4000 injured. Over 3000 fires in the past 48 hours blazed throughout the…

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Man Killed In Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.—One man was killed and seven others were injured on Saturday night when a motor truck In which they were…

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Left Arm Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Clive Coleman, 41, of Doyle-st, Cess nock a loader hand, employed at Millfield Colliery, received…

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