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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Injured Knee On Iron Stake

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 4

Running into an iron stake, to Which a calf had been tethered, Eileen Edmonds 12 of Carrington-street West Maitland,…

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10,000 Accidents Last Year

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 1

During the year ended June 30, thaw were 10,565 road accidents in N.S.W., in which 483 people were killed, and 7,342 injured…

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Army Driver Blamed For Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 7

MANILA—(Associated Press) President Roxas has forwarded a protest to the United States Embassy here against reckless…

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Local Resident Slightly Injured in Car Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

Mr George Burns, of Orchard Lane, sustained slight injuries during the early hours of yesterday morning, when the car in which he…

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Thirteen Injured in Lorry Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—When a lorry overturned at [?]aid Hill, Stanwell Park, [?] Sunday, 13 people were injured. They were…

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Four Killed, Six Injured by Road Mine Traffic Brought To Standstill In Tel Aviv

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 3

JERUSALEM, November 18.—An official announcement by the Palestine Government says that three British policemen and one R.A.F. sergeant were killed and six British police were injured when a road mine blew up a lorry in…

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Killed In Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

TAMWORTH.—Jack Berry, 25, labourer, of Manilla, was killed, and his brother, Mervyn, seriously injured when the utility truck…

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Accident at Ice Works Claim on Insurance Company

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 4

The hearing commenced at the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon of a charge against William Horace Ridley,…

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3 Generals Injured In Plane Crash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 1

FRANKFORT, November 20.— Three generals, and the wife of one of them, are among 11 persons injured — five seriously —…

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Woman Gets £20,570 Damages For Road Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 1

Damages amounting to £stg 20,570 were awarded by the Dublin High Court to a woman injured to a road accident…

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Child killed In Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 6

TAMWORTH Thurs—Run over by a heavy duty motor lorry in [?] Tamworth [?] Flood [?]…

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Court Action Follows Intersection Collision Plea of Guilty—light Fine

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 6

James Geoffrey Greenhalgh, whose vehicle was involved in a collision on the night of September 13 with a car driven by…

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Child Killed in Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 3

Run over by a heavy lorry to Fitzroy street, Tamworth, Leslie Flood, aged 4 youngest son of the licence of the Royal Hotel, was killed instantly. The…

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Injured in [?] Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON, Monday.—Mrs. Jeff Jarvis and Mr. Charles Gordon Jarvis, 59, both of Mount Thorley, suffered injuries to the face when…

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Watchmen Save Boys From Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. Monday.—Two watchmen ran half a mile to save two small boys from drowning in Iron Cove near King George Park,…

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Fatally Injured By Ambulance

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Stepping from the footpath at the corner of Oxford and Nelson-streets, Bondi Junction, last night,…

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Infant's Lucky Escape in Collision Two Persons Admitted to Hospital

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 2

The 12 months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jarvis, of Glenridding road, had a very narrow escape when thrown from a car…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 3

James Stevenson, of Mayfield Street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Colliery, suffered an injury to his back this morning when caught by a fall of…

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Rider Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 3

In the buckjumping event, Milton Foote, of Morpeth, was thrown heavily and kicked. He was taken by ambulance to the Doctor and then to…

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Wrestler’s Neck Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Because of a neck injury, sustained last night, when he was thrown from the ring in the match with the…

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