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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Increase In Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday.—There were 9166 road accidents in N.S.W. last year compared with 7251 in 1944, an increase of 26 per…

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Road Accidents Last Year 26 Per Cent. Increase

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 2

There were 9166 road accidents in New South Wales last year, as compared with 7251 in 1944, an increase of 26 per cent., the…

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Sequel to Car Accident Unlicensed Drived Fined

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

Archie Landers appeared in the local police court yesterday before Police Magistrate A. E. Hodgson on a charge of being…

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Forty Hurt in Tram - Bus Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.—When a double-decker bus and a tram collided at the intersection of Bridge and Loftus-street last night, 40…

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Young Woman Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE Monday—When a car she was driving went off Sorrento Pier into the sea, Ruby Caldwell, of Ryrie-street,…

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Porter Injured Whilst Shunting

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

While occupied at shunting operations at Farley last night, John McElroy, 34, of Abbott st., West Maitland, fell and received…

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Anti-british Riots in Egypt Many Students Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

One thousand Cairo University students fought with truck loads of police in the second day of the anti-British riots. Many of…

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Celebration Ends in Riot Seven People Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

A mass meeting of all political parties in Chunking, celebrating the success of the recent Unity Conference, broke up in a bloody riot, in…

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Two Royal Navy Men Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Two members of the crew of the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable were drowned at Jervis. Bay on Sunday night…

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Fatal Mine Accident at Weston Two Other Men Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

William Donald, of Weston, was fatally injured in an accident at Hebburn No. 1 colliery yesterday afternoon. Two…

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Six Injured in Tram Smash. Sydney, Tues

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

Six persons were injured when an empty tram crashed into the rear of a crowded stationary tram, in Campbell Street, City, to-day. The driver…

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To-day's Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

Joseph Dunn, 26, of Pokolbin Street, Kearsley, employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, had a finger on his right hand severed when it was caught in…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Stanley Bartlett, 20, of McDonald Avenue. Paxton, a pit-bottomer, working at Stanford Main No.2…

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Killed in Pit Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

William Donald, of Weston, was fatally Injured in an accident in Hebburn No. 1 colliery yesterday afternoon. Two other…

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Injured Using Planning Machine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Whilst using a planning machine at his workshop, Mr. [?] Pit[?] undertaker, of South-street, Homeville, was struck on…

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Fatally Injured By Car

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Wed.—Struck by a car at the corner of Scott and Teltord streets, Newcastle, last night, Margaret May Miller. 66,…

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Two Royal Navy Ratings Believed Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Two Royal Navy ratings are believed to have been drowned in Jervis Bay on Sunday night. They were missed after a pinnace…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

Whilst engaged in a cricket match at the Muswellbrook Central School yesterday, Roy Small had the misfortune to be struck on the lip by a…

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Severely Injured in Lift Well

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday.—James Gibson, 30, of 40 Devon street, Wallsend an employee at the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle,…

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Three Injured in COLISlON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4

KATOOMBA: When a car and a motor bus [?] of the car passengers were injured. They were William Hawke,…

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