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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Spine Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

When he bumped his head on a cross member and fell off a skip at work at Bloomfield Colliery to-day, Robert Irwin, 26,…

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Injured By Drum Of Tar

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Robert Dow, 31, of Dawson-street, Cook’s Hill, a labourer employed by Greater Newcastle Council,…

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Disaster at English Football Ground 30 Killed and Hundreds Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 2

New Home Office instructons to the police to tighten control on increasing crowds attending open air sports meetings are…

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25 Killed in Air Disaster Plane Plunged Into Sea Near Hobart Accident Worst In History of Civil Aviation

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Seven bodies, which were badly mangled, were washed ashore at the Seven Mile beach early today following last night’s air tragedy, in which 25 people are believed to have lost their lives following a plunge by an A.N.A…

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Finger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

SINGLETON Tues.—Mr. Norman Logan, 19, an employee of Singleton Dairy .Co., will probably lose the top of one linger of…

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Jockey Hartney Injured In Fall

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE Thurs.—Jockey V. Hartney injured his elbow and may not be able to ride at Moonee Valley on Saturday. He…

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Accident Victim Still Serious

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 5

The condition of Leonard Killen, who is an inmate of Maitland Hospital, is unchanged and he is still on the serious list. He was…

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To-days Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 4

James Wilson, 44, Of Mayfield Street, a fitter at Aberdare colliary, suffered injuries to his head when he was struck by a baulk this morning…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

CESSNOCK Friday.— . Terry Moad-11 of Vincent-st Cessnock, fell while playing at-school, morning and fractured his…

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Injured In Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — John Wyxted, 46, of Allandale-street, Kearsley, a shiftman at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was jammed…

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Injured at Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — While watching a “horse-o-plane” machine, at a carnival in Alison Park, Randwick, Charles Foley, 16 of…

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Six Injured in Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—When two cars collided on Bobbin Head road, Asquith, six people were injured, one critically…

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Woman Injured In Fall At Home

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

Falling on a cement path at her home at Newcastle-street, East Maitland, last night, Mrs. Ka[?] Morgan, 72, received…

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Heavy Floods in Victoria People Drowned and others Marooned

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

Rescue boats are operating over a wide area of western Victoria to-day in efforts to bring to safety hundreds of people still marooned on housetops by the latest disatrous floods…

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Accident to Mr D'arcy Rose Badly Burned in Farm Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

When he fell into red hot ashes at Jilliby on Friday afternoon Mr D'Arcy Rose, member for Upper Hunter in the…

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Panel Van Overturns; Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

Whilst trying to avoid a motor cyclist at the corner of Lindsay and High streets, East Maitland, this morning, a panel van, driven…

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Electrician Injured In Fall Off Truck

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

Falling, off a motor lorry at West Gresford, yesterday George Trewhella, 40, of Mt. Pleasant-st., West Maitland, an…

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Heavy Floods in Victoria People Drowned and Others Marooned

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1

Rescue boats are operating over a wide area of western Victoria to-day in efforts to bring to safety hundreds of people still marooned on housetops by the latest disasterous floods…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

Tom Cook, 53, of Bernon Street, Cessnock, a carpenter at Aberdare Extended Colliery, suffered lacerations to his left hand when he had it…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 3

When he became Jammed between a skip and a prop at the Maitland Greta Colliery yesterday afternoon, Arthur Wha[?]…

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