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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Accident Victim On Improve

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 3

The condition of Mr, Arthur Hewlett, who is an inmate of the Maitland Hospital, was reported to be improved to-day…

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Men Injured in Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

Two strangers to the town yesterday received injuries which necessitated their removal to hospital when the motor lorry on which, they…

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Footballer Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

Playing in a Rugby reserve grade trial match at the Maitland Sports Ground on Saturday afternoon, Edwin Clements, 22,…

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Accidents in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday—Gordon Dodus, 18, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, a clipper, employed at Aberdare colliery, fractured his…

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More Disastrous Floods In Queensland Four Drowned : Towns Isolated

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Four persons have now been drowned in the latest floods in Queensland. The port of Brisbane has temporarily been closed to in-bound shipping after the cyclone raging along the…

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Father And Son Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 5

BURNIE (Tas),Wednesday.— Kenneth Vincent Campbell. 42, and his only son. Vincent Campbell, 24, were-drowned when…

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Two Shiftmen Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed. —Robert. Haddow, 46, of Rawson-street, Aberdare, and Leslie Horgan, 38, of McPharlane-street, Cessnock,…

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Courtship Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Courtship, one of Australia's best fillies, was badly injured at Randwick to-day, and jockey J. Thompson twice came close to disaster when…

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Courtship Injured in Course Accident Crashed Into a Fence

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Courtship, one of Australia’s best fillies, was badly injured at Randwick to-day, and jockey J. Thompson twice came close to disaster when the bit broke and the filly finally crashed into a fence, suffering…

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Youth Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

The youth drowned at Kempsey was John Phillip Richardson, 16, who was canoeing with two companions near the centre of…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

William Miller, 46, of Jeffrey-street, South Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery, suffered an injury to his left ankle when struck by a fall of coal…

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Accidents in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—William Lewis, 50, or Harris-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, received…

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Two Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 3

The rider and Pillion .passenger of-a motor cycle sustained extensive lacerations and other injuries: when they collided with a timber…

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Injured in Apartment House Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

AUCKLAND, (N.Z.), Monday.— Several people were injured when a fire swept an apartment house in Wellington last night…

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Girl Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 2

Involved m a collision with a ear late yesterday afternoon Elaine Richards 12, of 5 Carrington-street Horseshoe Bend,…

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Blood Colt Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An unnamed Myosotis colt was fatally injured during training at Canterbury to-day…

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Injured In Gelignite Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY,-Tuesday. — When a explosion of gelignite occurred at a brick pit in St. Peter’s yesterday afternoon, William Dowton…

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Injured in Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 4

Two miners were Injured in a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. They were George Bain, 48, of Weston, who…

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Miner Seriously Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 5

Donald Cruickshank (27), of Cruickshank-street, Bellbird. a miner at Ayrfield No 3 Colliery who was admitted to Cessnock…

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Two Lads Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 5

Two lads were injured this morning when they collided while placing. Ron Garvey, aged 13, of Aberdare, suffered a lacerated wound to the right side of…

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