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Accidents, 1947

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One-fifth of Texas City Population Dead or Injured Terror-Stricken City Rocked When Second Ship Blew Up

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 18.—An end is in sight to the chain of disasters which wrecked the Gulf of Mexico port of Texas City and left about one-fifth of the 18,000 population dead or injured. Hundreds of these are believed to be still buried under the…

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Boy Injured in Lorry Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: When he fell from a lorry near Minmi, John Smith, 14, of Nelson-st., Wallsend, suffered a probable fracture…

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Two Injured in Tall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday.—James [?]afey 24, of Brown-st. Cessnock and George Neville, 87, of View-st, Cessnock, were both…

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Crane Fell: Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday—Alex Mohan, 40 of Maitland-road was driving a yet [?] to-day when it felt, pinning him underneath…

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Eight People . Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY Thursday.— Eight people were injured, three seriously, when a bus and a lorry collided in Wentworthville near…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 7

John Sinclair, 23, of Desmond Street, Cessnock a shiftman at Eirington colliery, suffered a lacerated wound to the heat when the was stuck by a hammer…

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Eye Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

Struck by a golf club wielded by another boy, John Ford, 6, of Tennyson-street, Beresfield, sustained a lacerated would over his right eye…

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Girl Badly Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday — Alleen Dawn Mitchell, 8, of Parramatta-road, Auburn, was seriously injured when knocked down by a…

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Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

When she fell at her home yesterday, Mrs. [?] Callaghan, 72, of Church-street, West Maitland, suffered an injury to her right elbow…

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Road Accidents Now 32 a Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Road accidents are occurring at the rate of 32 a day in New South Wales, according to the latest figures issued by the Road safety Council. Two persons are being killed every three days and 23 are killed or injured…

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Three Men Killed in Road Accidents One Man Found Nearly An Hour After Crash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Three men were killed in road accidents in Sydney last night. An accident at Blacktown in which a motor cyclist was killed and his pillion rider seriously injured, was not…

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Ray Duggan Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 5

LONDON, April 27.—The Australian dirt-track rider, Ray Duggan, riding for the Harrimngay team in third heat of a match…

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Cycles In Head-On Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — Two men were critically injured and two others were seriously injured as the result of a head-on collision between…

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Injured at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Noel Bourke, 26, of Millfield, a wheeler employed at Millfield colliery, received an injury to his…

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Injured After Practical Joke

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 4

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Riding his horse home after a practical joker had removed the bridle and one stirrup leather, Arthur Bancroft was…

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Beached After a Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 6

LONDON, April 29.—The 2000 ton British ship Merganser, was beached in a sinking condition after a collision with the…

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Three Policemen Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Three Police were Injured to-day when a skidding patrol car crashed into a tree on the Spit-road, Mosman…

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Wheel Torn Off in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 7

When a car travelling, in the opposite direction [?] off one of its front wheels, a utillity tract veered across the road and…

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Soccer Player’s Injured Leg

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.—It will not be known until later to-day whether soccer centre forward, Reg Date’s leg will stand up to…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

CESSNOCK Friday.—Jack Drummond, 40 of Northcote-street, Aberdare a minter employed at Aberdare Colliery received severe [?]…

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