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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Thrown From Cart Boy Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

Leo Mulholland, 14, Abelard Street, suffered severe head injuries on Sunday at Black Camp when he was thrown out of a cart being pulled by a…

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Four Injured In Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues. — Two train guards, a driver and fireman were injured when two trains collided in…

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Injured In Fail From Horse

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

Thrown from a borse at the ar of his residence this afternoon Frank Tyenna, 49 of Great [?]orthern road, Campbell’s Hill…

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Fatally Injured in Car Crash

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

Singleton Coroner (Mr. Alex Morrison) on Friday conducted an inquest concerning the death of William Richard Watson Richardson, of…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday — William Brown, 21 of Paxton a wheeler, employed at Stanford Main No 2 Colliery was struck…

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Local and General News Shire Councillor in Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 2

Cr. G. D. Clydsdale, Patrick Plains Shire Councillor and president of the Primary Producers Union, had a very lucky escape from injury last…

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Three Girls Fatally Injured In Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A girl aged three died of injuries received when run down an eclectic train near Erskineville, another, aged six, was fatally injured when run over by a tractor near Armidale, and a third tragedy…

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Injured in Fal of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—Dave Cade, 33, or Colishaw-street, Redhead, a shot[?] at John Darling Colliery, Belmont, suffered…

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Accidents On The Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 4

CESSNOCK.—Daryl Williams, 14, of Congewal-st., Aberdare, fractured his left forearm while playing football…

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Remarkable Features of Sydney Accident Man, Injured Once,. Killed When Hit Second Time

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

A motor cyclist, who had been flung and badly injured into the centre of the road from his machine was killed at Pendle Hill…

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Injured Motorist Killed by Oncoming Car. Chain of Accidents on Road. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 2

A Sydney motor cyclist, who had been flung, badly injured, into the centre of the road from his machine, was killed at Pendle Hill this…

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Reducing Road Accident Rate In N.S.W. Drastic Penalties Against Drunken Drivers Suggested

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The .Minister for Transport (Mr. O’SulIivan) told the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. that road accidents had increased by 17.6 per cent, deaths by 5 per cent and injuries by 14 per cent for the first five months…

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Jockey Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sat.—An X-ray examination showed that V. Lawrence broke his collarbone in his fail from Court Ruler in barrier…

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New Theory On Air Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 7

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jarssy —(Associated Press)—Prevention of hundreds of aircraft accidents by supervising for a…

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Beast Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 2

Mr. H. Brewer, of Marshdale, who donated a choice fat cow to the Food For Britain Appeal, was surprised to find that it only realised £2. Mr. J…

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Thumb Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 8

Una Mills 81, a maid at the Grand junction hotel, West Maitland, injured her left thumb when she slipped and fell at…

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Report on Injured Player

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Council of the New South Wales Rugby Union last night deferred a decision in the case of K. Bourke…

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Local People in Motor Accident One Man Killed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 3

Alan Cameron, 23, of Edith Street, West Cessnock, was killed, and Robert Law, 24, of Jefferies…

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Three Weston Men Injured Taxi Overturns

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 7

Three Weston men were injured when a taxicab overturned near West Wallsend last night…

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Tram Accidents in Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Yesterday afternoon 86-year-old George Anthony, of Fewing-street, Colvelly, was jammed beneath a tram for…

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