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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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21 Killed; 12 Injured in Plane Crash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE (Florida), July 14.—Twenty-one persons were killed and 12 injured when a Douglas DC3 air liner crashed into a swamp near here. The dead included four children and both pilots…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — Alan Orr, 26, of Aberdare Road, Aberdare, a wheeler employed at Bellbird colliery, had the fourth…

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Diver Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 3

LONDON, July 14. — Arthur George King, 21, leading seaman, Whose wife is said to live in Australia, was drowned when…

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Man Severely Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— Hit by a motor vehicle in Glebe-road, near Chatham-road, at dusk last evening, James Henderson,…

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Stroud Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

At 11.45 a.m. on Sunday, a new Chev. sedan, driven by Mrs. Roley Cummins, of 42 Stewart Avenue, Hamilton, with Mr. Cummins as…

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Fitter Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—Lesile Alder, 37, of Swan-street Hamilton a fitter at Lysaght’s had ,his lest thumb almost severed today…

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Naval Men Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 7

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), July 17.—Five naval men are reported to have been killed, over 12 injured, and some…

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Seamen Injured On Wharf

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 7

NEWCASTLE Thurs. — Benjamin Gallagher 21, of Vulture-street South Brisbane, a seaman on the SS Delamere, suffered a…

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48 Drowned In Boat Disaster

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 3

LONDON, July 17.—Forty-four Milan school children and four women teachers on holiday were drowned off Albenga, on the…

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Severely Injured By Tram

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Stanley McDermott, 26, of Antill-st., Mayfield, was hit by a tram near the Technical College yesterday…

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Over 650 People Drowned in Steamship Disaster

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 1

BOMBAY, July 18.—More than, 650 people are estimated to Have been drowned when the Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company’s 406-tons steamship, Ramadas, with about 700 passengers and crew on board, sank off die coast of Kolaba, south of-Bombay yesterday…

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Two Cessnock Men Sue Kurri Publican, and Are Awarded Damages. Sequel to Collision on Maitland Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 7

William Askie, a miner of Golf Links Road, South cessnock, was awarded, £266/5/- by a jury at the Cessnonk District Court yesterday. Askie sued Henry Bonomini, licensee of the Empire Hotel,…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 50, 25, 15 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (From issues of "Argus" for period ended July 21, 1897). Accident to Bulga Child

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 2

A three year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. York, of Bulga, fell off a stool on Tuesday, and broke its right arm Dr. Bowman was sent for, and…

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Melbourne Women Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two Melbourne women, motoring from Melbourne to Sydney, were injured when their car collided…

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Man And Nun Drowned In Rescue Attempt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—A nun, Mary Kissane, 26, known as Sister Chrysostom, of the Order of St. John, and Charles Floyd, 43. of Mt…

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Six Accident Victims Kept Ambulance Busy

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 3

I none of Its busiest week-ends for some time, Maitland ambulance attended six accident victims, five on Saturday and one…

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Company Discovers Oil By Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 4

Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), affiliate of Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd., has "accidentally" hit oil in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, after a ten-year…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 3

Cecil Woods, 27, of Parallel-street, West Maitland, a miner, employed at Bloomfield Colliery, was injured at work to-day and…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Winton Jackson, 21, of Anzac Avenue. Cessnock, a shiftman, employed at Kalingo colliery, had the top…

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Injured By Stick

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 3

Jack Rash, 4, of 35 Victoria street, East Maitland, was running with a stick in his hand near his home to-day, when he fell and…

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