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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: Kevin Allen (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen, suffered a broken leg and other injuries when…

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Cars Collide: Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—On February 8 a car driven by Keith Henry Batterham collided with a panel van at the intersection of…

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Open Inquiries Into Air Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 13—The Parliamentary Secretary of civil aviation, Mr. Lingre, announced in the House of Commons that the…

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Heddon Greta Fatality Van Driver's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) at Kurri…

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Seriously Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat.—William Stanley Vincent, 29. of High View, avenue, Bankstown was seriously injured when his motor cycle…

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Boy Drowned In Waterhole

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

STROUD, Monday.—When he fell into a waterhole on the property of Mr. T. L, Ireland at Stroud yesterday, Francis Don…

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Unknown Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

An unknown man was found unconscious in High-street at 8.30 o’clock this morning with his head in the gutter and his…

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Young Boy Drowned At Buladelah

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

Francis John Stevens, 9, of Crawford Street, Buladelah, was drowned in a dam at Buladelah yesterday. With Ron Gray, 9, of Buladelah,…

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Third Cricket Fatality in a Month

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The third cricket fatality in Sydney this month occurred yesterday when Ernest Francis Neary (14), of Lakemba, died in Canterbury hospital five hours after being struck en the temple by e cricket ball while…

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Six Injured in Truck Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY Monday.—When a military truck overturned on Razorback Mountain, about six miles from Picton. six solders…

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25 Injured When Motor Van Crashes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 40 residents, of Femtiee Gully worked for nearly an hour last night to extricate 25 injured people…

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Man Drowned and Launch Wrecked Tragedy Off Middle Head

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

A man was drowned when a launch was wrecked off Middle Head cliffs in heavy seas on Saturday. The man was Raymond. Headley Cox, 30,…

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Injured Man Identified

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

The middle-aged man who was found unconscious in High Street, West Maitland yesterday morning, has been identified as John Cahill,…

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Injured On Ferry Steamer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday.—One of the passengers was injured while the Wahine, the Union Company’s inter island ferry steamer, battled…

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Jeep Crashes Into Fence Two Men Critically Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1

There was a serious accident on Sunday afternoon last on the Brushy Hill road, near the site of the Glenbawn Dam, and as the…

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To-day’s Leader: This Land Of Ours Woman Drowned At Palm Beach

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Hazel Jones, 32, single, of Hunter’s Hill, was drowned at Palm Beach last night after a male companion had…

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Muscle Creek Residenf Dies. Jeep Accident near Glenbawn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

Alfred McGoldrick (28) and Vincent McGoldrick (32) were admitted to Scone Hospital on Sunday last in a critical condition as…

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Girl Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — Zara Hazel Davies. 19, of Werribee-street, Mayfield, was fatally injured when her bicycle and a…

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“Rip” Bunker’s Death Found Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: The City Coroner (Mr. R. M. Stewart, SM at an Inquest yesterday on Reginald Bunker found that Bunker [?]…

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Fatal Jeep Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 4

SCONE: Vincent Edmund McGoldrich, 32, was fatally injured, and his cousin, Alfred McGoIdrich, was taken to Scone Hospital…

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