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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Injured Woman Carried A Mile

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

WOY WOY.—Ambulance men carried a woman who fractured one of her legs at Woy Woy Bay last night a mile on a stretcher…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—Lindsay King, 31, of Hickey-st., Cessnock, a roadlayer, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, received…

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Boxer's Death Accidental Inquiry Into "Rip Bunker's End

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

The death of Reginald Eric ("Rip") Bunker, the Maitland boxer, was accidental, the City Coroner (Mr.' R. M. Stewart)…

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508 Killed In Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.— 508 people were hilled and 8140 injured in road accidents in N.S.W. last year, said the Commissioner for…

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Show President Injured In Road Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 3

Mr. W. E. Sparke, president of the Maitland Show Council, and Mr. S. Parish, of Wallalong, also a member of the council and…

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Slipped Off Raft And Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — Frederick Williams, 10, of 6th-avenue, Blacktown, was drowned at Yarramundi falls on the Nepean River on…

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Toll of the Road in 1946 Almost 12,000 Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

The Commissoner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) announced that 508 people were killed and 8140 injured in road accidents in New South…

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Collision Car and Lorry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

The taxi, driven by Mr Wilson, a relieving driver, and Mr. Roly O'Neill's fruit lorry, piloted by Mr. Earl, came into colision at 9.15 a.m…

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Two Injured In Alternation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

As a result of an altercation at Lochinvar last night two people were injured Sydney Andrews, 62, of Kaludan received…

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Four Injured At Motor-Drome

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 4

When a motor cycle went over the safety barrier of a motordrome sideshow, then crashed back into the pit, at Newcastle…

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Hazarduous Rescue in Mountainous Country Lives Risked to Reach Injured Man

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

On Friday night tost for 4 hours Cessnock Ambulance and timberworkers struggled to rescue a man…

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To-day's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

Noel Ling, 20, of E[?] a wheeler at Stanford Main No. 2 collery sustained injuries to the fingers on his [?] hand when it was jammed in the [?]…

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Accidents At The Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Noel Ling, 20, of Campbell street, Ellalong, a wheeler employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had…

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Streets Ring With Rifle Fire And Cries Of Injured Scores Trampled Underfoot During Riots At Brussels

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

BRUSSELS, February 27—Although one demonstrator was reported to have been killed in yesterday’s riot, the Ministry of the interior spokesman said there were no deaths. Earlier reports said an undetermined number was killed and…

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Show President Injured in Road Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

Mr. W. E. Sparke, president of the Maitland Show Council, and Mr. S. Parish, of Wallalong, also a member of the council and president of the…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

John Noonan, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Noonan. of Scene, was out of luck on Wednesday night last. He essayed to ride a mule produced at a…

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Two Civilians Fatally Injured In Explosion At Haifa British Sailors Clash With Illegal Imigrants

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM March 1— It is officially announced that two civilians, among seven persons injured when a violent explosion yesterday occurred on the third floor of Barclay’s Bank building in the main street of Haifa, have died from their injuries…

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Three Injured in Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Monday. — Two men and a boy were injured yesterday when a car skidded on a bridge and crashed 12ft. into a…

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Fisherman Drowned In Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Sensickness caused the death of a man in Pott Phillip Bay. Ronald McNab, 33, married, of…

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Three in Hospital After Car Crash Newcastle and Muswellbrook Residents Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 2

Three men, two from Mayfield and one from Muswellbrook, were admitted to Dangar Cottage Hospital on Friday night…

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