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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Leg Injured In Skip Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday. — George Tanock, 18, of Kendall-street, Bellbird, a top hand employed at Stanford Main No. 2, received an injury…

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Three Children Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

Three children were injured, two of them being taken to Maitland Hospital, when they fell from a fence, a bicycle and a box…

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Railway Porter Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Lawrence Wilfred Hague, 31, married, a railway porter, of 37 Braye-street, Mayfield, was found unconscious…

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Jeep Driver Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — Arthur Balmain, 20, of Cooma, who was driving an amphibious jeep, was fatally injured when the vehicle…

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Injured Alderman in Serious Condition Barrington Operation Marred by Jeep Crash

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

Aid. F. J. Cane, of Greater Newcastle Council, who was injured on Saturday afternoon when one of a convoy of seven…

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Two Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE : Two men were in when a motor-cycle struck a pedestrian in Hunter-street West, Arthur Whiting, 20, plumber, of…

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Injured at Newtown

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A man suffering from influenza was seriously injured on Newtown railway station to-day because of his…

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Crash on Mountain Track. Jeep Passenger Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

Mr. E. R. Brown (Muswellbrook Shire Engineer) was a witness of the accident which occurred on the way to Barrington Tops on Saturday last,…

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Mickie Anlezcirk's NiLuck. Hand Badly Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 3

Cessnock's young southpaw Mickle Anlezark bowed his head in defeat last night after a long string of successes in his colourful boxing career when he lost…

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Recent Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. H. G. Skilton, solicitor, writing on behalf of Mrs. Mary M Owen, of Branxton, stated that her late husband, was killed in an accident on…

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Eyes Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed. — George Firth, 37, of Leigh-street, West Cessnock, employed as a blacksmith at Bellbird Colliery, had…

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2 Killed : 4 Injured In Lifeboat Mishap

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March . 19.—Two Chinese were killed and four others injured when a lifeboat was smashed as it was being lowered from the British tanker Diloma, after the ship hit a submerged rock off Sutherland, Durham, says the…

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Lengthy Hospital Stay for Alderman Injured Novocastrian Will Be Laid Up for Two Months

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

Aid. F. J. Cane, who was seriously injured when a jeep overturned at Barrington Tops at the week-end, is expected to be…

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Kurri Man’s Death Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 4

KURRI KURRI : The District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest at Kurri…

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2049 Killed: 1103 Injured in the Punjab

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 1

LAHORE, March 21.—A Government communique says that 2049 have been killed and 1103 seriously injured to March 19 in the Punjab communal disturbances. Figures from Rawalpindi and Attack districts are not…

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Kurri Man's Death. Verdict Of Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 7

The District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest at Kurri Kurri Courthouse on Richard Usher…

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Recent Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

Ald. F. J. Cane, who was injured in a jeep accident at Barrington Tops on Saturday, was brought 70 miles toy ambulance from Scone to the Mater…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

A narrow escape was experienced by Mr. Frederick Young, of Toronto, on Saturday night last, when the truck in which he was travelling…

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Boy Hurt In Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

Falling off a bicycle yesterday afternoon. Keith Pinfold, 10, of George street, Horseshoe Bend, received incised wounds to his…

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Four Injured in Violent Car Smash Struck Electric Light Pole

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Four people were injured in a violent smash in Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, early today when a car collided head-on with an electric light pole. The first rescuers to approach the car were forced to…

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