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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Miner Injured At Whitburn

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 5

When an empty skip overturned turned, Thomas Lindsey, 40, of Railway Street, Branxton employed as miner at [?]…

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Father and Son Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 4

Mr. James Cunningham, of Thornton, sustained severe muscular injuries to his back while lifting a heavy weight…

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Four Injured in Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

Radio announcer and film actor, Michael O’Regan, Maitland-road, Sandgate his wife and two other passengers were injured when…

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Back Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.— John Lett, 30, a shop assistant, fell from a landing onto a truck and fractured several ribs on his right…

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Cause Of Railway Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 5

LONDON, April 23.—Pulling the communication cord did not cause the railway collision last Saturday between the express and…

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Motor Cycle Riders Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 2

Robert Coulton. 27. Main Road, East Greta, and Sheila Drayton, 17, North Rothbury, were injured in motor cycle accident in…

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Football Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 2

Warren Scott. 24. Maitland Road. Hexham, suffered slight concussion and injure to head and back, received when playing football at…

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Two Injured at Football

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 4

Two slayers were injured during a Rugby Union match at corn Park yesterday afternoon They Were Keith-H Hogan, 18,…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

Mervyn Keasey, 19, Second Street, East Cessnock, a wheeler at Stanford main No. 2. colliery, received an Injury to his left knee when struck by…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday,—Mercury Keasey, 19 of East Cessnock a wheeler, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery…

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Did Not Stop After Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday —Mr. W. Avery SM, gave his deferred decision to-day in the case in the case in which James Harold Forebrain, of…

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Maitland Had Five Players Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 5

In a drab game marred by repeated infringements and an unusual number of injuries, the Maitland rugby league team…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed.—Charles Evans, 46, of Ferguson-street, Cessnock a blacksmith, injured his back lifting a heavy weight to-day…

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Four Injured in Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

In the second motor accident, within a week at Wallis Creek floodgates, four people were injured when two cars collided last…

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Injured in Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 7

JOSEPH McKENZIE, 28. of Ferguson street. Cessnock. a roadlayer at Kalingo colliers, had th etop of the fourth finger of the right hand severed…

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Linesman's Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

On Wednesday last, linesman. Clyde George accidentally contacted two phases of 415 volts, white engaged in connecting a new…

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Girl’s Fingers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 1

Sylvin Saxby, 10, of 4 Belmore road, Lorn suffered heavy commons to a finger when she jammed it in a gate. Maitland Ambulance…

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Horse Bolted After Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

The horse bolted, dragging a pair of, broken shafts with.it, when a car and sulky collided on the. Maitland side at East Grete an Saturday…

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Child Injured by Garden Fork

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

Jack Rennix, 3, of Northcote Street. Aberdare, ran a garden fork through the third toe of his right foot yesterday. Cessnock Ambulance took him to…

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To-day's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 4

Arthur Murrell, 88, of Bridge Street. Cessnock, a miner a Bellbird colliery, received an injury to his back when struck by a piece of coal to-day…

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