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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Two Australians Injured in Crash

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

Two Australians. John McLeod and his sister, Miss Isabella McLeod, of Concord. N.S.W., were injured when a British Overseas…

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Inquest On Fatal New England Highway Accident Finding of Accidental Death of the Late W. G. JONES

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

At the inquest conducted at the Singleton Court House on Wednesday, before District Coroner A. Morrison, a finding of accidental death was returned of the late ex-Sergeant of police, Willie Guy Jones, due to a fractured pelvis and shock…

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Foot Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Roy McLetchie, 12 of 55 Cheries-street West Maitland suffered a punctured wound to the left foot while playing on the river bank late…

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Two Injured When Truck Overturns

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — Two men were injured when a truck overturned at the comer of Pacific Highway and Lambton Road,…

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Cycle Accident Albert Ralph

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Albert Ralph (15 years), of the local Post Office, was delivering telegrams on Wednesday afternoon, and as he descended the hill in Lord Street…

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Save Children From Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat—Appealing to parents and motorists to assist in protecting children from accidents, Mr. C. N. Neale said…

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Woman Injured In Fall

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

Mrs. Edna May Dunn, 36, of Russell-street, Homeville fell at her home to-day and received a probable fracture of the left ankle. She…

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Four Injured in Storm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, wed—When a storm swept Sandgate. near Brisbane, yesterday a nurse and three children were Injured. Trees were uprooted…

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Hand Injured By Jap Sword

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK. Wed.—R. A. Kine, 24. of Church-Et., Cessnock, brought a Japanese sword home from the islands as a souvenir…

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5 Dead; 44 Injured In Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

MONTREAL, Jan. 15 Five persons were killed and 44 injured, four seriously, when a Candian National…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON.—The inquest into the death of Hugh. Clarence Paxton, of Newcastle who was killed when his motor cycle…

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Fatal Cycle Accident Inquest Adjourned Fell Asleep at Controls of Vehicle

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

The inquest into the death of Hugh Clarence Paxton, who was fatally Injured when his motor cycle collided with…

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Badly Injured French Miners

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 17.—Fourteen beds at a hospital at East Grinstead, in Surrey await French miners badly burned in the…

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Mourners Injured In Crash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

ROME, Jan. 17. — Seven persons were killed and 60 injured at Agrigento when the floor collapsed beneath a…

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Racehorse Killed and One Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The promising two-year-old, Pentondale was killed, and prominent sprinter. Lackaboy, was seriously injured in…

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Drowned in Waterhole

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Leslie White, 47, of Barnsley, was drowned while swimming in Scotchy’s Waterhole at North…

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Man Drowned in Front of Family Tragedy at West Wallsend

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

A man was drowned In front of his wife and two children in a waterhole near West Wallsend yesterday. His…

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Collision In Harbour

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday. —The liner Wahine which had just arrived from New Zealand and the trawaler Mary Cam. Collided off Miller’s…

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Collision at Neath Hill

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—When two motor cycles and a motor car Collided on Neath Hill, three miles from Cessnock, last night, three…

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Motor-cycle Smash Three Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

When two motor-cycles and a car collided on Neath hill last night, three young men were injured. The…

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