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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Death of Little Girl Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 2

Five-years-old Yvonne Stewart, who was ran over by a timber lorry outside her home at Ducken-field on July 10, died from injuries…

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Footballers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

Frank White, 16, of 131 long-street, Kurri Kurri suffered an injury to the jumbar region of the bank while playing football at…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: When their machines collided in North-street, Stockton, two motor cycli[?] were injured. They were—…

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Leg Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 4

When a motor cycle he was [?]ding and a motor vehicle collded In High-street, West Maitland, John Henry McCann, 28, of…

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Tram and Bus Ablaze After Collision Driver Became Human Torch

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday, — Eye-witness accounts of the collision between o tram end bus at Woolloongabba late yesterday, when both vehicles caught fire, reveal that the driver of the tram, C. W. Butler, become e blazing torch…

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Two Footballers Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

Alan Mossop, of Newcastle, suffered concussion when he fell on his head during the Stewart& Lloyd v. Dungog match at the Park on Sunday. He…

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County Players Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON July 28 —The century cricket leaders, Derbyshire will be without their all pointer George Pope for the day’s match…

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Four Deaths From Tram-bus Collision Three Women Died Yesterday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

The death roll in the bus and tram smash a[?] Woolloongabba (Brisbane) on Monday is now four. In addition to…

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Injured in Tram Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Five people ware injured in a collision between two trams at the junction of Anzac Parade and Cleveland…

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600 KILLED: 1400 Injured in Vast Explosion Europe’s Greatest D[?]ster Since The War

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, July 29.—According to German news agency nates, 600 persons were killed and 1400 injured—1200 serial only—in a vast explosion which tore the heart out of the massive, sprawling I. G. Farben plant at Ludwigshafen yesterday…

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Head Injured in Cycle Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 6

Anthony McKenzie, 15, a Singleton Intermediate High School [?] was injured on his way to School this morning. He was…

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Set Rider Injured

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

Stanley Baker, 24, of McDonald-avenue, Paxton, set rider at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, was struck by a skip last Wednesday and received…

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130 DEAD; 2300 INJURED. German Disaster. BERLIN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 1

The latest French official estimates of casualties in the Ludwigshafen explosion are 133 dead and 2300 injured. It is believed that the final death-roll…

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Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: John Bedford, 65, of Russell-road, New Lambton, was fatally injured at Old Lambton colliery. Bedford, who…

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

Cyclist Frank Potts 35, of 8 Free Church-street, employed by N.S.W. Government Railways, suffered slight concussion and…

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Man Drowned Near Rocks

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 1

A man who was washed off the rocks at Point Jalong on Saturday swam to within five yards of the rocks and…

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Chemist Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday,—Mr. W. Lindsay, a chemist, was killed and the wife seriously injured when they were knocked down…

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Four Soldiers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

A military lorry ran off the New England Highway into a culvert near Tally-Ho park, Rutherford, and four soldiers were…

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Soldiers Injured in Smash

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

Four soldiers were injured on Saturday when a military lorry ran off the New England Highway near Rutherford. They…

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Woman Badly Injured in Fall From Horse Accident Whilst Schooling Jumper

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

Mrs. R. Haynes, of Carrington, Jerry's Plains, suffered internal injuries and cuts when a horse she was…

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