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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Thirty People Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 1

ROME, act. 11.—About 30 people were slightly injured yesterday when police clashed with youths belonging to the Neo Fascists social movement…

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Injured Being Evacuated

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 2

Six thousand injured have been flown out of Ashkhabad, capital of the Soviet Republic of Turkoman, since the earthquake…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured At Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 3

Thrown from a motor cycle about a mile north of Paterson on Saturday night, Walter Hemson, 26, of Sloane-st, Paterson died…

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Drowned Sweetheart in Two Feet of Water Confession to New York Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 1

Twenty-two-year-old Francis Kelly, of Cumberland ([?]) U.S., confessed last week he had held bis sweetheart's head…

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Heavy Toll of Accidents Wallsend Bus Smash Injures Nine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Six persons were killed and at least 14 injured in road accidents in this State at the week-end…

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Two Injured In Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

When the motor cycle on which they were riding came into collision with a motor car on the Neath Road, near Neath railway station,…

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Two Constables Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Oct. 12.—Two police constables were injured, when a hostile crowd attempted to release three men police had captured after…

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Cessnock Men Injured in 'Bus Accident. Skidded and Struck Embankment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Broken glass was responsible for many of the injuries received by nine men when a picnic 'bus skidded into a rocky embankment on the West Wallsend-Seahampton Road on Sunday morning…

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Missing Boy Found Drowned. Sydney, Tues

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

The body of six-year-old Terry Street, missing from his home in Undercliff since Sunday afternoon, was found to-day by the boy's father in…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Struck by a fulling prop while at work at Abermain No. 2 colliery yesterday, Edwin Price, 33, miner, of Cooper street, Cessnock, received an…

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Pensioner Died After Being Struck By Car. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

On September 25, George Alfred Roue, 63, a pensioner, died from injuries be received after being struck by motor-car…

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Heddon Greta Youth's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Clem Hill, 18, of Heddon Greta, met his death on September 23 accidentally, the Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. Johnston) found…

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Position of Ex-stock Inspector and P.p. Board's Car Vehicle Badly Damaged in Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of the Upper Hunter P.P. Board, the matter of the Board's car being badly damaged in a collision whilst driven by the Board's Inspector (Mr. J. A. Berriman), was dealt with…

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Injured Lifting A Skip

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.— Joseph Askie, 21, of Hall-st., Cessnock, a wheeler, employed at Aberdare Central colliery,…

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Foot Amputated After Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Wed.—Following an accident, in which a showmen’s semi-trailer truck overturned last night, at a bridge…

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Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—When the utility truck in which he was travelling collided with another vehicle at Mayfield last…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 5

Harry Brown, 39, of Burnett-street, Cessnock, a utter at Aberdare Central Colliery, was struck by a piece of steel while at work this morning and…

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Head Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday. — William Purcell, 65, of Main Road, Neath, a miner employed at Abermain No. 3 colliery, received injuries to his head…

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Injured While Lifting Skip

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 7

While lifting a skip at Aberdare Central Colliery on Wednesday, Joseph Askle, 21, of Hall-street, Cessnock, received an injury to his back…

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Injured by Fali of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 5

NEWCASTLD Lewis Nott, 52, married, of Charles-street, Warper’s Bay, a shiftman, employed at Burwood colliery, suffered a…

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