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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A cyclist, Douglet Jonet, 11, of Parkway avenue. Hamilton, received a lacerated wound to the left side of the…

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23 Now Drowned Over Xmas Holidays

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—With five more deaths yesterday, the tall from drownings over the Christmas holidays has now reached the staggering total of 23. Three more people were drown…

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Youth With Injured Spine Died In Ambulance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.—A 17-year-old youth being rushed from [?] Head to Brisbane for urgent treatment died when the…

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To-day’s Leader: Food Research Two of Crew In Leading Yacht Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Two members of the crew of the Southern Maid were Injured last night, according to a radio message…

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Holiday Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 5

Ronald Joseph Dempsey, of Maitland, riding a motor-cycle on Friday last, crashed when about six miles south of Muswellbrook on the…

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