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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Allan Orr, 26 or Aberdare Road, Aberdare a wheeler employed at Bellybord Chillery, received an…

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Cessnock Man Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wed— Albert William Pryor. 28. son of Mr. and Mrs A. W. Pryof of McGrans-street Cessnock was drowned while surfing at Boandi…

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Boy Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

C[?] Slee aged 6 Mount K[?] received a problem fracture to the right [?] shock when a struck [?]…

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Woman Found Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat—The police are investigating a report that a young woman early to-day fall almost 20 feet from a Wooloom…

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Car and Truck in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Frederick J. Percival, 60, electrician, of Newton-st., New Lambton, suffered slight injuries to the…

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Mines Blast Train Carrying British Troops 28 Killed and 35 Injured In Palestine Outrage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, March 1—Grim-faced troops walked through pools of blood and tore at metal and wood with bare bleeding hands to extricate the dead and wounded in the wreckage of four coaches of the Cairo-Haifa train, which terrorists blew up near Rehoboth,…

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Injured in Fall From Sulky

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Falling when alighting from a sulky in Lawe[?]-street, East Maitland, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Lottle Way, 34, of Collinson-street,…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

CESNOCK, Wednesday.—Laurence Craft, 45, of Millfield, a fitter employed at Millfield colliery, received lacerations and confused…

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Injured When Tube Burst

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.— Donald Schofield, 25, was buried 8 feet on to a footpath in Byrnes-street, Marrickville, when the tube burst in…

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Eyes Injured by Flying Glass

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

Percy Hayes, 48, of Earlwood, Sydney, electric train driver, may lose his sight as a result of his eyes being injured by fragments of glass when a…

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Colliery Accident

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

Peter Farnham, 51, King Street, a carpenter, lacerated his right hand, while working at Aberdare Central^ colliery to-day…

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Verdict Of Accidental Death

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Rev. Thomas…

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Accidental Death Finding at Inquest

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Rev. Thomas Bibby. 66,…

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Woman Accidentally Shot In Kitchen

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

Mrs Evelyn Mitchell. 25. was admitted to Manly District Hospital last night with gunshot wounds to the left leg…

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Injured at Speedway

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat.— When their machines collided two motor cyclists were injured in the last race at the Speedway meeting on…

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Two Boys Drowned At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Two boys were drowned when they were washed from the rocks on Cung[?] Reef. south of the Bogey Hole Baths,…

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Two Cyclists Hurt In Collision With Utility

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Following a collision with a utility truck near Paterson on Saturday afternoon, a motor cyclist and his pillion rider were…

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Two Youths Drowned at Newcastle Tragedy Near the Bogey Hole

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Two boys were washed from the racks and drowned while they were gathering bait on Gungi Reef, south of the…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday.—Charles Hopkins, 17, Mathieson-st, Bellbird, employed as a clipper at Pelton Colliery, received an…

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Bicycle Accident Results in Fractured Leg

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Mr. Frank Dunne, of Campbell Street, an employee of Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner. Pty. Ltd., suffered a fall from…

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