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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

877 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 44

Drowned Air Trainee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The body of the Point Cook air trainee, found by fishermen last night near Altona, has been identified at that of Leading…

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Kurri Shiftman Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 11

Alfred Brandt, a shiftman, of Bulwer-street, West Maitland, jammed his left hand with a prop at Elrington colliery yesterday. He was taken to a surgery by Kurri Kurri…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

When he missed the hand-grip on a moving tram in Tudor-street. Hamilton, yesterday, Charles Harris, 25, tram conductor, of Gosford-road, Broadmedow,…

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To-day's Accidents Fall Of Stone

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2

Walter Stewart. 38, of Main Road, Boolaroo, a chocker employed at Stockton Borehole Colliery, was caught in a fall in stone to-day. He received…

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Hunter-street Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

A motor cyclist and a cyclist were hurt in a collision in Hunter-street Newcastle, to-day. The motor cyclist. Albert Beckley,…

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Children Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 9

Mary Strang, 8, of Anstey-street, Cessnock had her right foot cut badly at Cessnock yesterday when she trod on a piece of jagged glass…

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Barmaid Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 6

While working at the Grand Central Hotel. West Maitland, this morning, Rene Cagney, 30. a barmaid, tripped and fell down the cellar. She…

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R.a.a.f. Man Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—The Coroner at Plymouth returned a verdict of found drowned at an inquest into the death of a member of the Royal Australian Air…

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Kurri Shunter's Death Accidental

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 9

A verdict of accidental death woo returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) at an inquest on William Thomas Gollan, 40 a shunter of…

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To-day's Accidents Dropped On Concrete

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

Robert Lourie, aged 3. of Beresford-street. Wickham. suffered concussion, contusions to the forehead and shock when he was accidentally dropped on…

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Injured Man Died on Plane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 7

KALGOORLIE. Sunday.—Shockingly injured, Charles William Brown, 60, an assayer, died while being rushed 370 miles to Perth from here by plane…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 3

When he dived Into Speers Point Baths, David Rae, 13, of Boolaroo, struck his head on a floating piece of timber. He was treated by Lake Macquasrie Ambulance for…

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To-day's Accidents Fell From Trucks

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 8

When he fell from a truck which his father was driving at the Warner's Bay turn-off on the Pacific-Highway to-day, James Heaps. 11…

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Injured in Road Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

Frank Farrell a cattle dealer, of Melrose-street. Lorn, received injures to the head when the horse he wan driving collided with another horse…

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Miner Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

Robert Forrester. 60, miner, of Fletcher Street. Wallsend, was caught in a fall of stone at Stockton Borehole Colliery to-day. He suffered a…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 3

In a collision with a motor-car in Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, yesterday, Robert Ramshaw, 54, of Bennet-avenue, New Lambton, who was riding a motor-cycle,…

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To-day's Accidents Caught In Machine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

Cedric Swain. 28. of Phillip-street. Hamilton, had his left forearm and hand crushed when he was caught in a revolving lamp-making machine at…

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Youth Drowned in Rescue Attempt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 5

MOREE, Tuesday.—Keith George Thomas Boulton, 20, was drowned in the Memi River at the weir last night when attempting to save a woman and her two…

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Minor Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 6

John Jobling, 23, of Francis-street, Wallsend suffered a punctured wound to the neck, and shock, when an air compressor burst at the Public Works Department Job in the…

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Injured By Horse

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 12

When he was kicked by a horse at the Broadmeadow Railway Horse Dock to-day, Harold Davidson 16, of Maitland-road, Mayfield, a stable boy…

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