Cyclist Injured
Harold Matthews, 34, of Veronica-street, Cardiff suffered, abrasions and concussion when the bicycle he was riding skidded on loose gravel at Warner's Bay…
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Accidents, 1942
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Boy Injured at Maitland
John O'Rourke, 8, of Wallace-street, East Maitland, was treated by Maitland Ambulance yesterday afternoon for a dislocated right elbow and a probable…
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MELBOURNE: Petrol rationing and the holiday ban saved many lives over the Christmas-New Year period. Holiday tragedies were the…
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Cecilia Christopherson, 49, of King-street, Newcastle, suffered contusions abrasions and shock when struck by a car at the corner of Union and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—One woman was fatally injured, and three other persons, including an infant, were injured in a collision between a taxi-cab and a…
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Percy Paige, 31, of Gateshead, suffered a fractured skull, concussion and shock when he fell from a motor-cycle in the Main-road, Charlestown, yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mrs. Margaret Lucas, wife of the Consul for Greece, died in a private hospital to-day, as a result of injuries suffered in…
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John Mills, 15, of Water-street. Lambton, riding a bicycle in Havelock-street, Mayfield, coillded with a car. Newcastle Ambulance took him to Mater a Misericordiac Hospital,…
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The driver of a motor-lorry had an escape from serious injury when the vehicle collided with another lorry and overturned at the corner of Maude-street…
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Stanley Hutchinson, 20, a locodriver living at Northcote Street, Aberdare was struck on the left side of the head by a slab while…
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MELBOURNE.—L. Meenan, Victoria's leading cross-country rider, fractured his collarbone in a fall with Last March at Epsom to-day. Last…
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Acting Corporal Phillip Costello, of Newcastle, is reported missing, believed drowned, as the result of enemy action. He had previously…
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Herbert Culley, 62, a waggon-packer, of Parallel-street. West Maitland was struck by a piece of coal which fell from a waggon at Aberdare Extended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Customs Man's Accidental Death by Car
Knocked down by a car near the intersection of Hunter and Merewether streets. Newcastle, on the night of December 20. Robert…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Albert Cateley, 27, of Campsie, was killed when the bicycle he was riding collided with a military truck to-day…
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William George Henderson, 44, an invalid valid pensioner, of Kurri Kurri, had an epileptic seizure while fishing off rocks at Fishing Paint on December 24, and…
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When an explosion occurred at the pit top at Stockrington colliery yesterday, John Boyer, 28, of Coronation-street. Kurri Kurri, received abrasions…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of Robert Wrightson Griffiths, 47, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boys Drowned
WINGHAM, Wednesday.— Ivor Moore, 11, and Bernard Mahon, 9, were drowned in the Herbert River at Halifax this afternoon. They had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquest on Mayfield Fatality
The Coroner (Mr. A.G. Chiplin) to-day inquired into the death of Gregory John Nobbs (17), of Carrondotta-street…
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