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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 32

Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 4

While wrestling with another boy at Central Junior Technical School yesterday. John Hanbury, 14, of Fernvalley-road. Cardiff had his left leg…

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Boy Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 2

Ian McLean, 11, of Stewart Avenue, Hamilton, fell while doing exercises in the YMCA gymnasium this morning. He was treated by…

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Drowned Playing with Toy Boats

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 3

BOWRAVILLE. — Ronald Miskell. aged five, was drowned in the Numbucca River. He disappeared after playing with toy…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

Frederick Farr, 22, of Marmong Point, received a probable fractured left ankle when he tripped over a piece of timber while running near…

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Accidental Death Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) held an inquiry at the Newcastle Court yesterday into the death of Lorna Ricka Smith, 14, of Jesmond…

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Lagger's Death Accidental

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

The Kurri Coroner (Mr. A. W Johns) returned a verdict of accidental death when he inquired into the death of Maurice…

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Skip-Bomb Expert Accidentally Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 1

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Sunday.—Co-pilot of skip-bombing experiments in the South-west Pacific area, Major Kenneth D. McCullar…

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Trainer Injured at Victoria Park

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Harry Oakes, who is in charge of E. Hunter Howman's horses. escaped serious injury at Victoria Parik this morning. Flying Knight. who was…

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Killed in Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

SERGEANT-OBSERVER M. J. NICHOLS, youngest son of…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

Knocked over by a locomotive at the B.H.P. Steel Works, Christopher Allsop, 57, of Sunderland-street, Mayfield, injured his scalp, right hand and foot,…

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Third Death From Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sydney Walter Henry Barker, 42, of Portland-street, Rosebery, third victim of last night's traffic smash at Mascot,…

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Fatally Injured by Horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Alan Parkinson, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Parkinson, of Tennessee, just outside Kempsey, was found lying…

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Train Hit Lorry, Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men were injured to-day when a truck in which they were travelling was struck by a train at the Clyde level…

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Fire Destroys Two Houses Fear of Fatality Was Unfounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

Two women each thought the other had been burned to death when a two-stored 60-year-old weather-board house in Union-street. Tighe's…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

Frank Farley, 32, Main-road, Kahibah, a truck driver employed by Hawkins Ltd., was injured at work, Newcastle Ambulance treated him for…

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Two Cases of Accidental Rifle Wounds

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY — Accidentally shot last night. John Eric Rogers, of Morris Street. Summer Hill, and Kenneth Charles Yeamen, of…

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Killed in Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 4

FLYING-OFFICER R. R. HELY, only son of Captain N. and Mrs. Hely, of Hamilton, was killed in an aircraft accident at Wyton…

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Seven Hurt In Car Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 2

Seven persons, including a baby of two years, were injured when a car travelling from Kurri Kurri to Morisset at midday yesterday took a wrong…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 3

When the handle of a winch slipped from his grasp, it flew back and struck Daniel McMilian, 50, of Barnsley, heavly Lake Macquarie Ambulance took…

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Newcastle Man Killed in Plane Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Pilot Officer Arthur Albert Clarke, of Newcastle, died from injuries received when acting as control pilot for night…

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