Week-end Accidents
William Miller, 60, of Allce-street, Merewether, had both legs and some ribs on the right side fractured when he was struck by a car at the corner…
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Accidents, 1943
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 32
Soldiers Injured in Derailment
BRISBANE, Monday.—Four Australian soldiers were injured in a train derailment at Fairfield-road level crossing at Yerongpilly this…
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Despite an attempt by one of his youthful mates to pull him into shallow water, Kenneth Lewis, 3, of Maitland-road, Mayfield, was…
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Roy Watson, 11, of Kirby-street, Cardiff, was admitted to Wallsend Hospital suffering from probable internal injuries, extensive contusions to the…
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Robert Shaw, 50, of Speers Point, a brusher at Stockton Borehole mine, had both knee caps fractured when he was caught by a fall of stone in the mine…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—While riding Trent Bridge in a steeple school at Flemington to-day. R. Sweetnam, one of Victoria's leading cross country…
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LANCE-CORPORAL AUB. FENN, of Cessnock, one of five members of the A.I.F. drowned in the Goulburn River, Victoria, on Anzac Day,…
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William Roddenby. 53. a miner, of Gt [?]ge Street. Cessneck, sprained his left shoulder while lifting a skip to-day at…
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"I have no doubt that he was dazzled by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle and did not see the lorry ahead," said the Coroner (Mr. A. G…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—After Bill Faden, 11.2, had withdrawn after the fifth round of his fight with Tommy Colteaux, 11.6, at Leichhardt Stadium…
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"This is the 15th road fatality this year—almost one a week," said the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) when he gave a verdict of accidental death at…
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With scalds to the face, shoulders and arms when hot water was upset, Val Dawson, 6, of Howden-street, Carrington, was taken to the General Hospital…
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Mrs. Edith McKenna. 45, of Glebe Road, Merewether West suffered first-degree scalds to the left forearm and hand when she…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.âWhile hurrying to board a bus in Fitzroy-street, Grafton, to-day, Rex George Wright, 16, butcher's assistant, of Ulmarra,…
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SYDNEY.—Four NES wardens, training for bomb reconnaissance, have been injured and one is still in hospital said the NES…
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While playing on a neap of bricks, Margaret Fisher, 10, of Bryant-street, Adamstown, fell three feet and fractured her left thigh. Newcastle Ambulance…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) announced that four N.E.S. wardens were injured while training for…
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Robert Kaiser. 40. of Carrington Street. West Wallsend. a miner employed at Seaham No. a colliery, was caught by a fall of…
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Caught by a fill of coal in Seaham No. 2 colliery, Robert. Kaiser, 40. of West Wallsend, suffered concussion and shock…
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AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Blind for 17 years. Joel Reed, 54 a former school teacher, regained his sight after a street accident…
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