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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 32

Fatality at Hexham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 3

"Nobody was to blame," said the Coroner (Mr. Chiplin), returning verdict of accidental death at the inquest on Patricia Hogan. 3 years and…

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Drowned While Paddling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

GOSFORD, Monday.—Paddling on the banks of Erina Creek this afternoon, Leslie Frederick Durrant, 2[?] whose father is in the Army, fell into…

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Man and Wife Injured by Truck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Knocked down by an Allied Army truck at the corner of Mountain-street and George-street West this afternoon,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

James Piric (43), miner, of Seaham Street, Estelville, was caught by a fall of coal at Rhendda Collery to-day Lake…

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To.day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

Gregory, Nickol, one year and nine months. living at Macquartie Street, Glebe, Severely lacerated his upper lip when drinking from…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

Fred Linton, 17, of Speers Point, lacerated his left foot, severing a sinew, when he struck rocks while swimming at Speers Point. Lake…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

SHOP BOY INJURED.—William Woodhall. 16, of Lindsay Street Hamilton, a shop boy at the Cardiff Workshop?, caught his right…

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14 on Tram Injured Gas Cylinder on Truck Explodes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An acetylene gas cylinder on a motor-truck travelling alongside an outward bound tramcar to Balmoral…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

While Richard Sneddon, 30, of Withers-street, West Wallsend, was riding to work at Stockrington colliery, his horse bolted and forced him against a tree…

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Accidents in Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

Two mineworkers were treated at Cessnock Hospital to-day after being injured at Maitland Main and Stanford Main No. 2…

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Bread Carter Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

Hurry Linsley, 30, of Cardiff Road, South Wallsend, a bread carter employed by Wm. Cann Pty. Ltd. was thrown from a…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

Kenneth Ledden, 21, of Belmore street, Adamstown, an employee of Dark's Ice Works, was injured this morning. His left…

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Mining Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Arthur Morris Thomson, 52, of Albert-street,…

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Two Telephone Linesmen Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

Two linesmen employed by the Postmaster-General's Department were injured yesterday when they fell from telephone poles…

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Nazis Injured by Bomb in Lyons

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—A bomb thrown by a cyclist in Lyons seriously injured 25 German soldiers, says a Swiss newspaper report…

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Girl Accidentally Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Willie Marie Evelyn Isabel White, 14, was riding a bicycle at the intersection of Victory-parade and Carey-street, Toronto, on January 14, she…

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Child Nearly Drowned In Pool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

Lying in 18 inches of water, a two-year-old child was found apparently drowned in the children's pool at Newcastle Beach on Saturday…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 5

When he accidentally out his arm through a window at his home on Saturday, Keith Braye. 11, of Patrick-street. Junction, received extensive lacerations…

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Death After Bus Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

Lance Corpural Gabriel James Smith, 35, died in a camp hospital from injuries received on Sunday night when he stepped from a…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 4

Struck by a tram at the corner of Parry and Darby Streets yesterday, John Gooding, 62, of Military-road, Newcastle, suffered a probable…

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