Mine Worker Injured
Leslie Brennan, 17, of Swansea, fractured his left ankle and suffered lacerations to the leg when he was jammed between a locomotive…
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Accidents, 1943
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Yesterday's Accidents
At work at Newcastle abattoirs, Ronald Clark, 18, of Pearsons-street, Lambton, had arteries in the index linger of his left hand severed by a…
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Edward Do[?]herty, 43, married, of Ridley Street Charlestown, was admitted to a private hospital after an accident at the John…
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Knocked over by a motor-truck at Mayfield tram terminus, Shirley Jones, 8, of Dora-street, Mayfield, suffered concussion, injuries to the hand, and…
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Admitted to Maitland Hospital early yesterday morning suffering from injuries received when she fell from a motor-lorry near Raymond…
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Stating that he was not satisfied there was gross criminal negligence, the Coroner (Mr. Chiplin) returned a verdict of accidental death at the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Despite the decrease in the number of cars on the roads, there was a big increase in fatal accidents in 1942. Deaths…
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While carrying a glass cup at her home at Morisset, Mrs. S. Emerton. 26, fell and suffered a severe incised wound to the left hand, severing an artery and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Accidents Schoolboy's Arm Fractured
Kevin Peattle (7). of Main Road. Cardiff. fell while playing in the playground at Cardiff Public School this morning and…
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There were some unusual features in a case heard by Judge Lamond before the Workers' Compensation Commission at Newcastle yesterday…
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While working with a steam hammer, John Kearney, 29, of Steel-street, Hamilton, had several fingers of his left hand crushed. Kearney was employed…
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SYDNEY.—In 1942 there were 1247 fewer accidents and 677 fewer persons injured than in the previous year…
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William Thomas Taylor. 46 of Turnbull Street. Merewether, had [?] of one of the fingers [?] his left hand taken off at work…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Severely injured when he stepped on a band conveying ice to ice saws at the Dairy Farmers' Cooperative Works…
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Loraine Bradbury, 14, of Boolaroo lacerated her right arm when she accidentally put it through the glass panel at a door at her home. Lake Macquarie…
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THE VIGILANCE of the starter, Mr. Keith Duggan, probably saved an accident in the…
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SYDNEY.—Pilots of two planes were killed when their aircraft collided in mid-air during training exercises near Sydney. The…
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While a taxi in charge of Clarence Aubrey Loades, of National Park-street, Hamilton was being pushed by another taxi in Samdon-street, Hamilton, about…
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In a fall of coal at Stockton Borehole colliery Nicholas Young, 21, wheeler, of Second-street, Boolaroo, received lacerations to his right hand. Lake…
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Angus MacKay, 53, of Chatham Road, Broadmeadow, a Water Board plant inspector, had his left hand caught between two pieces…
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