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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 32

Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

Lawrence Sutcliffe, 19, of Brown-road, Broadmeadow, an apprentice moulder at the B.H.P., fractured his collarbone when he fell from his bicycle on the way…

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Tramway Worker Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

Richard Dawson. 49. of Hill Street Lambton, a workman at the Tramway Depot, Gordon Avenue, feel into a concrete pit at…

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Two Women Injured in Sydney Streets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Miss Lorna Steel, 31, of Rushcutter Bay, was crossing ling's Cross-road, near Surrey-street, early to-night when…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 4

Shirley Paynter, 10, of 5 Morgan-street, Newcastle, received numerous incised wounds to the face and abrasions so the knees and shock when…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

Duncan Greening, 23. a soldier. was admitted to Wallsend Hospital after an accident when he was riding a motor cycle at…

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400 KILLED; 2000 INJURED Explosion at Naples

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK. April 1.—At least 400 persons were killed and more than 2000 seriously injured by the explosion of all ammunition dump…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

A youth and a girl were injured when a straying horse collided with a motor-cycle on the main Pacific Highway, near the Kahibah turn-off last…

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200 People Watch Rescue Of Drowning Soldier

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

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. William Lauritz, of Albert Park, leapt fully dressed into the Yarra to rescue a drowning soldier while more than…

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Thrown From Sidecar, Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Wilfrid Leonardt, 39, married, of Orange, died in Sydney Hospital to-night. Leonardt, who arrived in Sydney only to-day,…

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Week-end Accidents

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

When a cart he was driving and a motor-car collided on Saturday. Reginald Perrington, 45, of Phoebe-street, Islington, suffered concussion and a lacerated…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 5

Alighting from a tram in Maitland-road, Tighe's Hill, yesterday, Alice Glen, 76, of Balmain, fell, fracturing her right forearm. Newcastle…

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Burning Fatality at Steel Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 6

An eye-witness of a ladle-tipping fatality in the open hearth department of Newcastle Steel Works on March 15 told the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplini…

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Two Hurt In Boating Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—George Foster, 24, and his brother, Cecil, 22, of Balmain, were injured when their 12ft. sailing skiff, Allawah, was cut…

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Truck Over Bank, Four Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 6

GOSFORD, Sunday.—On the Pacific Highway, 10 miles north of Peat's Ferry, early this morning a three-ton truck carrying three men and a…

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Three Injured in Racecourse Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—Two men and a woman were injured at Wellington racecourse yesterday when a serviceman went berserk and fired…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 7

A cyclist and a pillion rider were injured when a motor-cycle collided with a car at Pelican Flats yesterday morning…

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Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 5

Stated to have been knocked from his bicycle. David Lantry, 48, of Swan-street, Hamilton, was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital…

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Accidents In Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

Eric Cabban 37 Mathew Street, Cessnock a wheeler at Aberdare Extended Colliery was injured to-day when a skip coped Cessncok…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 5

Thrown from a sulky when the horse bolted, Harold Mabbott, 62, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, received a probable fracture of his right ribs. Mabbott,…

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Policemen Injured in Shop Brawl

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Two policemen were injured last night while stopping a brawl between Allied servicemen in a hamburger shop at Circular…

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