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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

572 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 29

Cyclist's Death Accidental

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 4

"I cannot find my evidence of excessive speed." said the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on…

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Killed In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 3

Douglas Keith McRae (22), [?] Ireland Avenue, Mayfield, was killed this afternoon when the bicycle he was riding collided…

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Olstan Mine Death Accidental

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 6

Returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on Stanley Arthur Croft, 48, mining engineer, of Brighton-avenue, Toronto, the…

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Courtney Accidentally Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.—At the inquest into the death of jockey John Vincent Courtney. 22, who died from injuries sustained when Hullabloo fell with him…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 2

Douglas Keith McRae, 22, Ireland-avenue, Mayfield, single, was fatally injured when his bicycle and a bus collided at the corner of…

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Man Drowned When Car Plunged Into Murrumbidgee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 2

WAGGA: S. G. Shepherd (59), manager of the Nangus Pastoral Company's property at Nangus, was drowned late on Friday night…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 5

Playing football on Mitchell Park on Saturday, Harold Pyke, 19, Tighe's Terrace, Tighe's Hill, broke a collarbone. He was taken to the…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 3

FELL ON GLASS: Rita Drane. 4. of Victoria-lane, East Maitland. fell on a broken bottle, and received a severe incised wound to…

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Miners Injured By Flying Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

Caused by flying coal when a shot was fired, two miners were injured at Bloomfield South Colliery today…

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Miner Injured by Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 2

Caught by a fall of coal, Eli Faith, 58, Boolaroo, miner at Stockton Bere-hole colliery, had his left knee injured. Lake Macquaire Ambulance…

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Injured in Fall on Ship Compensation For Coaltrimmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 6

Judge Perdrian, of the Workers' Compensation Commission, which resumed its sitting at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, made an award in…

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Escapee Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—A boat in which William Butter, 26, and another mental patient were escaping from Milson Island overturned in…

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Five Footballers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Five footballers were injured to-day. John Galbraith, 17, of Scaforth, fractured his collarbone at Harbord…

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Fatally Injured at Steel Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

Arthur George Adams, 55, Ida-street, Mayfield, was fatally injured at the B.H.P. Steel Works yesterday afternoon…

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Injured Man Spent Night in Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday—Ronald Wright. 32 of Undereliffe, was found in his car at Collaroy early this morning suffering from exposure and a…

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Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 2

Charles Harris, 44, Lindsay-street, Hamilton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital last night following a collision between a car and the…

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Two Soldiers Injured in Hotel Row

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two members of the A.T.F. were injured to-night in an altercation in the St. James Hotel, at the corner of Market…

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Says Constable Caused Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY.—An accident, In which a motor lorry overturned, killing a youth, was earned by a constable seizins the steering…

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Wheeler Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 2

A wheeler at Stockton Borehole Colliery was injured this morning when he was riding on a skip and struck his head on…

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Man Injured In Fall At Station

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 3

Stanley Williams, aged 50, of Mitchell Street. Merewether slipped and fell on Newcastle Station this morning and dislocated…

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