Nine Killed In Plane Collision
SYDNEY.âNine airmen were killed and one is missing, believed killed, as a result of one of the most serious air crashes in…
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Accidents, 1944
572 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 29
Explosion Killed 10, Injured 60
LONDON, Feb. 6.—Ten persons were killed and 60 injured when an ammunition dump blew up in a northern railway yard on Friday…
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Keith Boyden, 15, Fitzroy-street, Mayfield, fractured his right arm when he fell from a fence at his home yesterday. He was taken to the mater…
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FELL FROM BICYCLE.—When she fell from her bicycle Elaine Kirkwood. 8. or Plat Road. Bolwarra, suffered injuries to her…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—While swimming at Greenwich, Mrs. Marie Trusler, 33, with her daughter, Beverley 6, and Mervyn Collins 3…
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BRICK FELL ON FOOT. Thomas Sims, aged 57, of Throsby Street, Wickham, a laborer at Port Waratah Locomotive Sheds…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Four people received slight injuries when two city-bound trams collided in North Sydney. The fuse of a…
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Pulling a quantity of hot milk over herself, Carol Condrey, 7, Swansea, suffered scalds to the chest and stomach. Bellmont Ambulance took her to…
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Greater Newcastle Council will recommend to the Royal Humane and Shipwreck Relief Society that a posthumous award should be made…
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Ron Camteron, 4, Victoria-street. New Lambton, had his right leg fractured when he was struck by a lorry wheel. Newcastle Ambulance took him to the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Francis Joseph Flynn, 14, of William-street, Earlwood, was drowned in Enfield Olympic swimming pool. Flynn…
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Arising from a collision between a tram and the lorry he was driving at Jesmond on the morning of October 11, James Jackson, of…
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Forty minutes after retiring, the jury at Newcastle District Court returned a verdict of £225 in favour of James Jackson, lorry driver, of…
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Fred Methwin, 11, Corlette-street, Cook's Hill lacerated his left foot while playing in Birdwood Park. He was taken to the General Hospital…
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Falling 10ft. from a wharf to rocks yesterday, Raymond George McRae, 11, Bishopgate-street, Wickham, cut his head, suffered concussion, injury to…
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Believed to have struck by a bus at North Stockton on Saturday. William King, also known as John Wright, an elderly inmate of…
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An improvement was reported last night in the condition of Mr. William Taylor, who was seriously burned in the explosion at Dark's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Clarence Charles Butcher, 15, of Turramurra, was drowned when he fell fully clothed into a pool at Wahroonga…
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Caught by the latch while passing through a gate at Merewether Alan Coleman, 15, Brunker-road, Broadmeadow, had his right thigh…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Edward Ernest Farrow, 16, of Arncliffe, was drowned in Wolli Creek, near Tarella railway station, this…
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