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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

572 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 29

Five Injured in Sulky Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

Two women and two children were injured when a horse drawing a sulky in which they were riding rolled down an embankment on the…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 3

FELL FROM SCAFFOLDING. —Joseph Harris, aged 68, of Carrington Street, Mayfield, received abrasions and contusions to the…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 5

Ellen McMorrie, 65, Hunter-street, Hamilton, injured her right shoulder when she fell from a bus near Donald-street, Hamilton. She was taken to…

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Six Injured When Trucks Collide

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 3

Six Soldiers were injured when two military trucks collided at the corner of Denison and Beaumont Streets, Hamilton, this…

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Six Soldiers Hurt in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 2

Six soldiers were injured when two military trucks collided at the corner of Denison and Beaumont Streets, Hamilton, yesterday. They were—…

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Tram Conductor Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

Brushed by a passing bus from the footboard while collecting fares on Saturday morning, Harry Sutton, 41. King's-road, New…

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Fatally Injured After Leaving Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Although Arthur Delaney, 60, of Little Bourke-street. City, was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital on Thursday…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 4

Struck by a bicycle while crossing the roadway at Broadmeadow on Saturday, Elizabeth Holmes, 61, Cardiff, suffered concussion, injuries to the back,…

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Accident Victim Improves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

Charles Cross, 49, bridge carpenter, of Hamilton, whose pelvis was fractured when he was thrown from a railway tricycle in a collision with a…

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Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 4

When a bicycle he was riding and a motor vehicle collided at the corner of Tudor-street and Maitland-road. Hamilton, William…

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Worker Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

Frank White 28. of Groongal Street. Mayfield was injured at work at Dyke End this morning. The ambulance there treated him…

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Steel Worker's Death Was Accidental

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

A finding of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A G. Chiplin) at the inquest this afternoon into the death of…

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Steel Works Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin), at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday held an inquest on Thomas Walter Thoroughgood, 55, labourer,…

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Injured In Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 2

George Hutchison, 31, shunter, living at Rawson Street. Aberdare, was struck by a locomotive as he walked through a brattice…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 6

George Pryor, 50, Penshurst, Sydney, had his left leg fractured and a laceration over the right eye. He was believed to have been struck by a car…

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Bicycle Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 2

Jean Watson, 19, of Longworth-avenue, Wallsend, was admitted to Wallsend Hospital last night with a probable fracture of the skull…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

Falling from a horse at Hexham on Saturday. Roy Horadan, 14, Walsh-street, Mayfield East, received a compound fracture of the left forearm…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 5

Edward Stirling, 59, Gordon-avenue, Hamilton, fell from a wharf in the city and fractured his left thigh. Ronald Williams, 13, Valencia-street,…

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Accidentally Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 4

Official information has been received that Sergeant Leslie Ronald Clack, youngest son of Mr. and…

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Tram Conductor Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 1

A tram conductor was fatally injured two minutes before reaching an intersection where a relief man was waiting to allow him to take…

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