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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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

Motor Cycle Smash; 4 Seriously Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Four men received severe head injuries to-night in a motor-cycle accident at Pendle Hill. William Floyd, of…

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Minor Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 6

Richard Pilgrim, 15, of Brook-street, Rutherford, was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday with an injury to his left leg, received while playing…

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Factory Accident Toll Too Heavy

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 11

SYDNEY.—There were 20,257 acci-dents in factories in New South Wales in the year ended May 31, said the Minister for Labor and…

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Spine Injured at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 6

Joseph Littlefair, 42, of Fifth-street, Adamstown, was admitted to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital yesterday day with injuries to his spine and…

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Missing Youths Were Drowned in Weir

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The bodies of the two brothers, Stuart and John Coutts, aged 19 and 17, who had been missing from Apollo…

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Speers Point Fatality "No Gross Criminal Negligence"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 5

The evidence was too vague and uncertain to support a finding of gross criminal negligence, said the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. Chiplin)…

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Victims of Amazing Sydney Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 3

One of the worst street accidents in Sydney occurred yesterday afternoon when a utility truck got out of control among a…

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Footballer Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 2

Owen Henry Relf, 17, of Bulahdelah, was fatally injured during football game at Bulahdelah on Saturday…

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Rodeo Van Crashes Five Injured at Jesmond

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 3

Five persons were injured and one suffered badly from shock when a large trialer carying the equipment of Tex Morton's rodeo show crashed 20 feet down an embankment at the foot of the Jesmond Hill this afternoon…

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Hall Stand Injured at Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.—Hall Stand, third favourite for the Doomben Newmarket, to be ran at Albion Park on Saturday week, arrived…

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Five Injured in Trailer Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 2

A heavy trailer carrying rodeo and circus equipment owned by Tex Morton slid down an embankment at the foot of a steep hill at Jesmond…

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Miner Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3

David Caddis. 45, of .Aberdare Road. Cessnock a shiftman at Aberdare Extended mine, received a lacerated wound to his right leg when he was…

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Child Killed, Two Hurt in Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A child was killed and two others were seriously injured in road accidents yesterday and last night…

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Carpenter Injured Thigh in Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 4

William Crowe, 45, of Donald-street, Hamilton, carpenter employed by the Railway Department, fell from a ladder injuring his right…

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Policeman Injured in Unusual Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police Sergeant Lionel Whitney had his face badly cut by glass when the windscreen of a car in which he was…

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Fell Under Train But Wasn't Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 10

SYDNEY.— Trying to board a moving train at Hurstville Station yesterday. Clifford Elliott Smith 40. of Hamer Street. Kogarah. slipped…

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Two Injured in Road Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 3

Falling from a bus at the intersection of Cadell and Macquarie Streets, Mayfield, Angus Cameron, 45, of Harris-street, Cessnock, received…

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20 Are Injured in Smash Between Tram, R.a.a.f. Waggon

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Twenty people were injured, six seriously, in a collision between a heavy R.A.A.F. bitz waggon and a tram in Bank Street, Pyrmont today. Of the injured, 15 were passengers on the tram and the…

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Brandy, Offence After Accident Charge by Crown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—Herbert Ernest McMahon, 20, machinist, of Glossop-street, New Lambton was alleged in Richmond Court to have…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 4

Cecil Barnard. 24 of North Avenue. Cessnock. shiftman. employed at Cessnock No 2 Colleruy. had his right leg fractured when he was…

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