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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

580 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 29

Two Injured in £30,000 Factory Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Damage, which may exceed £30,000, was caused in three factory fires last night…

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Injured in Cartram Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two people were injured when a car and a tram collided at the intersection of Baptist and Beronia Streets,…

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Westbury Injured in Car Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

Alan Westbury, middleweight boxing champion of Australia was injured in a collision between two cars at the corner of Parkway-avenue…

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Kearsley Man's Death After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 6

A man was fatally injured on Saturday when a car overturned on Kearsley Road, Kearsley. The man Andrew Mason. 38, of…

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Girl's Neck Injured in Fall in Pool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mona Alice Vernon, 13, of Camperdown, was injured while playing on the pontoon in Manly pool. She slipped and…

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One Dead, 30 Injured in Railway Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 6

LONDON, January 29. A.A.P.—A Canadian soldier. Private Spence, was killed and between 20 and 30 passengers, including a land girl…

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Accident Costly To Westbury

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 13

SYDNEY. — Australian middle weight champion, Alan Westbury, will lose £2000 in percentages, his manager. Bill McConnell, estimates…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 7

Mrs. Burrows, of Budge Street. Cessnock, received lacerations to the left leg when she tried to board a moving train at Cessnock Railway…

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159 Killed and Injured in Railway Collision

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

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Ninety-six persons were killed and 63 injured when a passenger train and freight train collided…

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Japanese Suicide By Drowning

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Twenty-four Japanese in Burma drowned themselves as Indian troops closed on them…

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Milk and Eggs Lost in Lorry Accident

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

SINGLETON, Friday.—When the steering failed in coming down an incline near Falbrook school, a milk lorry driven by Hilton O'Bryan left…

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Surfers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

Edward Andrews, 17, of Warner's Bay had his head lacerated when he was washed on to rocks at Newcastle Beach yesterday. St. John…

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Five Wallsend Men Injured Pinned Under Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

Five Wallsend men were injured, one seriously, when a car overturned after leaving the High-street bridge at West Maitland late on Saturday…

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Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 5

Falling at a party at her home on Saturday, Judith Barfoot, 14, of Macquarie-street, Glebe, fractured her left forearm. She also suffered…

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French Hero in Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

PARIS, Feeb. 4. A.A.P.—Lieut.-General Pierre Pouyade, Commander of the famous French Normandie Squadron, which distinguished itself…

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Two Burned in Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Wilfred Rechill, 19, of Queen-street, Cook's Hill, suffered burns to the right eye and shock when he was struck by hot welding wire…

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Cessnock "Car Fatality Due to Inexperience"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

The District Coroner (Mr. W. S Johnston) held an inquest on Andrew Mason, who died from injuries received when a car overturned on the…

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Boat Overturns, Man Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

James Allen, 18, of Wilford-street, Corrimal, was drowned when a boat was swamped on Tuggerah Lakes yesterday afternoon. The body had…

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Defendant Released in Collision Case

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 8

Roland Charles Wardley of Boolaroo was released under Section 556A on condition that he paid £4 7s costs, by Mr. E. R. Harvey, S.M.. at…

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Five Men Injured in Lorry Capsize

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

When a truck cot out of control on Harper's Hill, a steep incline between West Maitland and Greta, yesterday afternoon, it overturned a…

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