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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

580 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 29

Chemicals Explode, Brothers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two brothers were seriously injured and the laboratory in which they were experimenting was badly damaged when a…

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Car Overturns, Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 2

GOSFORD, Friday.—Miss Theresa Harley, 22, of Kirkham-street, Coogee, fractured her right leg, while her companion, Thomas Smith, 26,…

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Three Injured in Collision

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

Three people were injured in a collision between a track and a car an the Newcastle-road about two miles from East Maitland last night…

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Injured In Wrestle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 7

Alex Morris, 11, of Colliery Street. Aberdare received probable fracture to the right collarbone while wrestling with another boy at his home…

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Motor-cyclist Injured in Crash

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

WYONG, Sunday.—Alfred Chandler, 19, of Beaumont-street, Hamilton, was taken to Newcastle Hospital to-night with a probable…

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Two Dead, 27 Injured on Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two were killed and 27 injured in road accidents in Sydney and other parts of the State yesterday. Thirteen were…

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Twins Scalded in Home Accident

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

Fourteen-year-old twins, Mary and Madge Arthur, of Campbell-street, Wallsend, were taken to Wallsend Hospital on Saturday with first…

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Child Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Margaret Anne Maguire, 2 of Eastlakes, was drowned in a waterhole at Eastlakes golf course…

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Father and Young Son Injured

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

Robert Carpenter, 33, of Moirastreet, Adamstown, and his two-year-old son, Christopher, were slightly injured when a bicycle on which…

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Youth Accidentally Shot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—While shooting in the Avondale district this afternoon, Richard Hutcheon, 19, of Yanco-road Pymble, accidentally shot…

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Miner Injured in Fall of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 2

Struck by a fall of coal at Lambton B colliery yesterday, William Brown, 37, of Edsworth-street, Redhead, suffered abrasions and cuts to…

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Soldier Killed, Five Injured Car Runs Into Bus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A soldier was killed and three men and two women were injured, four seriously, when a car crashed into the rear of a bus…

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Fireman Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—While fighting a fire in a restaurant in George-street, fireman M. O'Sulliven was injured and admitted to hospital…

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Baby Drowned in Concrete Mixer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 14-month-old baby girl, Beverley Patricia Knock of Wentworthville, fell into a concrete mixer half filled with…

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Death Accidental, Says Coroner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1945 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest yesterday on John Thomas Croning, 45,…

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Cessnock Two Men Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 5

Leslie Carroll, [?], of Third-street, South Cessnock, received a slight injury and severe shock when the haulage rope broke at Aberdare Extended…

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£932 Compensation for Injured Foot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—James Henry McColl, 26, labourer, of Council-street, Speers Point, in the Workers' Compensation Court to-day was awarded…

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Woman Injured in Fall From Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 2

The door of a motor car flying open. Isabel Kerle. 53. of Chatswood, fell to the roadway lacerating her left eye, right ankle and wrist…

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Accidentally Wounded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. P. Milgate of Hornsby and late of Newcastle, have been advised that their son, Pie. Syd…

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Injured in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

A motor-cyclist and pillion rider were injured in a collision, at the corner of Denison and Blackall Streets. Hamilton, last night…

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