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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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

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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Mineworkers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

Caught by a fall of stone. Thomas Swan, 59, of Speers Point, employee of Stockton Borehole colliery, had his left ankle fractured. Lake…

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Victorian Chief Justice Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Chief Justice of Victoria (Sir Edmond Herring) was knocked down by a truck at Mascot aerodrome today and an arm was…

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Brothers in Cycle Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 5

Mervyn march, 12, of Hewison-street. Tighe's Hill, suffered concession and shock, and his brother, Norman, 6, concussion, abrasions to the face and…

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Bus, Lorry Collide, Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two people were injured when a double-decker bus and a motor-lorry collided in Abercrombie-street, Broadway,…

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Taxidriver Injured in Street Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 3

In a collision involving a taxi and two buses in Regent-street, West Maitland, last night, the driver of the taxi, Samuel Johnston, 35, of…

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Became Jitterbug to Mend Injured Knee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 10

FORMER world's boxing champion, Gene Tunney, arriving at Sydney Stadium one night this week to take part in a charity…

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Bank Teller Shot Accidentally

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY.—First grade footballer. Charles Arthur Wilson, 31, of Ramsgate Avenue, North Bondi, was accidentally shot…

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Jockey in Danger of Drowning After Mentone Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Quick thinking and equally quick action by a badly shaken hurdle jockey, dazed from a fall, prevented what might have been an unusual racecourse tragedy at Mentone yesterday. He rescued another…

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Two Killed at Week-end Girls Seriously Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

A boy and a girl were killed and two girls seriously injured in accidents at the week-end. Those dead are Jim Gatling, 8, of…

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Two Injured in Smash At. Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 8

Two men were injured this morning in a spectacular collision between a car and a lorry at the corner of South Street and Pacific…

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Four Injured in Road Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 2

George Jenner, 47, of Veda-street, Hamilton, had his head and face injured when a car he was driving and a lorry collided at the corner…

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Eight Injured In Crash In Sydney Street

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY,—Eight persons were injured in a smash in which a tram, a lorry and two taxis were concerned in Oxford Street this afternoon…

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Death of Policeman Believed Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The fatal shooting of Constable Harold Reuben Dudley McMillan at Omeo police station is believed to be accidental…

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Eight Injured in Tram-Lorry Crash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eight persons were injured in a smash in which a tram, a lorry, and two taxis were involved in Oxford-street, near…

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Tram On Fire After Collision With Motor Lorry

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

A TRUCK was extensively damaged and the undercarriage of a tram damaged by fire this morning when the two vehicles collided at the corner of Morgan and Hunter Streets, Newcastle. No one was injured. The truck was turning into Hunter Street. Newcastle Fire Brigade extinguished the fire…

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Woman Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 8

Mary Greentree, 63, of M[?]saac Street, Tighe's Hill, sustained concussion, a lacerated wound on the scalp, and shock, shortly before lunch…

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146,000 Civilians Killed or Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Civilian casualties in the United Kingdom during the war are:— Killed or missing, believed killed,…

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Ironworker Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 4

John Sutherland, 23, of Morgan Street, Adamstown, an ironworker, employed at the Dyke End, suffered injuries to his buck and shock when…

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Three Injured at Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

Three footballers were injured in the Newcastle district on Saturday. W. Gregory, 32, of Dudley, dislocated his left shoulder at…

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