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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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3 Hurt in Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 6

When a car collided with a motor lorry on the Great Western Highway, Katoomba, on New Year's Eve, three Goulburn…

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Fatal Accident

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 4

A fatal accident at Mt. Victoria last week re-united three cousins who had not met for more than 30 years…

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Loses Foot in Accident

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

While on a visit to Sydney last week. John Bakken (58), kitchenman, employed at the Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow…

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Timely Warning Prevents Accident

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

When a car with five occupants crashed through a safety lence at the overhead bridge at Lawson and plunged 30 feet on…

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Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 12

A new Austin car was extensively damaged when it collided with a bus on the Great Western Highway, Bullaburra,…

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Fatal Accident on Pass

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

A young motorist who received fatal injuries when his car crashed on Mt. Victoria Pass last week, died while being rushed…

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Injured in Petrol Blast

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 1

A man who said that he had poured petrol on a fire in a chip heater, received extensive burns to his face and arms when…

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Road Accidents

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 8

Kenneth Mclntosh (24), of Little Hartley, was found in an unconscious condition lying on the side of the Great…

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Fatal Road Accident

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

An aged woman was killed while crossing the Great Western Highway at Bullaburra last week…

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Collision Causes Blackout

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 5

When a motor lorry crashed into a telegraph pole at the corner of Free'ander Avenie and Bent Street, the force of…

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Boy Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Robert Faulkiner (7) was treated Cat the Blue Mountains District for lacerations and shock after be had been struck by a…

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Drive to Check Road Accidents

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 1

Since the abolition of petrol rationing, police and transport authorities throughout the State have been studying with particular care the traffic problems that have arisen in cities and towns situated on the main highways…

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Collision Causes Severe Blackout

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 12

Following a collision between a furniture van and a semi-trailer loaded with ten tons of cement, the township of Blackhcath…

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Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 9

A panel van and a car were badly damaged when they collided near the Katoomba level crossing last week…

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School Boy Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 8

While playing in the grounds at Katoomba High School recently, Ralph Darnill (13), suffered a badly cut knee. He was…

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Injured in Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 10

Mrs. Dorothy Lindsay, of Gladstone Road, Kogarah, suffered lacerations to her face and shock as a result of a collision…

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Tragic Drowning of Migrant Boy

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 10

A three and a hair years old migrant boy was drowned in a water hole at the rear of the Log Cabin roadhouse at Little…

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Dog Causes Accident

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 12

In attempting to avoid a dog on the Great Western Highway, Katoomba, last week, the driver of a panel van received serious…

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Fatally Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 12

After being admitted to the Blue Mountains District Hospital on August 19, Harold Wheeler (53), of Wentworth Falls, died…

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Woman Injured in Fail

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 10

When she slipped and fell in the yard at her home, a Katoomba woman fractured her ankle…

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