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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Accidental Death

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 9

A finding of accidental death was recorded by the District Coroner (Mr. P. Medlicott), at the inquest into the death of Harry…

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Cyclist, Pillion Rider Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 1

Flung from their machine when it crashed into a car which was turning on the Great Western Highway, Katoomba, a…

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Lorry Somersaults: Two Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 5

Turning a complete somersault after colliding with a small car, a motor lorry ran backwards for thirty feet and crashed into a…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 1

A motor cyclist found lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the Great Western Highway in front of Katoomba Police…

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Visitor Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 1

Percival Clark, of Manly, suffered a fractured arm when he was knocked down by a motor cycle in Katoomba Street,…

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Visitor Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 12

While on holidays at Katoomba, Valerie Trivett (16), of Coogee, slipped and fell on a concrete step outside the flat where…

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