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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Liddell Coalcutter Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 5

N. Dennis (37), coalcutter at Liddell mine, seriously injured his thigh this morning when jammed by his machine…

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Two Injured in Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 5

After being attended by Maitland Ambulance, John, Gough Wheatley 36, shearer of 10 Percival read, Stanmore was…

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Late Mrs. M. V. Cross. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. R. Clendinning, J.P., held an inquiry at Muswellbrook yesterday into the death of Mary Virginia Cross as a result of…

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Mine Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thurs. — James Dunn, 25, of Aberdare, a miner employed at Aberdare colliery, had his right arm broken to-day…

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Four Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 2

Four Maitland residents were injured on Thursday night, when a car in which they Were riding collided with a stationary trailer…

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Praying There Will Be No Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 3

Dr. F. P. M. Solling, an honorary medical officer of Maitland General Hospital, told a special Meeting of the directorate of the institution…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Two motor cyclists, Bruce Hodgkiss, 20, of Great North Road, Abbotsford, and his pillion rider, Cyril…

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Fatally Injured In Car Crash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 2

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday— One man was fatally injured and three others were also injured when a small sports car crashed…

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Girl Vanishes After Motor-Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—After she had been involved in a motor evele accident yesterday, a girl pillion rider disappeared. The…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

KURRI KURRI. Thurs.—Thomas Paton, 52, a miner. of Weston-street, Weston, suffered injuries to his right foot while at work at…

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Fatally Injured In Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK: The District Coroner, Mr. R. Clendinning, held an Inquiry at Muswellbrook into the death of Mary Virginia…

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Two Soldiers Inured in Jeep Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 1

A sergeant and a corporal from Greta Army Camp were seriously injured when their jeep over-turned on the Pacific Highway,…

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120 Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 3

ROME, April 22.—About 120 persons were injured when two trams, packed with early workers, collided yesterday on the…

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Man's Death Follows Car Accident Three Others Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

Lew Milne, 48, hairdresser, of Ellizabeth street, Abermain, died in the Kurri Kurri Hospital early on Tuesday morning from injuries received in…

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Cessnock Men in Collision on Way Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

Four Cessnock men were injured when the car in which they were travelling i to Newcastle races on Monday collision with another car…

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Cessnock Man Badly Injured Jeep Capsized at Loohinvar

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

Two soldiers from Greta Military Camp, one whose home is as Cessnock, were badly injured when a jeep ran over a bank and capsized at…

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Amazing Escape in Level Crossing Smash Railway Engine Strikes Car; Driver Only Slightly Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

Mr. Russell Touse, of Muswellbrook, had a remarkable escape from death at 12 noon yesterday, when his car was struck by an engine at the Brook Street level crossing. After the car had been hurled by[?]…

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To-day’s Leader: Need For Federal Action British Warships Under Further Heavy Fire on Yangtse Fifteen Killed and 20 Injured on the Cruiser London

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

SHANGHAI, April 22 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — It is now estimated that 42 British sailors were killed and 60 wounded in the Yangtse River “incident” this week in which Communist shore batteries attacked four British warships with artillery and small…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

Mr. P. G. Eurgess, Scone, and disttrict manager of Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd., met with a painful and somewhat serious accident during the…

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