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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Injured on [?] Mine Field

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs. — George Stown who was admitted to Cairns Hospital last night with a fractured shoulder and six…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

Harold Campbell; 24; of Prince-street, Bellbird, locomotive driver at kalingo colliery, fell from his engine yesterday, and injured his right leg…

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Road Accident Prevention Mayor Calls Public Meeting for Next Week

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

Residents of Singleton are to be asKed to do something to protect themselves from road accidents which have again begun…

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Jockey Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — When Star Turn, a two-year-old, fell on him at Caulfield this morning, Jockey G. West was injured. He was…

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Cyclists Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — When a motor-cycle and a pedal cycle collided on the Start Highway last night two men were billed and…

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Injured by Headstone

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY.—James Heggans, 78, a pensioner, of Harris-st., Balmain, was injured yesterday afternoon when the headstone on…

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De Courcey Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: J. de Courcey, Newcastle interstate cricketer, had his eardrum perforated and his head injured when playing…

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Two Soldiers Injured: Jeep Overturns

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

Two soldiers were Injured when an army jeep. in which they were travelling, skidded across the New England Highway,…

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Two Seriously Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW: When the Mudgee Mail train collided with a truck at a level crossing four miles from Merrygoen late yesterday two…

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Finding in Aberdeen Road Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

Mr. W. T. Seaward, District Coroner, held an inquest touching [?] deaths of Norman James Carrington O'Brien and John Edmund Morrow, who died…

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Boy Fatally Injured in Motor Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 2

Ross Pannowitz, 4, of Maitland-road, Beresfield, died at 6.45 o’clock in Maitland Hospital this morning from injuries received when he was struck by a truck near Four Mile Creek, on Newcastle-road, last night…

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Steel Flash Retired To Stud Injured at Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

Champion galloper, Steel Flash, who was injured in the running of the Kurri Kurri Stake at Cessnock Greyhounds on Saturday night is to be…

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Pokolbin Man In Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

Mr. William K. Trevena of Mistle-toe Farm. Pokolbin, was the driver of a truck which struck live people on the Newcastle Road near Four Mile…

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Finger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

When a window she was cleaning fell. Mrs Daisy Partridge, 53, of High-street, East Maitland, received a severe lacerated and contused…

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Fell and Injured Head

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

David John Buxton, 2, or John-street, Rutherford, suffered a lacerated wound to the forehead when he fell and struck his he[?]d. He…

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Tex Morton-skuthorpe Show Accident Prevents Dungog Performance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 2

Tex Morton's show did not play at Dungog on Saturday night. A big trailer lorry conveying the horses met with an accident on its journey from…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 5

Allan Peak. 38 of 62 Sparkestreet, Maitland, miner, employed at Bloomfield Main colliery fell against an Iron skip at work this…

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Cyclist Severely Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday—Francis Lawsoc, 17. of Clara-st., Mayfield was riding a bicycle when he was injured in a collision with a…

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Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

When he fell and struck a sharp object while playing this morning, John Bellamy, 13, of 17 Wallace-street, Maitland, suffered lacerations…

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Fatally Injured by Train

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Victor Haffenden, 49, of the Hargrave Park housing settlement, died after he was struck by an electric train at…

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