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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Injured in Railway Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

Evidence concluded at Maitland Circuit Court today in the in which Francis Pearson Burnett, of Glebe Road,…

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3 Injured by Motor-cycle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: Three people were injured by a motor-cycle in Charlestown-rd., Kahibah, last night. They were Mrs. Jane…

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Grazier Accidentally Shot Dead

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—A man was shot dead yesterday when his dog trod on the trigger of his loaded rifle neat Gilgandra…

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Inquest On Death of Boy In Road Accident Tangle of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3

The Deputy-Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) at Maitland Courthouse to-day opened an inquest into the death of Ross Allan Pannowitz, 4, of Maitland Road, Beresfield, which occurred on may 9…

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Miners Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 5

KURRI KURRI. Thursday. — Perce Grainger, of Maitland-st., Stanford Merthyr, a miner, employed at Buchanan Borehole,…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 7

Perce Grainger, 37, of Maitland street, Stanford Merthyr, a miner employed at Buchanan Borehole colliery, received an incised wound to the right…

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Inquiry Into Traffic Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—The District Corcrer (Mr. W. Johnston) held an inquiry to-day at Cessnock Courthouse into the death of…

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Jerry's Plains Drowning Police Chief Thanks District Residents

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

N.S.W. Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. F. Scott, deeply appreciates the action of district residents…

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Cessnock Youth In Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

George Bessoff, 20, of Marshall avenue, Cessnock, was a passenger in a car which was dragged 50 feet along the railway line at East Maitland on…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

Maurice Graft, 48. of Millfield, injured his bark and right leg when he slipped on a rail while at work at Millfield colliery…

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Skull Fractured In Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5

Ken Morgan, 22, a florist, of 23 Robin-street, Maitland, suffered a probable fracture of the base of the skull, a lacerated would under the…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton — 15, 25, And 50 Years Ago 15 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the "Argus" week ending 11th June, 1934.) Accident at Races

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

An accident occured at the Ravensworth races, which were held on Monday, when New Idea, ridden in the Maiden…

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Man Drowned In Gutter

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat.—Police found the body of Andrew Simpson Bruce, 60, pensioner, of Kenttvell-road, North Manly, lying…

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Victim Of Cycle And Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

CLARENCE TOWN: The late Kevin James Marquet, who met his death recently when his cycle and a car collided head-on on the…

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“Hell For Leather” Chase In Sydney Two Men Seriously Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A spectacular capsize, followed by a crash through a stone fence, ended the flight of two young men in a nigh-powered hire car from two police wireless patrol cars after o “hell for leather” chase at 60 to 80…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— Dennis Anthony Johnson, five, of Rose-st., Darlington, was drowned in a dam at Thirlmere, near…

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Injured at Football

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

John Hodgins, 20, of 12 Capp-street, Telarah, a porter employed by the Government Railways, suffered contusions to the left cheek,…

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Horseman Injured During Race

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

Edgar Thompson, 45, a dairy farmer, of Bishop’s Bridge, was admitted to Maitland Hospital late on Saturday afternoon,…

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Hand Injured When Gun Barrel Burst

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

When the barrel of a shotgun burst as the cartridge was exploded during a shooting expedition the vicinity of Vacy…

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Child Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

Falling at her home to-day Fay Smith, 3, of Allan-street, Lorn, received an incised wound to bar lower lip. Maitland Ambulance…

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