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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Girl Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed. — Miriam Schuck, 17, of Douglas-street, Wallsend, received concussion and shock when the motor cycle, on which…

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Hazardous Ride On Stretcher For Injured Boy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 1

A 14-years-old boy, who was Injured at Lee’s Rocks, near East Greta to-day had to be carried a quarter of a mile on an…

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Baby Drowned in Bath

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An 11-months-old baby girl was scalded and drowned while having a bath with her two-year-old brother at…

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Ten Seamen Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Jan. 20—Ten seamen were killed and 19 injured when the coastguard, Eastwind, and the 10,000 ton tanker, Gulf…

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Drowned in Colliery Dam

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

KURRI KURRI, Friday. — Kenneth Charles Sault, 10, of Hill 60, Kurri, was drowned while swimming in Hebburn No. 1…

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Injured While Mustering Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

While mustering cattle at Broke. Frank McNamara was thrown from his horse, injuring his leg…

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Midnight Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 7

Ambulance officers were awakened at midnight last night by, a man suffering from very extensive. lacerations to the right forearm, including,…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.— James Patrick, 40, of Mayfield-st., Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare colliery was caught by a…

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Inquest into Highway Tragedy Ends Coroner Finds Deaths of Mr. Garner, Hiss Lowe Accidental Police of Opinion Wind Turned Car Over

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

The inquest into the deaths of Richard Bourne Garner (82), retired Presbyterian Minister, and Patricia Howell Lowe (32), qualified nursing sister, was concluded yesterday afternoon by Coroner for the State (Mr. J. Hodgson, S.M.)…

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Drowned In Harbour Dived In For Sister

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday— William Michael Kelly (84) coal tr[?] was drowned early to-day when he dived into the Harbour to…

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Knocked Down by Car on Highway Aged Resident of Ward's River Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 1

Mr. John Harris, aged 90, the oldest resident of Ward's River, was knocked down, by a car and injured on the Pacific Highway south of Craven on…

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No Passing on Avon Bridge Council Decision Following Accident to Horse

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 4

A horse valued at £30, owned, by Mr. A. L. Schmeirer, which was being ridden by him across the Avon bridge on the main highway last Saturday…

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Apprentice Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 5

P. Riley, one of Melbourne’s most promising apprentice riders, suffered injuries to his back and chest in a fall at Moonee Valley on…

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English "Big Brother" Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

The nude body of a 17-yearold youth, who was brought out from Tngland under the "Big Brother" scheme, was recovered…

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Three Injured In Accidents At Week-end

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

Three men were injured in car and motor cycle accidents in the Maitland district at the week-end. Ronald Kay, 21, of High-street,…

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Two Miners Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday.—William Loseby, 56, of Maitland road, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare No. 2 colliery, received…

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Double Fatality Accidental

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

An inquest on the deaths of Richard Bourne Garner (82), retired Presbyterian minister, and Patricia Howell Lowe (32), nursing sister, has been…

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Boy Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

KIAMA: A two-year-old boy was found drowned about 30 yards from his home yesterday afternoon. He was Keith James Carter, of…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

Thomas Richardson, 37, a miner of Alexandra-street, Kurri Kurri, sustained, a fractured left hand when struck by a fall of stone at abermai[?]…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

Struck by a fall of coal yesterday while working at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, William Loseby, 55, miner, of Maitland-road, Cessnock, received…

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