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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

Alan Southwell, 21, of 34 St Andrew.-st., Maitland a carpenter employed at Greta Camp sustained heavy contusing and…

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Shooting Fatality. Farm Worker Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 10

The body of George Jamieson Rangus (68), believed to be a French-Canadian, was found near a woolshed on a property at Spring Creek at 8.30…

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Witnessed Drowning But Unable to Help Coroner's Inquest This Morning

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4

A Maison Dieu resident, Mr. D. V. Andrews, gave a graphic description to the Muswcllbrook district coroner in…

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50 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the Argus week ending July 9, 1899) Accident to a Driver

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

An accident occurred at South Singleton yesterday which might easily have terminated fatally. A young man, named William…

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Injured In Motor Cycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 2

Two motor-cyclists received minor Injuries when their machines collided at the corner of George and Robert streets, Wallsend. They are :…

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Two Injured in Jeep-lorry Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 2

Two men were injured when the Jeep in which they were travelling was involved in a collision with a motor lorry outside…

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Injured In Truck Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 5

GOSFORD, Tuesday.— Mrs. Hazel Johnston, 48, of Mangrove Mountain, suffered a “probable fractured skull when a truck…

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Injured In Stove Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY Tuesday.—When a spirit stove exploded in the office of Powell’s garage, Killars, a mechanic was severely [?]…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Arnold Rodney Casey, 39, married, of Rhodes Street, Matraville, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon, when his…

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Three Hurt in Collision at Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

Three men were injured when two cars collided about 20 yards south of the Paterson bridge early last night…

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Death of Well Known Cessnock Man. Killed in Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

A well-known Cssnock man was found dead under an overturned car on the Waugi Waugi-Toronto rood on Saturday afternoon…

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Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a military truck at the corner of Moore and Albion streets at noon to-day,…

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Fatally Injured In Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

The Deputy-Coroner (Mr, V. R. Jenkins) to-day returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest at Maitland…

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3 Critically Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.—Three people were officially Injured when they were knocked down by a car at Annandale last night…

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Three Persons Injured in Smash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three persons were seriously injured when a truck collided with a taxi-cab on the Western road,…

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Fatality Near Gloucester Mr. Ray Olsen Killed Car Collides with Petrol Truck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

There was quite a gloom cast over Dungog and district to-day (Tuesday) when the sad news came through that Mr. Raymond George Olson, eldest…

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"Crisis" Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

On Monday an elderly woman lay in a gas-filled room for two hours before, a neighbour found her. Her condition on Monday night was reported…

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Archie Kemp Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The lightweight title fight between Jack Hassen and Archie Kemp, set down for Monday, July 25,…

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Met Death In Canoe Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Noel Bertram Graves, 16, of Newcastle-road, East Maitland, was today adjourned until next Monday…

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Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 2

Seventy-three-year-old Johanna Connolly, of 8 Walker-st., South Maitland, tell from the end of a verandah while cleaning out her…

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