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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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150 Pilgrims Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2

LONDON, July 29.—One hundred and fifty pilgrims are believed to have been drowned when boats capsized in the…

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Vehicles in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

A utility truck and a motor car were Involved in a collision yesterday afternoon at the intersection of High and Lindsay streets, East…

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Police Scientist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

LONDON, July 29.—Two scientists were injured in the police laboratory at Scotland Yard when an explosive suspected of…

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Carried Injured Man Five Miles

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Friday, — When George Hansen, 20, of Gosford, fell from a cliff in the Watagan forest reserve, four timberworkers carried…

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Mount View Man Bound Over Sequel to Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

On a charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Harold Jackson, 32, of Mount View, was…

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Truck Hits Tree; Two Men Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

Two men were Injured when their truck hit a tree, and overturned near Gostwyck Bridge, Martins’ Creek, early last night…

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Inquest Into Death of Mr. R. G. Olsen Blow-out or Flat Caused Accident Opinion of Witnesses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

A blow-out or a sudden flat tyro had caused the accident in which Raymond George Olsen received injuries from which he died later on 11th July,…

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Railwayman Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

A diesel rail motor driven by Mr. C. W. James, a Sydney resident, collided with a heavy vehicle, believed to be a…

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Boy Film Carrier Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Robert Baker, 15, of Islington, film carrier, employed by Hoyts Theatre, suffered a probable fracture of the…

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Fatally Injured in Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

ADELAIDE: When two motor cars collided at Modbury, near Adelaide, in heavy ram, Frederick Lumpus, wharf labourer, of…

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Ostler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

Roy Clifton, 40, an ostler, at Richmond Main colliery, sustained injuries to the head when kicked by a horse on Saturday afternoon…

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Collision at Level Crossing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

At 1.30 p.m. yesterday a rail motor proceeding in a northerly direction and a grader collided at Liddel level crossing. The driver…

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16 Injured in Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

MILAND, August 2.—Sixteen persons were injured yesterday when a broken axle caused the last three coaches…

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Injured In Fall From Horse

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

Deima Miners 19 of “Belgrove” Eccleston, fell off a horse this afternoon and suffered a head injury Maitland Ambulance tool her to…

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Pop's Joy Injured and Withdrawn

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

Pop's Joy, which was kicked by another horse being while being taken by float to Wyong yesterday, did not race because of the injury…

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Two Men Killed in Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday— In four road accidents in New South Wales yesterday, two men were killed, three critically Injured,…

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Lost Eye in Golfing Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A golfer, who lost his eye when hit by a ball on the Bexley links, claimed heavy damages from another player in the…

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Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. — When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a truck at the corner of Dennison and…

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Motor Fatality Inquest

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

The inquest into the death of William Cain, which was to have been held at Maitland Courthouse to-morrow morning, will…

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