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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Carpenter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7

Allan Auld, 27, of Seventh-street, Weston, was struck by falling timber when working on a house in Cessnock during the week, and suffered an…

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Shiftman Injured by Fall of Stone

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

George Wlles, 45, of Catherine-street, Cessnock, shiftman at Felton collery, was struck by a fall of stone on wednesday…

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Motor Cycle Accident. on Cassilis-merriwa Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

On Friday night last, Stanley William Oldham, of Addison Road, Boresfield, riding his Aerial motor cycle, and carrying Terrence David Spinks,…

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Man Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 2

Mr. J. Scott, of Fosterton Road, is a patient in the Cottage Hospital following an accident at Wiragulla. Mr. Scott, who is employed by the…

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Injured ln Brawl

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 1

Said to have been struck by a bottle during an altercation at a dance at Large School of Arts last night, R. Peattle, 42, of…

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Accident at Gloucester River

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 2

When Mr. J. W. Westley, of Gloucester River, was chopping a large sapling on his property last Saturday, the tree, winch had a crooked…

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25 Drowned in Italian Floods

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

NAPLES, Oct. 3.— At least 25 persons have lost their lives in floods in Naples province. Twenty persons were reported…

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Child’s Finger Injured By Money Box

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 3

Twenty-three months old Andrew Warner, of Anna-street, Telarah, had the top of his right index finger almost severed when a cast iron…

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Parents Hurt in Car Smash on Way to See Injured Son

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 2

A man and his wife were involved in a car collis[?] on Saturday night on the way to the bedside of their [?] years-old son, who had been seriously injured in a [?] cycle smash on Wallarobba air strip several hours before…

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Three Cycle Accidents At Week-end

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 3

Two Singleton motor cyclists were hurt at the week-end in minor accidents on Maitland Road…

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Schoolboy Injured Foot

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 3

Don Shultz, 12, of McArthur-st, Homeville, received a laceration to the great toe and ball right foot while coming…

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Fire Exploded, Injured Hotel Cook

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

Eleanor Burn, 20, of Aberdare-street, Kurri, a cook at the Exchange Hotel, Maitland, received to the face, left wrist and…

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One Killed, Two Injured in Motor Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Reginald Lawrence, 86, a steward employed at the Grosvenor Club. Flinders-street, Darlinghurst was…

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Mechanic Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wednesday: Eric Paul, 46 of Attwater avenue, Cessnock, an electrical mechanic, employed at Elrington…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 3

Leslie Balcombe, 66, miner, of 82 Bourke-st suffered a probable fracture and abrasions to the left wrist, when he was caught be…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

MERRIWA, Wed.—Stanley William Oldham, of Addison-rd., Beresfield, riding his motor cycle and carrying Terrence David…

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Motor-cycle Accident Victim Dies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

Neville Payton, 23, of Rutherford, who was seriously injured in a motor bike collision at Wallarobba air strip, on Saturday, passed away in Maitland…

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French Boxer Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The French boxer, Andre Famechon, was critically injured in a collision between a motor cycle he was riding…

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Wheeler Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 5
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

CESSNOCK, Friday.—Edward Wilson, 39, of Aberdare-road. Cessnock, a wheeler, employed at Ballard colliery, received an…

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