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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Cyclist in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 4

The rider of a bicycle, Neville Doyle, 17, of Trevor-street, Telarah, was injured when hp was involved in an accident with a…

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Fatally Injured On Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Thurs. — Victor ml til, 27, of Francis-street, Paxton, was found unconscious on the roadside on Wollombi-road,…

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Pensioner Knocked Down, Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 7

Struck by a car while riding a bicycle at Beresfield late yesterday afternoon, invalid pensioner William Bell, 63, of…

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Miners Injured in Tunnel

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

SINGLETON, Friday—Two Brothers Berley and Athol Harris of Singleton, were hardly injured when digging a tunnel in the Cranky…

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Miners Injured Yesterday Making Satisfactory Progress

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 4

Two miners were injured when the roof of a tunnel they were driving into Cranky Corner Mountain collapsed…

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Sequel to Fatal Accident Man Fined for Negligent Driving

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

A sequel to a fatal accident in which one man was killed and several others Injured, was the appearance of Allan Ronald…

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Victim of Cycle Accident Improving

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

On enquiry at the hospital this morning, we learn that Miss Noeleen. Nebauer, who received severe head injuries in the motor cycle accident on…

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Fatigue Causes Many Road Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 6

Danger of continuing to drive a motor vehicle while physically fatigued or drowsy, is stressed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…

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Serious Condition Of Injured Jockey

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Apprentice jockey David Cameron, 17, who suffered injuries to the brain when his mount Brusque fell at…

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Five Hurt in Week-end Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 2

Five persons were injured in accidents in Maitland during the week-end, Henry James Maidens, 3, of…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

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

Raymond Gibson, 42, of Condon-ave., Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital on Friday night with a probable fracture of the right thigh,…

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Injured in Fall

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

When he fell on the buffer of a skip while at work at Aberdare Extended Colliery yesterday, David Burgess, 30, miner of Charlton-st.,…

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Injured in Coal Fall

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

Caught in a fall of coal at Neath Colliery this morning Roy Shears, 35, of East Cessnock, received an injury to the chest, fractured ribs and shock…

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Lorry Driver Critically Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 3

NOWRA, Tuesday. — Arthur Wheeler, of Nowra, was admitted to Berry Hospital to-day in a critical condition from injuries…

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Death Strikes in Queer Ways Accidents Will Happen

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 5

The hanging of a picture on the wall of his home cost a Stanmore (Sydney) man his life recently. John Feeley, 58, was hanging pictures with his son Michael. While the son was absent from the room the father over-balanced and fell from a…

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Kurri Accidents

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

Jack Ollive, 24, of Barton-street, Kurri, a miner at Hebburn colliery, sustained a probable fracture of the left leg while at work at the colliery…

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Weston Youth's Death Follows Accident

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

Ernest Whiley, 18, of Third-street, Weston, died in Kurri Hospital on Saturday as a result of injuries received in a motor cycle accident on…

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Heavy Toll Of Accident Deaths

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, October 25. — Accidents killed approximately 270 persons daily last year in the United States…

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Colliery Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Raymond Shears, 35, of East Cessnock, a miner employed at Neath colliery, was struck by a fall of…

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Collision in the China Seas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 5

HONG KONG, October 28 (AAP-Reuter) —A French ship, Yersin, is proceeding under her own power to Hong Kong after being accidentally…

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