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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Belgian In Air Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Dec. 19.—Four passengers and the crew of four were killed when a Relglan Sabenn Company aircraft crashed last…

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Aged Woman Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 1

SIDNEY, Tuesday.—Body of 90-years-old woman who been [?] early last night [?]found in the Woronora River, near…

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Three Injured When Trucks and Car Collide

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Three men were injured, one critically, when two heavy trucks and a car crashed in Sydney road,…

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One Dead, Two Injured In Motor-Crycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.— A man was fatally injured and a young couple, who planed to marry with a few weeks was injured…

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Myall River Tragedy Miner Drowned at Week-end

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 2

A Cessnock miner, Victor Edward Wakeman, 53, was drowned last Saturday afternoon at Tamboi fishing village on the Myall River…

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Man Hurt in High Street Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 2

A motorist, driving behind an ambulance which was taking his wife to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon was injured when…

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Two Injured in Accidents

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 7

Two men were injured, one seriously, in accidents last night near Singleton. A 43-year-old man was…

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Policemen Injured in Fracas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two policemen were kicked and punched while trying to arrest a man at Belmore last night…

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Plane Occupants Escape From Mid-Air Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—A Marine Corps C47 transport and a Corsair fighter collided In the sir yesterday, but the transport…

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Home Accidents Kill More Babies Than Diseases

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 8

Baby Joan Smith was a normal healthy youngster until a month ago when she became a home accident…

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Man Drowned in Williams River

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 2

CLARENCE TOWN, Sat—Police and holidaymakers unsuccessfully dragged the Williams River last night and this morning in a search…

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Five Holiday Deaths in N.S.W. YESTERDAY Boy Drowned In Cockfighter

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—One of the five deaths from accidents in N.S.W. yesterday was that of a youth, a non-swimmer, who attempted to help his 15-years-old girl cousin when she got out of her depth in the Cockfighter Creek,…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON , Tuesday.—A number of accidents occurred during the week-end. Norman Flynn, of Sydney, on a…

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Big Death Roll In United State Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Deo, 27.—[?] 6 p.m, on Friday and 11 Christmas Day, 359 people[?] as the r[?] of accident[?]…

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Baby Drowned in Bath Tub

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—A baby aged nine months was drowned in a bath at Darlinghurst. The mother, Mrs. Ruby Glokas,…

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Less Road Accidents During Holidays Public Gives Heed To Safety Advice

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Despite enormously-increased traffic, there were fewer deaths on the roods of New South Wales over the long holiday week-end then for many years, it was stated by this police to-day…

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Man Drowned in Rescuing Others

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs. — A married man lost his life in helping to rescue a couple from the Wakool river, near Tooleybuc,…

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Man Fatally Injured in Road Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 3

A 32-year-old man was fatally injured last night when his motorcycle collided with a bus at Miner’s Forest, about 200 yards from the…

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Woman Killed Two Injured in Gosford Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 2

GOSFORD, Thursday.—A woman was killed and her husband and grand-daughter critter injured in a road accident at…

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