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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

762 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 39

Canadian Train Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 1

CALGARY (Alberta), Dec. 30— One passenger was killed and 30 others injured, six critically, in a train collision at South Eek…

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Boy Drowned Near Grafton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 2

GRAFTON, Friday. — A young boy was drowned in the Clarence River near his parents’ home yesterday afternoon…

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Baby Drowned in Bath Tub

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 1

A baby aged nine months was drowned in a bath at Darlinghurst. The mother, Mrs. Ruby Giokas, who came from Greece three years ago,…

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