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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Collision on the Medowie Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Norman Stephens, 54, of Medowie, his son Peter Stephens, 28 of Medowie and M. Blanch carrier, of Tea Gardens, were injured when their trucks collided on the…

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Migrant Injured by Falling Timber

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

A Ukrainian migrant emplyocd by the Masonite Corporation near Bulandeiah was struck on the head and shoulders by a lim[?] which fell from a tree. The man, Nicholas…

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Seven Injured In Bus Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Seven people were injured this morning when a crowded bus was torn open by a shop awning at Glebe…

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Teacher Saves Pupil From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

Singleton Intermediate High School teacher, Mrs M. Coote, acted quickly, when one of her pupils, Lorraine Grundy, got into…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

Ronald Morrison, 16, of East Cessnock, sidler at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, fractured his left arm and suffered from shock when his arm…

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Four Women Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Saturday. — When a car and a truck collided at Wallsend last night four women on were Injured…

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Plumber Critically Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sat—George Dawe, 39, of Tamarra-street, Bondi, a plumber, who fell 20 feet to the ground at the Colonial Sugar…

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Saved Baby From Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: An 11-years-old boy yesterday saved a two-year-ld baby girl, Marjorie O’Connor, from drowning at Arcadia, Lake…

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Two Children Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 10-years-old boy and a 16-months-old baby were drowned on Saturday. Peter Miles Robertson, 10, of…

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Woman Killed: 25 Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Mon. — A woman was killed and 25 were injured when a bus and a fire engine collided at a city street intersection…

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Miner Injured By Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

Struck by a fall of coal at Bloomfield colliery this morning. Percy J. Winchester, miner, 27 of Church-street, Cessnock received injuries…

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Two Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

A motor cyclist and push cyclist were injured in a collision at the corner of Raymond Terrace-road and Victoria-street,…

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Cessnock Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

Struck by a fall of coal at Bloomfield Main colliery yesterday, Percy Winchester, 27. miner, of Church-street, Cessnock, received injuries to…

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Former Craven Resident Injured at Broken Hill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 4

Ronald Melmeth, 26, formerly of Craven, who has been employed in the zinc mines at Broken Hill for some time past, was seriously injured on…

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Accident at Gresford

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon about 1.30 p.m., the Gresford mail and service car, driven by Mr. Kelvin Crouch, of Gresford, crashed into a tree when…

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Kurri Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

Victor Stauffer, 50, a pit top hand, of Abermain-street, Pelaw Main, sustained a crushed finger of the right hand while at work at Pelaw Main…

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Mine Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

Robert McCalloch, 35, of Pelaw Main, a miner employed at Richmond Main colliery, [?] crushed right foot while at work yesterday. He was…

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Killed in Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

MUSWELLBROOK: Mrs. Mary Virginia Cross (23) lost her life as a result of injuries received when a car in which she was a…

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Accidentally Hanged Himself

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A Sea Scout, Frederick Leslie Gilkes, 13, of Parkdale, accidentally hanged himself while training…

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Opening of Motor Fatality Inquest

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

The Maitland District Coroner (Mr. F. Ft. R. Wood, SM) opened an inquest-at West Maitland courthouse yesterday afternoon…

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