Six Killed, Five Drowned in Week-end Accidents Brother, Two Sisters Drown in [?]
Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday.—There was a heavy accident at the week-end, when six persons were killed and drowned, while others were injured. One of the road accident victims wot Miss Una…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2
LONDON, January 2. — Sixteen hundred firemen were told yesterday that their jobs are too hazadous for insurance at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Girl Carried Five Miles
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1
KATOOMBA,., Tuesday.—Strapped to a stretcher, Miss Pat Sullivan 80, of Newcastle, Is being brought out of Jameson Valley, oar tens,…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Four persons were injured, one seriously, when a double-decker “bug struck a thick branch of a tree at The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy, 15, Drowned Trying To Save Cousin Holiday Fatality
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 5
A 15-year-old boy was drowned in a deep hole, on the Cockfighter Creek near Broke on Boxing Day trying to save his 12-year-old cousin who had got into difficulties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Skidded-Friend Knocked Down Two Men Injured
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2
A man who was riding his motor bike along the New England Highway near Belford, to meet a friend,…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4
Man and two women were injured in road accidents in Singleton during the Christmas and New Year…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A three-months-old girl was drowned in a bath last night when her mother suffered a blackout while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vivid Eye-witness Story of Accident Inquest On Motor-CycIist’s Death
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2
A dramatic eye-witness story of a fatal meter cycle accident was given by a bus driver when the Maitland Coroner, Mr. V. R. Jenkins, held an inquest yesterday into the death of Raymond Lyall Brooker, 21, carpenter, married,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Buses In Road Accident
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2
GOSFORD, Thurs.—Four buses and a lorry were involved in an accident a mile out of Gosford early last night, but only nine…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 4
When a mail coach overturned near Turill all occupants except one passenger escaped injury. The vehicle, which was being…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday.—Police are dragging the harbour at Waish Bay to-day for the body of a French seaman believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arrest Follows Fatal Car Accident
Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday. — A 25- years old motorist was charged with manslaughter to-day, following the death of Neville Mantova, 23, of…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2
Reginald Cyril Wallace, 61, agent, was admitted to Maitland Hospital late yesterday afternoon suffering from head injuries,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality Near Coff’s Harbour
Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 2
COFF’S HARBOUR, Monday— When a motor cycle crashed into a truck 11 miles from Coff’s Harbour, Mrs. Marjorle Lawler. 30. of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rowan’s Injured Knee
Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 4
PORT ELIZABETH, Jan. 8.— This South African bowler, A. Howan, who had cartilege removed from his knee after he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured In Road Smash One In Hospital
Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 2
A motorcyclist who was admitted unconscious to Dungog Hospital on Saturday night was this morning reported to be In a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel to Collision
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 3
A collision between a taxi and A horse and sulky in South Avenue at about 8.55 p.m. on August 27 resulted in the appearance of the taxi driver,…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2
A six-years-old boy, John Seymour, of Brisbane-st Lorn, suffered a probable fracture, of the ankle and shock when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineworkers Injured
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1
Struck by a prop at Bellbird colliery yesterday, David Johns, 30, miner, of Gallagher Street, Cessnock, received an injury to the back…
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