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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Two Ravensworth Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Norman Booth, aged 43, of Ravensworth, and Joseph McGowan, aged 27, also of Ravensworth, were injured when a car…

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Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Two cars collided at the intersection of Pitt and Sussex Streets shortly after noon today. One was driven by Mr N…

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Accident to Barry Newton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Barry Newton, son of Mr and Mrs J. Newton, of William Street, has had his share of bad luck recently. He is a…

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Fingers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Friday.— When his hand ns caught in the blades of a jointer machine at the Newcastle Upholstering…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

W. A. Patterson, 30, a minor, of Main Road, Abermain, had the middle two fingers of his right hand crushed when caught between a sprag and a…

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Shift man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

CESSNOCK. Friday. — Albert Henry, 33. of Ellalong a shift man employed at Millfield colliery, suffered probable fractured…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

Struck by falling coal while at work at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday, David Dixon, 59, of Campbell Street, Cessnock, a miner,…

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Unusual Accident at Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

A youth was taken to Newcastle Hospital yesterday with his thumb jammed in part of a sausage machine…

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Lad Injured Playing Football

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

Condition of Geoffrey Dunlop, 10-year-old son of Alderman and Mrs. C. H. Dunlop, of Kent Street, Singleton, who…

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Scalp Injured By Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK. Monday.—Leslie Ham, 27, of Main Road, Neath, a top hand employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery was struck by…

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Detonator Cause Loss of Fingers. Scone Youth Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 4

When Eric Morris (19), of Scone, picked up a pink shell in an out-buiding on a property near Parkville, he did not know he was handling a…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

Neil Wilson, 18, of Atkinson Street, Bellbird, dislocated his left shoulder while playing football on Sunday at Bellbird…

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Arm Amputated. Open Cut Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

James Raymond Parr (24), married, the victim of an accident at the open cut mine on Friday last, had his right arm amputated at the elbow on…

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Man Injured in Road Accident Singleton Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

A young Englishman was thrown from his motor cycle late yesterday when he collided with a car at the…

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Collision of Sulky, Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Malcolm McRae, 73, of Largs, was injured last night when his sulky and a lorry collided at the corner of High and St. Andrew…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3

SINGLETON, Wed.—An Englishman, Thomas Heath, who was journeying to Queensland on motor cycles with three…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Dungog Man Dies From Injuries

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1

The many friends of the late Mr. Edwin James Keith Porter, 31, of Dowling Street, Dungog, were shocked to learn of his untimely death in a…

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Railman Injured In Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

A railway timekeeper was severely injured about the head and back early this morning when he was struck…

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Millfield Miners Injured In Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

Four employees of Millfield colliery were injured when a truck capsized on Wollombi Road, about four miles from Ceasnock…

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Motorcyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

Colliding with a telegraph pole while riding a motorcycle, Charles, Harison, 22, of Lismore-street, Abermain, fractured his right thigh and…

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