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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Injured in Car Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

Mr. Robert Piper. well-known young resident, was involved in an accident when truck by a car in Guernsey…

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Coroner’s Verdict On Car Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday. — The acting district coroner (Mr. J. A. Letts) returned a verdict of accidental death when he held the…

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Miner Injured in Coal Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 7

Caught in a fall of fall at Aberdare colliery yesterday, Ray Howarth, 40, of Church-street, Cessnock, received injuries to the left leg and…

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Boy Fatally Injured at Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

An 11-years-old boy was fatally injured at Branxton yesterday. The boy, Graham John King, son of Sergeant E. G. King, of…

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Two Men Burned to Death After Collision

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 5

DARWIN, Tuesday.—Two men were burned to death and one was killed instantly on the Stuart Highway, near Darwin…

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Caught In Fall Of Earth Council Employee Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 5

While working on a bridge at Ellalong this morning. Cess. Craft, 63, of Millfield. was caught in a fall of earth and suffered a probable…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 7

Norman Griffith, 30, Northcote-street, Aberdare, miner at Aberdare colliery, was jammed between skips on Wednesday and received a…

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Woman Killed In Jeep Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

COFF’S HARBOUR. Friday. — Mrs. Irene Esther Palm, 40, was killed when a jeep on which she was handling cases of bananas…

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Arm Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

When he was caught between the of a lorry and a post on his property at Glenarvdn Road, Holwarra, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Fred…

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Boy (2) Injured; Shotgun Explodes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

A two-years-old boy was incited when a shotgun exploded while he and another boy were playing in a barn yesterday after,…

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Four Injured on Krambach Mountain Taxi Car and Lorry Collide

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

Four men from the Gloucester district were injured when a taxi cab in which they were travelling, between Krambach and Taree came…

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Injured in Fall From Horse Youth Brought From Giro by Jeep and Ambulance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

Fracturing his left collarbone in a fall from a horse on Sunday, Sam Cornell, 18, of Krambach, who was working at Monkeycott, had a long…

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Spectacular Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—When a motor cycle and a car collided last night the cyclist was thrown through the fabric hood of the…

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Jet Plane Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 6

LONDON, May 15.—The pilot of a Gloster Meteor jet plane was killed when his plane crashed near Sheffield last night…

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Bowman's Creek Bridge Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

At the adjourned inquest into the death of Neville Graham Cotterell, aged 36, of Eastwood, Mr. J. A. Letts, acting district…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

When the car he was driving ran off the New England highway at Bowman's Creek bridge at the week-end, D. Palmer,…

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Three Injured hi Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

Three youth were Injured today when a utility track collided head-on with a motor car in the new road near the pumping…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

Don Reynolds,19, a wheeler, of Buchanan, received injuries to his right ankle while at work at Buchanan-Borehole colliery yesterday…

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Train Passengers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Ten passengers were injured and many others had narrow escapes when a passenger train crashed…

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Hassen's Thumb Not Badly Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Jack Hassen's thumb was not badly injured in the light with the Mexican, "Baby" Ortiz, at Sydney Stadium last night…

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