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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

Alan Goodwood, 18, of Guest-street, Cessnock, shunter at Kallngo colllery, lacerated his left shin and suffered abrasions to his right leg when…

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Killed on Holidays. Women in Mystery Bus Accident. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 2

A young married woman was fatally injured and her sister critically injured in a mystery bus accident in Devlin Street, Ryde, late last night…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Don Stacey, 47, of Jurd-st., Cessnock, mechanic, was handling a battery when acid splashed in his right…

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Woman Injured By Sydney Tram

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—An elderly woman was knocked down and jammed under the wheels of a tram outside her home at…

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Lorry Hits Tree Lady Boxer Injured at Booral

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 2

When a lorry in which she was travelling, hit a tree on the Raymond Terrace side of Booral on Saturday, Miss Catherine Thomas, well-known…

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Second Death Follows Bus Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Second of two sisters injured in a mystery bus accident at Ryde died in hospital early this morning…

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Injured Foot

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 4

Mr. H. Nehauer, of Miller’s Forest, whose foot was injured when a dray passed over it, has returned home after treatment at…

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Fatality At Burwood Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — A miner was killed by a Call of coal at the BHP Burwood colliery today…

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Bus Probe Over Ryde Double Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police will question bus crews at Burwood depot to-day in the hope of locating the driver and conductor of…

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Bathurst Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 4

BATHURST, Friday.—A 65-year-old pensioner, John Edwards, of Georges Plains, was found dead In the Vale Creek,…

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Level Crossing Fatality Woman's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) on Wednesday when…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 7

Arthur Davis, 33, of Edden-street Bellbird miner at Pelton colliery was struck by falling timber on Wednesday…

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Miner Injured Back

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 6

Joseph Moran, 45, a miner, of Lang-st., Kurri Kurri, employed at Bloomfield Main Colliery, injured his back whilst putting a…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 7

Thomas Appleby, 33. Old School Hill, Abermain, miner at Bellbird colliery, had his back injured when struck by a fall of coal yesterday…

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Two Injured In Bus-Lorry Smash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1950 · page 2

The driver of a bus and a passenger in a lorry were injured last night In a collision near Teeter’s Hollow, on the…

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Sid's Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1950 · page 5

"Will of the wisp" Sid Bamback arrived in Tea Gardens during the week, but not to work. He was just looking for sympathy, for Sid had a…

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Unusual Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1950 · page 2

Mr. Lance Farley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Farley, of Kia-Ora, met with an unusual and painful accident at the week-end. For some time…

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Baby Drowned in Bucket

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday—Roblyn Suzanne Sandy, 11 months, was drowned in a bucket of water outside the kitchen door of her…

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Two Injured When Car Hit Tree

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 2

Two men were injured on Saturday night when a car in which they were travelling ran off the road at Dunn’s Creek,…

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Four Drowned When Their Launch Was Trapped In Whirlpool

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 1

PITTSBURGH, June 12.—Two men and two women were swept to their deaths in the foaming spillway of an Allegheny River dam on Saturday night, when their cabin launch was trapped in a whirlpool…

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