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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Two Injured in Lorry-Bus Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 3

Two men were injured when a motor lorry and bus came into collision near Tester's Hollow on Friday night…

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Sydney Specialist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Dr. Sydney Blumer, 63, Macquarle-street specialist, was critically Injured last night when he was struck by a car…

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Two Injured in Street Falls

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 2

A 77-years-old man received lacerations to the forehead and nose and shock when he tell on the High Street traffic bridge…

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Injured In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 2

A man was severely injured last night when a car he was driving collided with a utility truck at the corner of the…

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Old Man Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 2

WAUCHOPE, Wed.—The body of Isaac McLeod, 79, was found in the Hastings River about eight miles from Wauchope, and one and a half…

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He Was Drowning Hero Ewin Saw It

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 5

Jim Ewin, whose memoirs we recently published, is an "all round man." He has been everything. But who would think that he was a…

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Inquiry Into Martin’s Creek Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 2

District Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) will conduct an inquest next Wednesday at 10 [?]m. Into the death of Sidney Welton, 62,…

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Doctor’s Death After Street Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—A Macquarie-street Specialist, who was critically injured when struck by a car in Holden-street, Ashfield, on…

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Another Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — Another man has been drowned in the floods — bringing deathroll to three…

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Shooting Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 4

A very tragic shooting accident occurred on Sunday afternoon last at Dartbrook, when Thomas Andrew Clark, aged 14 years, was…

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Record Rains Flood Half the State. Ah Transport Disorganised. Two Deaths From Drowning. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

The record rains which have flooded half of the State have disorganised all transport, forced people from their homes, with staggering property…

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Headlines One Year Ago. Lightning Flood in Hunter Three Lost by Drowning: Widespread Damage in District

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 7

MONDAY, June 20, '49.—The most remarkable feature of the flood in the Hunter which reached Singleton in the early…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 1

Harry Nolan, 41, a labourer employed by Cessnock Council had his little finger of his left hand ampulated after it had been crushed between…

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Struck By Lorry Pensioner's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 7

A verdict of accident death was returned by Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering when he held an inquiry at…

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Car Collision Injury Does Not Stop Campaign

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Robb, Labor candidate for, Gloucester, who is a storekeeper at Salamander Bay, received a contusion to the top or his head, an injury…

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Parents Blamed for Accident to Children

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday. — Police and road safety officials today blamed lack of parental control as mainly responsible for the…

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Man Believed Drowned at Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

A man is believed to have been drowned in Wybong creek near Muswellbrook, this morning. It is understood he was carting…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

Three mineworkers were injured at Cessnock yesterday. Jack Keegan, 28, of Hunter-avenue, Cessnock, wheeler at Aberdare…

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Dairy Farmer Drowned in Flooded Creek

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

A dairy farmer, Claude Googe, 37, single, was drowned yesterday in floodwaters at Wybong Creek, Muswellbrook…

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Drowned While Crossing Flooded Creek Death of Well-known Wybong Resident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

Claude Googe (37), single, was drowned while attempting to cross the flooded Wybong Creek at about 9 a.m. yesterday…

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