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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Man Escapes Injury. Valuable Horse Drowned. Glen Gallic Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

Mr. Norman Collins had a fortunate escape from injury recently, when his horse was drowned crossing the swollen Martindale…

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Weston Man Hurt in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

When the bicycle he was riding and a car came into collision at Rutherford yesterday, Ken Hindmarsh, 20, of Sixth-street, Weston…

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Horse and Sulky Found No Trace of Missing Man. Dartbrook Creek Drowning

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

Edward Charles Greer (58), who was well-known in the district, was swept from his sulky when he attempted to cross the flooded…

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Three Injured When Laden Loft Crashed to Ground

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

Three men were injured bit night when the ceiling of a shed into which was being packed out of flood reach the belongings of Mr. Keith Dilley, of 29 Sparke-st., crashed to the ground under weight of articles stored there…

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Two Killed, Two Injured in B.h.p. Mishap

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

Two men met their death from gas fames and two others were admitted to hospital as the result of a mishap at B.H.P. Steelworks,…

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Circus' Star Jumping Dog Road Victim. Tent Hand Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

Victim of a road accident outside Singleton was a valuable circus greyhound belonging to Ashton's Circus, which was on its way to…

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Youth's Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

Frederick Hogan, 16, of Aberdare, was thrown from a horse which kicked him on the knee on Friday night. He was admitted to Cessnock…

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Thousands of Sheep Are Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — Starving stock In the Weemelah district, between Moree and Mungindi, are being fed by food dropped…

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Back Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

Thursday. — Alan Brennan, 19 of Hickey-street, Cessnock, a wheeler employed employed at Bellbird colliery, was struck by a falling prop…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 7

Raymond Pullen, 18, a wheeler, of Hebburn Estate, Weston, had the top of the little finger of his left hand severed while at work at Hebburn No…

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Injured in Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday. — Following [?] In smash on the North [?]line this morning, details of which are given on page 1,…

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Late Australian News Four Injured in Electric Train Smash

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Four people were taken to hospital and dozens of injured treated on the spot after a triple electric train smash on…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 7

Struck by a heavy prop at Bellbird colliery yesterday. A[?]an B[?]man, 19, wheeler, of Hickey-street Cessnock, suffered an injury to the back…

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Freak Accident Moorland Man Injured by Own Truck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 2

Mr. E. M. Lambert of Moorland, was the victim of a freak accident on Monday. He had driven his truck to Taree, and parked it in Victoria…

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English Full-Back Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

GREYMOUTH (N.Z.), Monday (AAP-Reuter). — The English Rugby League team may be without its No. 1 full-back, Jim…

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Injured When Car Overturned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 3

When the car he was driving on Sunday night skidded in loose gravel and overturned in Margaret-street, West Cessnock, Frank Daubney, of…

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Grazier Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed.—The body of George Bernard Euright, 35, grazier, of Mungindi, was found in the flood waters near the New…

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£7000 Damages Awarded to Injured Man

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A 20-year-old cripple who, paralysed from the waist down as the result of a car accident, was awarded £7000…

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Road Accident Campaign

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. has appealed to the Minister for Road Transport (Mr. Sheehan) to act rigorously and at once in a new plan for road safety,…

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Mining Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed.— When he was struck by a Call of coal at Stanford Main Colliery No. [?] today, Edwin Anderson, 59,…

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