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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Motor Cyclists in Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 August 1950 · page 1

A series of accidents [?] afternoon involved increase to two motor cyclists. Cecil Kelly 23, of Woodville, riding a motor…

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Shiftman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 1

Yesterday morning Albert Condran, of Ellalong, a shiftman at CessnocK No. 1 colliery, received a probable fracture of his right hand when he…

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Tuesday. — Well-known local cyclist, Mr. W. Castles, was injured in an accident when riding to…

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Three Injured In Gas Main Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a gas main at Burwood exploded in their faces, three men were burned, one of them critically…

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£10 Fine for Drunken Driving Sequel to Collision with Post

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 3

Allan George Featherstone, 36, of Pokolbin, was fined £10 in default 20 days' imprisonment at Cessnock Court this morning…

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Child's Death Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 3

Christine Wilkinson, aged 2[?], who fell into a bucket of not water and was taken to hospital on Friday suffering from second degree scalds to…

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Injured by Falling Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 2

Maitland Ambulance travelled 76 miles to take a man injured by a falling tree to Maitland Hospital on Saturday…

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Macleay River Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 5

A horseman was browned in the Macleay River at Jerseyvale last night. The man, Ted Henshaw, 44…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 2

On Wednesday morning George McNamara, 18, of Congewai-street, Aberdare, received injuries to his right knee when he was struck by a…

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Leaves Cause A Tram Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A conductress suffered shock and the driver had a narrow escape when leaves caused a collision between two…

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Yesterday's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 7

Robert Nickerson, 31, miner, of Francis-street, Cessnock, received lacerations to his right knee when it was struck by a power borer while…

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Brothers Fell From Bridge And Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 1

MULLUMBIMBY, September 2. Police early to-day recovered the bodies of Standley Pulk, 11, and his 7-years-old brother Donald…

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INJURED lN Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 3

SINGLETON, Monday. — Leo Patrick Wallace, a railway employee, of Singleton, a passenger in car driven by J. Northern,…

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Three Killed In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Monday. — Three people were kitted and three seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling struck…

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Died After Belford Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 4

Edward Arthur Priest, 30. of Greta, died on Saturday from injuries received when, near Belford, his motor-cycle got in…

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Drowned When Dinghy Foundered

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 4

NELSON’S BAY, Tuesday. — John Andrew Jenson, 27, single, of Clissold-ave, Kempsey, was drowned near Broughton Island…

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Horse-breaker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

Ronald Powell, 36, of Harris-street, Cessnock, received general abrasions to his right leg when he was knocked down by a horse at Bellbird colliery…

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Youth Seriously Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

When a car, driven by two medical students from Sydney, collided with a youth, Albert Cox (18), of Scone, in…

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Injured in Fall at Factory

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

An employee, at Wills’ tobacco factory, Morpeth, was injured yesterday; when he fell from a loading ramp at the factory…

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Man's Body Found On Line Fatality at Weston

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

The badly mutilated body of Thomas Courtney, 77, of Grey-street, Wickham, was found on the railway line near Weston Station early on…

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