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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Injured Man Found On Roadway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3

An injured mail was found in a semi-conscious condition on the roadway in Parallel-street, Maitland, on Saturday night…

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More Deaths in Motor Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 2

Edward Taylor, 20, of Northumberland road, Auburn, was killed at Glenorie yesterday and Margaret Saunders, 19, of Old…

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Workmen Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

Two men were injured this morning whilst engaged at their Jobs. When he was slewing a skip,…

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Car Driver Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 4

Mn R. B. Sevil (35), of Tarralea, Willow Tree, receiving lacerated and contrused wounds to the right side of the head, and…

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Bus, Three Cars in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tues.—A singledecker bus and three ears were up In a collision on Maitland Road outside Sandgate…

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Boy Injured

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

Whilst at play yesterday, Gordon Watkins, 13, of Greta-street, Aberdare, fell and received a fracture of his right forearm…

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Eye Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 11

At Stanford Main No. 2 on Wednesday Aubrey Coulton, 43, of Francis-street, Paxton, received an injury to his left eye when he was…

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Mineworker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 5

Yesterday morning, Ray Cousins, 17, of Church-street, Cessnock, suffered a lacerated and contused finger of his left hand when it was caught…

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Kurri Accidents

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

When he fell from a building, william Buller, 59, a fitter, of Fourth-street, Weston, employed at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, received a probable…

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Late Alex. H. McKEAND. Accidental Death Verdict

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 7

On Monday last at the Denman Court House, the District Coroner, Mr. K. McMahon, J.P., conducted an inquiry into the death of Leslie…

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Four Injured When Car Overturnd

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON,: Monday.—Four young persons were admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital after the cat? in which they were…

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One Killed; Four Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—One man was killed and four others were injured when a truck and a car collided at the corner of…

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Youth Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 2

Alec Bowen, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bowen, Stroud, received a fractured skull and severe shock when the tractor he was driving…

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Boy’s Leg Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wed. — Brian Leighton, 10-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leighton, injured his right leg while at play…

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Drowning Boy Saved

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.— Schoolboys rescued Norman Chambers, 1[?] Mitchell-street, Merewether, from drowning in Merewether…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 1

Struck by a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery on Wednesday Herbert Bartlett, 44. miner, of Brown's Lane, Kurri, received…

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Boy Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—Tony Chelker, 4, Kearsley-street, Aberdare, tell while playing at his home to-day, and fractured his…

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Kurri Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 7

When he fell from a landing at Richmond Main colliery yesterday, Allan Thomas Johns, 18, a dipper, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main, received…

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Car Crashes, Woman Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 4

LISMORE, Monday.—An Armidale woman was seriously injured when she was thrown from a car after it left the road and…

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Three Women Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 1

Three women were admitted to Cessnock Hospital last night following a collision between two motor vehicles on the Cessnock…

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