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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Two Men Believed Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

Police fear two men may have been drowned in pipe Clay Creek near [?] (Raymond Terrace)…

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Many Road Accidents Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

Grea[?], rain socked surfaces, with carried the harvest New [?] Eve [?] in years [?] many accidents debt night, and…

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Violent Wind Causes Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

Violent wind in Saturday afternoon caused a motor cyclist and his passenger to be admitted to Maitland Hospital…

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Holiday Was "One of Quietest" Few Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

Although there was a constant stream of traffic through Singleton during the Christmas period, police report that it was…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

Jan Daniels, S, of Daniel-street. Cessnock, suffered a probable fracture of her right forearm in a fell at her home…

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Woman Killed in Car Accident Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 4

A woman was killed and three people injured a car overturned near The Rock, in Wagga district…

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Leg Injured By Axe

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

John White, 83, Greta-street, Aberdare, lacerated. his left leg when it was struck by an axe from which the handle had…

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Library Books Cause Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

A love of reading had annual results for two schoolboys in Maitland yesterday. The boys had borrowed library…

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Chipped Potato History Industry Founded On An Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

Potato chips, firm favourites with Australians, have an interesting origin. AN American Indian, cook…

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Injured Players Saved Team

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 5

Two players, who had been injured earlier [?]n the game, saved New South Wales from an innings defeat by MCC…

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Enginedriver Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

An enginedriver suffered extensive lacerations to the third finger of the right hand, when his hand was caught in the cog of a…

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Carriage Telescoped Eleven Injured When Express Hits Train Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 5

Eleven persons were injured when the Gympie express train crashed into a suburban train at Eagle Junction, four miles from the city, at 6 o’clock last night. Two carriages on the. suburban train were telescoped,…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

AUTHORITIES are making great efforts to reduce the high accident toll on Australian roads, and are appealing to the public in many diverse ways. In America similar campaigns are being conducted…

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Fireman Injured Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

A fireman was seriously in[?] when he fell through the roof of Sherwood picture theatre while fighting a fire last night…

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Road Accidents Worrying New Zealanders WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

Traffic authorities say that drunkenness at the wheel is now assuming such proportions that the time has passed when the…

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Bus Turned Over, Four Injured TAMWORTH

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 3

A privately chartered bus skidded and overturned ,at Barraba last night injuring four of the 33 passengers…

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Arm Severed ln Road Accident ORANGE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 5

Gordon Sam[?] of pen[?] street, Row[?] Sydney had his left arm [?] above the elbow in a car accident…

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Hops Crash Into Tram Four Men Injured. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

Four men were injured when hales of hops slipped from a track and shattered two front compartments of a crowded train at the corner of…

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Killed In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 3

Frederick Searl, about 30, of Rothbury, was killed when a motor cycle be was riding and a motor car collided on the New…

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Motor Cyclist Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

A young man was killed when his motor cycle collided with a lorry at the north end of the Long Bridge on Saturday after…

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