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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Week-end Accidents in Country Areas

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

Marjorie Goodwin, 26, of Maitland Road, Kurri Kurri, suffered a probably fractured neck on Saturday in a…

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Local Business Man Injured Collision near Gosford

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Local businessman, Jack Bond, is in Gosford Hospital following a collision between a 'bus and a motor-cycle ridden…

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Scone Solicitor in Car Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Mr. A. A. McLelland, solicitor, of Scone, escaped injury when his car collided with an oncoming car near the Sandy Creek bridge recently…

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Accidents to Children on Roads

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

“The number of serious road accidents involving school children is casual the authorities much concern “Ald. Arkell,…

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Injured by Tyre Blow-out

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Mr Allan Berry, of Kangaroo Street 'Raymond Terrace, suffered severe head injuries whilst repairing a tyre…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 5

Ron Mewitt, 19, wheeler, of Edden-street, Bellbird, received an injury to his ankle while at work at Bellbird colliery this…

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43 Die In Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 5

Forty-three people were killed when a Cuban DC4 airliner collided with a U.S. Navy plane yesterday…

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Injured by Exploding Cartridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

Fourteen-years-old Thomas Penfold, of Christie-road, Tarro, received treatment from a doctor last night for a…

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Accidents in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK.—Jack O’Shea, 41, of Spencer-st., Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, was struck by…

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Chicquita Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 3

Chiquita [?] No. 1 mare, is out of racing, at least until the [?] She shied at some magpies, which…

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Boy Injured In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Stanley Merriman, 16, of Christie-st., Glebe, was injured today when he was thrown from a panel ran under…

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Boy Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

Concussion and severe abrasions were suffered by John Namara, 13, of John Street, Singleton, when the bicycle he was riding crashed into the side of a lorry. The accident…

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Motorcyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

Robert Leece,22, of Tyrrel Stret, Newcastle, was injured early last night when he was thrown from his motor cycle at…

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Five Killed, 52 Injured On Way To Church

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: Five passengers were killed and 52 injured yesterday, when a runaway bus, carrying churchgoers, crashed into a…

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Five Killed, 52 Injured In U.S. Bus Crash New York, Mon

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

Five passengers were kitted and 52 injured yesterday when a runaway bus carrying churchgoers crashed into a concrete…

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Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: John McNamara, 1[?] of John-street, Singleton, suffered connection when the bicycle he was riding collided with…

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Man Killed When Coal Truck Overturns Road Fatality on Hill

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

J. McKay was killed at about 10.30 a.m. yesterday when his 10ton Mack diesel truck overturned at the foot of the hill approaching…

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[?] Injured In Ring Accident at Wingham

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 4

Six people wore injured at the Kinghan Jubilee Show on Friday week, when a horse ridden by B. Blanch, of Wherrol Flat, in…

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Miners Injured by Prop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK:—Two [?] workers were injured in [?] dare Extended colliery to-day when a horse [?]…

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Accidents: One Fatal

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

A man named J. MacKay, an employee of Theiss Bros., of Muswellbrook, met with shocking injuries on Monday last when a…

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