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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Ambulance Car in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: As ambulance, carrying a child suffering from eucalyptus poisoning, collided with a motor cycle, injuring the…

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Cattle Injured On Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

SINGLETON: Denman Singleton Pastures Protection “Board will write to the Main Roads Department asking that something…

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"Road Accident Figures Appalling

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 6

An appeal to road users to use more care and less speed was made in Sydney during the week. The appeal was made by the police…

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Cessnock Five Accidents in Morning

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 6

At Aberdare colliery on Tuesday morning David Burgoine, 45, a miner, of Tomalpin Street, Kearsley, tripped whilst walking…

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Mine Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 4

Singleton and District Ambulance had to be summoned, when a miner met with an accident at Liddel Coliery,…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

When he was struck by a piece of coal at Abermain No. 2 colliery on Wednesday Peter Gelamansky, 34, a…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 1

The N. R. M. A. shares the alarm expressed by the Australian Road Safety Council at the big Increase the number of accidents Involving…

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Man Drowned In Gutter

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG.—James Anderson, 65, an old-age pensioner, was found drowned in a gutter in Dark's Road, West Dapto,…

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Drop In Accidents To Pedal Cyclists

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

Pedal cyclists continue to maintain their good safety record, said Mr. Arkell, president of the Maitland branch of the Road…

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Injured in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

When a motor-cycle came into collision with a utility truck at the comer of Hail and Cumberland streets,…

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Negroes Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON: Four negro youths, all aged about 13, were drowned yesterday, when they jumped into the Anacostia River…

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Jets in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

LONDON: Three pilots were killed when two [?] jet planet collided in [?] at [?] Hill, Kent, and a third crashed [?]…

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Shotfirer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

While he was shotfiring at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday, William Chappel, 48, a miner, of Bridge-street,…

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Accident Victim Improves

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 5

The condition of Kenneth Mills, 21, of Raymond Terrace, who was admitted to Cessnock Hospital after having been…

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Near Drowning Fatality at Bunyah Creek

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 3

A young man was extremely fortunate to escape drowning on Saturday morning, when a flying fox on which he was crossing Bunyah Creek…

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Drowning Child Resuscitated

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 3

A small child had a narrow escape from death on Sunday when he wast found floating in a creek at Bohnock. He wan Garry Carle, son of Mr…

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Two Miss Death by Split Second Level Crossing Accident at Ward's River Railway Gates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 4

Two occupants of a utility truck escaped death by a fraction of a second at a level crossing near Gloucester shortly after mid-day on Saturday. The Kempsey passenger train bore down on their truck just after the vehicle had…

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Six Dead in Rail Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 3

BUENOS AIRES—Six people were killed and 34 injured yesterday when a suburban train smashed into the rear of a…

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