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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Injured Man Flown To Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 3

A Married man who was seriously injured when run, over by the back wheel of a motor lorry at Blndara…

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Man Injured When Car Struck Horse

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: Henry Landers, of Glendonbrook, received In[?]rles to the neck when the car in which he was travelling on…

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Man Killed, One Hurt in Bulga Rd. Smash Five Killed in Week-end Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 2

Patrick Diamond, 29, of Shirley Road, Woolstonecratt, was fatally injured on Saturday night when a motor-car overturned on the Bulga road, about six miles from Singleton…

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Unusual Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 2

Mr. Harold Landers, of Glendonbrook, was the victim of an unusual accident at the weekend. While returning to his…

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Local Man's Death After Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 3

John James Curtin, 21, of Claire-street, West Cessnock. passed away at the Maitland Hospital on Saturday night…

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Tragic Drowning At Greenlands

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

Joyclyn Anne Kermode was drowned while crossing a rapidly running creek at Greenlands yesterday afternoon. She was the daughter of Mr…

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Racehorse Injured

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 3

Mr. Keith Clifford's racehorse, My Jewel, was injured when being loaded on to a lorry on Saturday morning. Along with other…

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Miner Hurt in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

A miner, [?] was riding to work, was injured in a collision between his bicycle and a car at North Rathbury yesterday…

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Girl Drowned in Creek

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: Joycelyn Anne Kermode, seven-years-old daughter of Mr. Raymond Kermode, of Greenlande, Singleton, was drown…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 4

A young married miner employed at the Leconfield Colliery was taken to Maitland Hospital after he had been…

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Child Drowned in Creek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

Joyclyn Annete Kermode, six years and 11 months, daughter of Raymond Thomas Kermode, of Greenlands, Singleton, was drowned on Tuesday…

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Auburn River Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE: Promising Newcastle sprinter, Auburn Rivers was seriously injured in a track accident at Doomben to-day…

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Bicycle and Utility. Collision at Intersection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

At 7.15 p.m. yesterday a bicycle, ridden by Frederick Charles Spence, of 13, Manning Street, and a utility, driven by Colin Henry Thompson,…

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Charge Follows Collision Negligent Driving Fine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

A collision between a car and a truck in Wollombi-rd, Cessnock, on March 13 resulted in the appearance of…

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Auburn River. Newcastle Sprinter Injured Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 2

Promising Newcastle sprinter, Auburn River, was seriously injured in a track accident at Doomden today. The colt suffered a broken rib…

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Mine Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: George Mcholls, [?] of Wast Cessnock, a miner played at Aberdare colliery [?]iyaed a severely lacerated…

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Child Drowned Crossing Creek

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

A seven-years-old child was drowned on Tuesday afternoon While crossing a creek at Greenlands, near Single ton. She was Joycelyn Anne Kermode…

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Unusual Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

Mr. Harold Landers, of Glendonbrook, was the victim of an unusual accident at the weekend. While returning to his home from Gresford…

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Singleton Man Injured In Crash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Twenty-years-old Ronald Thomas Walker, of Glendon, near Singleton, suffered a compound fracture of the leg…

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Local and General News Injured in Crash

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

Ronald Thomas Walker, 20, of Glendon, suffered a compound fracture of the leg and lacerated forehead yesterday when his…

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