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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Child Drowned in Sheep Dip

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

JUNEE: Leonard Hancock, three years, son of Mr. V. Hancock, of Erin Vale, was drowned in a sheep dip…

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Bus Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 3

[?]OWAR: Now[?] [?] (Mr. [?] W. Walsh) today [?] a C[?] of [?] at the [?] when…

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Young Man Found Shot Scone Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

Stafford Frederick Hodges, 19-year-old railway porter, was found shot dead in Scone about noon on Monday. Police found him shot through…

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Death Was Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

A finding of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Cor[?] Mr. V. R. Jenkins, at an Inquest in Maitland yesterday into…

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Mine Fatality

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

MAITLAND.—The Maitland Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) who returned a verdict of accidental death at an…

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Announcer Injured In Studio

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 5

Radio announcer Gordon McBrien was injured while on duty at 2HR this morning. He was fixing a studio…

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Young Man Found Shot. Scone Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 5

Stafford Frederick Hodges, 19year-old railway porter, was found shot dead in Scene about noon on Monday…

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Cessnock Youth's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Maitland Deputy-Coroner (Mr. V. Jenkins) yesterday when he…

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Five Hurt in Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

The driver of a car and four passengers were Injured when the car struck a post near Iron-bark Bridge, Hexham. AU are…

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Miner Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

Mervyn Howard, of Sussex Street, a miner, sustained a lacerated, wound to his leg when he was struck by a falling slab…

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Scone Shooting Fatality (Continued From Page One)

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 8

I went into the room and saw him sitting on the edge of the bed, slumped over, towards the wardrobe with his head down towards…

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Scone Shooting Fatality Coroner Holds Inquest Railway Porter's Death

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

The district Coroner, Mr. N. J. Hunt conducted an inquest into the fatal shooting of a junior railway porter in a Scone boarding house on 16th inst…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 6

Two bad car smashes occurred last week. The first was on Thursday night, when a Holden ran into the guide fence about 150…

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Road Accidents Increasing

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 4

" Where are the great improve me[?] in modern transport leading us? After [?]ing the latest [?]ad accident [?] it would…

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Blasting Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

A man, who was admitted to the Maitland Hospital with a fractured skull and facial injuries, following an explosion on a…

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Electrician Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 4

While attempting to repair some electric wiring from the roof of Messrs. Alexander's, the dry cleaners, yesterday, an…

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Motorcyclist Injured

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

A young man was injured when the motorcycle he was riding came into collision with a bus at Kearsley Corner early…

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Injured by Crowbar

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 4

Mr.W.Thomas, of the Railway Construction Camp, was injured when a crowbar he was using failed to grip and…

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Four Footballers Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 4

Four footballers were taken to hospital at the weekend. William Lind, 20, of Ferguson Street, Cessnock, was…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 5

Following a collision between the motorcycle he was riding and a motor car near Lake-st., Swansea, William Roberts, 22,…

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