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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5
Also in Maitland Mercury

Keith Bell, 32 of Mills [?]resent Cessnock, a clipper, received abrasions to been [?] when he was jammed between…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5

William ("Tke") Johnson, 46, a miner, of Hall Street, Weston, received fractured ribs and a probable fractured leg when…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 7

Two mineworkers were treated for injuries and transported to hospital by Cessnock Ambulance on Wednesday…

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Collision Was Costly for Motorcyclist

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

Driving on the wrong side of the road and colliding with a utility truck cost Leo Scrivens a total of £3 when he…

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Bus Crashes Into Cattle Truck. Fifteen People Injured. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

Fifteen people were injured, four seriously, when a big passenger bus was ripped open in a collision with a parked cattle…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

Richard Aird (8), son of Mr. and Mrs. George Aird, sustained a fracture of the right forearm on Sunday last. After treatment…

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Eye Injured by Tin

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

Mrs. Thelma Baldwin, 33; married of Railway-street, Berisfield received a lacerated wound over the left eye to-day when who…

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Injured in Escape From Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A man was taken to hospital after jumping from the second floor of a building in Oxford-street, Taylor’s Square,…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

A miner suffered lacerations to his left hand when he was struck by a pick at Abermain No. 2 Colliery yesterday…

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Mine Workers injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Percy Harris 43, of McGrane-street, Cossnock, a rider, employed at Bellbird colliery , and his left ankle injured…

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Man Drowned in Muscle Creek. Coroner's Finding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

The body of a man, identified as William Harris, who had been living at the Muswellbrook Hotel, was found in Muscle Creek…

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Young Man Killed in Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

A young married man was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning when the car in which he was a passenger…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 5

Jammed between skips at Aberdare colliery yesterday, George Moore, 17, clipper, of Ferguson-street, Cessnock,…

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Man Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 2

While attempting to start a powerful tractor at the George Street workshop of the N.S.W. Mining Co., on…

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Fatally Injured By Car

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 1

A man, struck, by a car in front of Maitland Hospital early last night, [?]dled, in the hospital about £80 this…

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£6000 Verdict In Accident Claim

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman and her two children injured in a motor accident were awarded £6001 damages by consent in the…

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Motorcyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. R. G. Jesshope (26) of Telarah Road, Broadmeadow, sustained injuries to his left leg and shock,…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

A motor cyclist received injury to his left lag with probate fracture, and shook when he was bumped by a…

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Singleton Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON: Two brothers were Injured when the car in which they were travelling was involved In an accident…

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