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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Two Teachers Thrown From Cycle, Injured Cycle-car Collision on Bend at Lower Bowman

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 4

Two school teachers were thrown from a motor cycle they were riding when it collided with a car on a bend of the Lower Bowman Road last…

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Accident at Sawmill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 2

Kevin Martin, 19, of Monkerai. was injured whilst working at the Monkerai Sawmill on Tuesday. A. flitch of timber fell on the big…

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Two Men Injured In Week-end Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Bizant received a fractured spine on Saturday when he fell from the roof of a partly-built garage…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Olive Coleman, 46, a miner employed at Millfield colliery, had his left hand injured when it was jammed…

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Hand Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

When he was struck by a piece of coal at Millfield colliery this morning Clive Coleman, 46, of Mt. View Road…

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Accident at Abattoir

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

A 17-years-old youth-employed at the Maitland Abattoir received an incised wound to the index finger of his left…

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Inquest Into Motor Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 3

On Thursday morning the deputy coroner. (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) will hold an inquiry into the death of Lucy…

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Child Drowned in Sheep Dip

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 4

SINGLETON: The Singleton Coroner (Mr. A. M. Chandler) returned a finding of accidental death after an…

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Injured in Loco Yards

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: When he was caught between the buffers of two waggons. Georga Brow, 35, of 21 Estell-steet,…

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Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. A. M. Chandler, yesterday returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest on 70-year-old…

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Fireman Injured

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 5

A fireman who was injured in Woy Woy tunnel on Friday stayed on the engine till the train reached Broadmeadow. The fireman, Hubert Sheen, 23, of…

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Accident Victim Dies In Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 4

Fr[?] Stanley [?], [?] licenses of the Dar[?] Hotel, Wing[?] in [?] General Hospital [?]…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

David Smith, 45, a miner, of Harle-street, Abermain, had his left leg lacerated when struck by timber at Abermain No. 3…

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Foundry Worker Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 2

A 27-yeare-oId foundry worker received a lacerated wound when he was hit .on the legs with a niece of metal…

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Accident Victim Dies In Hospital

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 5

Francis Stanley Mahoney, 39, licensee of the Durham Hotel, Wingham, died in Maitland General Hospital…

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Mine Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

When he was struck by a piece of coal at Aberdare Colliery on Wednesday, James Dean, 38, a miner, of Anstey…

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Rodeo And Dance Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1951 · page 6

Two men were Injured at Gresford yesterday. Allan field 20, of Grestord was thrown by a bullock ho…

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Boy Drowned After Slip From Bridge

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE.—An eightyear-old boy, returning home from Sunday school yesterday morning, was drowned…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 1

Patricia Powell, 12, of Mount View road. Cessnock, fractured her right collarbone when she fell at the West End…

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Unusual Accident in Mine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 1

A mine worker sustained a penetrated wound to the calf of his left leg this afternoon In an unusual colliery accident…

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