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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Shotfirer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 6

William Cook, 49, a shotfirer, of Barton St., Kurri Kurri, received injuries to both forearms, abrasions and shock…

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Increase in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

Addressing the annual meeting of the Veteran Motorists' Association of Australia, the Comissioner…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 3

Patricia Powell, 12, of Mt. View Road, Cessnock, received a probable fracture of the right collarbone when she fell…

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Postal Official Injured

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 4

Mr. Keith Newton, who was for some time postman here, before leaving for his home town of Denman, was seriously injured in…

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Motor Accident Ends Fatally. Mr. S. H. Mahony the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 8

Mr. Francis Stanley Mahony, licensee of the Durham Hotel. Wingen, passed away in the Maitland General Hospital late on Wednesday afternoon last, the result of injuries received when a utility truck he was driving on the New England Highway,…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 4

CESSNOCK: William Wilmolt, 50, Mackay-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Maitland Main Colliery, had…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

When he dropped a piece of coal his foot at Maitland Main colliery on Wednesday William Wilmott, 50, a miner…

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Panic After Collision of Trains

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: Panic brake [?] when two trains collided in a tunnel beneath New York'e fashionable Park…

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Infant Dies After Park Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 4

Struck by a swing as she left the sand pit where she had been playing in Burdekin Park on Sunday, Denice…

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Train Crews Killed In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

ORCHARD (Idaho): Five railwaymen were killed yesterday when two goods trains crashed head-on In…

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Motor Cycle Riders Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 2

Two New Australians, NijoIe Barydys, 18, and Jarko Ladyzynatsy, 25, were injured when the motor cycle…

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Four injured When Car Overturned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

Four people—two adults and two children—were injured when the car in which they were travelling…

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Aerial Ambulance Passenger Drowned Smoke Haze Prevented Sighting Aerodrome

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE: The patient was drowned when ah aerial ambiance crashed into the sea 20 miles north of Cairns fast night. The pilot, an ambulance bearer and a passenger…

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Patient Drowned. Aerial, Ambulance Crashes Into Sea. Three Survivors. Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

The patient was drowned when an aerial ambulance crashed into the sea 20 miles north of Cairns last night. The pilot, ambulance…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 3

James Davidson, 41, a miner of Aberdare Road, Aberdare, suffered a laceration to his right elbow when he was…

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Young Woman Killed in Car Accident Brother For Trial On Manslaughter Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

A 28-years-old fitter wot committed for trial the Maitland Coroner’s Court yesterday afternoon on a charge of feloniously tidying his sister. He was Herbert Luke Cormick, of First-avenue,…

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Maitland Has Share Of Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 5

Addressing aldermen during a brief session of last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council, Mr. M. W…

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Over 20 Drowned In Flood

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES: More than 20 persons were drowned in the flood which engulfed Tandil, Argentine resort town, 150…

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Two Badly Injured in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

When the motor-cycles they were riding cause into collision at Caledonis Railway Crossing yesterday…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

Noel Morton; 22, a miner, of Rawson street, Kurri received injuries to his left thigh and hip when he fell on some nails…

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