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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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School Boy Injured

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

While at school yesterday morning, five-years-old Ron Lewis of Daniel street, Cessnock [?]…

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Two Cyclists Collide : Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE.—Two motor cyclists were seriously injured when they collided headon in Government Road,…

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Motor Accidents Make Heavy Demand on Hospital Beds Accommodation Should Be Increased

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 4

The total of 650 people who have died following road accidents in New South Wales so far this year was greater then the total casualties An the Korean war, the president of the Maitland Hospital Board…

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Four Men Feared Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

HOBART: Four men are feared drowned when a dinghy from which they were fishing was swamped in Ralph’s Bay…

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Child Drowned In Trough

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

A two-years-old boy was drowned in a water trough on his father’s property at Aberdeen…

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Injured in Fall From Fence

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

George Jenkins, 30, of Prince-street, Conley Vale, suffered an injure to his neck and concussion when he tell…

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(By Beth Shearer, 10 years—4th Class) Causes and Prevention of Road Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 4

Many serious, and often fatal, accidents are caused by the carelessness of drunken drivers, speeding, and by…

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The Prevention of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 4

Accidents are frequently caused by careless and inconsiderate drivers. If a human being is to walk on to the…

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Ignored Warning; Four Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

SAN DIEGO (California): Four persons were drowned and two others disappeared when a light fishing yacht was…

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Avoided Collision But tost His Life

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: A family of five owed their, lives yesterday to Robert. F. Davis, Ed, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,…

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Child Drowned in Trough. a Berdeen Tragedy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

A two-year-old boy was drowned in a water trough on his; father's property at Aberdeen. He was Kerry James Dixon, of…

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Baby Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 3

The town and district was stunned and full of sympathy for the Dickson family, when it was learned that the body of the baby…

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Child Drowned in Trough

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

A two-years-old boy was drowned in a water trough on his father's property at Aberdeen. He was Kerry James Dixon of…

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Parkes Men Seriously Injured Cas Hits Horse on Forbes Road Dungog Man's Son in Smash

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

Two young Parkes men received severe head injuries when the car in which they were returning to Parkes from Forbes struck and…

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Shark Fatality

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 4

NEWCASTLE.—The horribly mauled body of Frank Okulich, 21, Australian surf ski champion, was washed…

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Child Drowned in Trough

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 1

A two-year-old boy was drowned in a water trough on his father's property at Aberdeen…

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Unusual Accident to Eye

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Peter Fletcher, 11, of Paxton had his right eye injured in an [?]nusual way to-day…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 6

When a motor-cycle co[?]ded with a car at the intersection of Lawes and Williams-streets East Maitland, late yesterday…

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Two Injured When Cycle Skidded

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 3

Two man were injured in a motor cycle accident, when the machine which they were riding skidded in High-street…

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Man Dies in Crash Four Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 4

NEWCASTLE.—John Duffell, 21, of Regent Street, Maitland, died in hospital from injuries received in a…

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