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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Colliery Proprietor Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Norman Marhelne, 40, proprietor of Kent Colliery, was admitted to Mater Hospital, Waratah, this afternoon as the result and…

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Injured By Horse CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

David Mosley, 46, of Paston, a shiftman employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had his lower Jaw fractured this morning when…

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Car Snaps Pole Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

The driver of a car was injured when it crashed into a telegraph pole, snapping it in two, at East Branxton, last night…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

The Bell, 47, a miner, of Main-road, Abermain, received injuries to his head and shoulders when struck by a fall of…

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Child Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

When he fell at his home this morning, two-years-old Garry Van Haren of Abergiasslyn-road, Rutherford sustained contusions to the…

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Kurri Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

Les. Armstrong 26, of 21 Booth-street, Kurri, a miner at Richmond Main colliery, badly lacerated the middle finger of…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

Colin Cain, 16, of Melbourne-street, Abermain, suffered a laceration to his left forearm when he was cut with a knife…

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Jockey Drowned In Dam

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

A young apprentice jockey, was drowned while exercising a horse in a dam near Molong, 22 miles north-west of Orange…

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Spine Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

Jack Davies, 37, of Glenroy-st., Thornton, was taken to Maitland Hospital, when the lower region of his spine was injured in a tall…

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Collision With Bridge Brought £2/10/ Fine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. M. J. McAnley, s. M. who is relleving for Mr. F. R. Wood, S. M. in Maitland court this morning fined a motorist £2/10/ with…

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Saved A Life Then Drowned BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

A boy was swept to death over a weir at Inglewood, alter b had saved a girl from drowning. Reginald John Stewart [?] but…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 2

When he fell off his motor cycle at Wiragulla last Saturday night, Mr. Jack Butler, Mary Street, suffered head Injuries, and was conveyed by…

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Colliery Accidents Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 3

Kevin Tranholme, 16, of Hallstreet, Cessnock, a clipper employed at Aberdare colliery, received an injury to his right…

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Two Jockeys Injured Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

Two apprentices jockeys were Injured, one critically in separate falls at Randwick and Victoria Park to-day…

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Clippers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

At Aberdare Extended Colliery on Wednesday, Owen Yates, 17, of McFarlane-st., Cessnock, a clipper, suffered…

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Tram Fire Follows Collision Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

Passengers and crew scrambled to safely when a dram collided with a lorry and caught fire in Elisabeth street, city to-day…

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Yesterday's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

Alfred Camroux, 31, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, received a lacerated finger while using a butcher's knife…

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Boy Drowned TAMWORTH

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 3

David Bacon, 10, was drowned in Artigas Creek yesterday. The boy had gone to get cattle and it is believed he went into the…

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Two Injured When Car Overturned SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 4

Leslie Thomas Mathews, 37, hotel proprietor, of Wollar, via Mudgee, and Wilfred Glew, King-st, Bylong, were admitted to…

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Fall Victim Was Fatally Injured Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

A rock fisherman who fell 70 feet down Dover Heights cliffs last night died in hospital to-day. The fisherman, Alfred Gordon…

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