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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Jockey Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

Noel Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bell, of Singleton, suffered injuries to the shoulder when the horse he was riding in the…

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Constable Injured SYDNET

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

A police constable was injured in a struggle with a man he tried to arrest is Su[?]ser-street, City, today. The constable was…

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Injured in Fall at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

A scraper driver at Ayr[?]ld No. 8 colliery was injured when he fell from a landing at work yesterday afternoon…

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Child’s Death Accidental Gloucester

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

The district coroner (Mr. F. J. Smith) held as inquest into the death of Mary Eloise Moore, who was killed by a motor lorry at…

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Mineworkers' Deaths Accidental Double Fatality at Neath

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering)…

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Three Motor Vehicles Involved. Accident on New England Highway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Unusual features were associated with an accident on the New England Highway, in which two cars and a semi trailer were…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 2

The rider of a motor cycle and his pillion passenger were Injured when their cycle skidded in gravel on the Seaham-road,…

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Abermain Woman Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 2

When the lorry in which she was travelling collided with another vehicle on the New England Highway near Monte Pio…

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Body of Young Man Discovered Today Victim Of Sunday’s Downing Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 3

Maitland police reported early this, afternoon that the body of 22-year-old Noel Graham, of Ward-street, Maitland, who disappeared in the Hunter River, near Rockhampton while swimming an Sunday afternoon, had been…

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Miner Injured At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: Edward [?] of C[?] and street Ce[?] suffered a [?] would to the right [?] when ne was…

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Loco. Driver Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 7

NEWSCASTLE : A [?] at John Darling spiliary was lalally injured today when he was jammed between his loco…

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Kurri Accidents

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

Tom Farrel, 63, a coal carter, of Harle-street, Abermain, sustained a probable fracture of the right shoulder when run…

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Injured in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

Barry Gross, aged 18, of William Street, was admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital on Friday after he was involved in a…

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Intersection Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON: When a car and a utility collided at the comer of Boundary and Queen streets, Redbournberry. Singleton,…

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Collision at East Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

The rider, of A bicycle was injured on Saturday night, when his machine and a motor cycle collided at East Maitland…

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Man Drowned Out of Water

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

A pathologist said yesterday that a man died of drowning after climbing out of a river and running 20 yards…

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Man Hurt in Bicycle-motor Cycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

Maitland Ambulance attended a 40-years-old man after the bicycle cycle he was riding and a motor cycle collided on Newcastle-road,…

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Motorcyclist Injured Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

A motor cyclist suffered motor injuries when he was involved in a collection at the corner of Margaret and [?] streets…

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Fisherman Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 4

COFF’S HARBOUR: A 31-year-old man was drowned when high seas swamped his fishing boat off Sawtell yesterday morning. Two…

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Three Killed When Returning From Dance. Car-tram Collision. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

Three occupants of a car were killed when it crashed with terrific force head-on into a tram in Victoria Road, Drummoyne, this morning. Two others…

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