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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

305 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 16

Car And Truck In Collision On Bridge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ferris, of Killara Avenue, Heme Bay escaped with minor abrasions aud slight shock when their car was…

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Requiem Mass For Accident Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Taree, Rev. Fr. Mulcahy was the celebrant of…

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Footballers Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Kenneth Avery, 21, of 144 Sea St., West kempsey, received a severe lacerated wound over the left eye on Sunday whilst playing football…

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Man Fatally Injured--utility Leaves Road

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Three people were injured, one fatally, when a Morris utility truck overturned and rolled down an incline on the Armidale road, approximately 13 miles from Kempsey early on Saturday evening…

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Motor Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

As the result of a utility truck capsizing on the Armidale road, near the Corangula turn-off, about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, Mr. James…

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Timber Man Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. Percy Blanch, of Pappinbarra, suffered a shocking accident on Thursday. He was felling a large tree, which struck another tree as it fell. Owing…

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Injured Playing Football

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Whilst playing football with the High School at the showground on Wednesday, Ross Barnett, the 13-year-old son of Mrs. Heather…

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Car Plunges 400ft Over Cutting— Man and Wife Injured at Belbora

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

A man and his wife were injured when a car plunged over a cutting on the Pacific Highway near the Belbora Post Office, about 18 miles from…

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Mill-worker's Death Doe To Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

At the Wingham Court House on Saturday, a verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner, Mr. T. G…

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Hurt in Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

Frank Edge, 20, of Stoney Creek, suffered lacerations to the head and shock when his truck was involved in an…

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M. Cyclist Injured in Road Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

A motor cyclist, K. M. Young, of French's Avenue, Bankstown, fractured his left thigh last week when his machine ran off the…

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Death Of Boy Due To Riding Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. R. V. Hough, returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of Rupert…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. Frederick Hawes 24, of Gladstone, sustained severe lacerated wounds to his face and also to his left leg, with severe concussion and shock,…

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Injured Girl Dies

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

June Algie, 20, victim of an alleged assault at Taree on Thursday night of last week, died in the MRD Hospital on Wednesday last. Police took…

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Accident Death Verdict

The Northern Champion · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. R. V. Hough) at the inquest into the death of Rupert Edward Dignam Payten…

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Smithtown Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Longmuir, 23, an electrician in the employ of Handley's (Sydney), came in contact with a live wire whilst working at Nestles'…

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Taree Man Killed In Truck Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

STROUD, Tuesday.--Reginald Percy Fraser, 24, contractor, of Cowper Street, Chatham, was incinerated in the…

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Coronial Inquiry Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 4

At Kempsey Court House on Saturday Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry regarding the death of James Francis Cornelius…

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Motor-cyclist Injured in Fall

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

Last night James Henry, 24, a P.M.G. linesman, was admitted to the Macleay hospital with head injuries following a fall from a motor…

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Footballer Injured

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

Whilst playing football at Smithtown on Sunday, Alf Lockwood, 22, of Bellbrook, received a fracture of the right jaw. First aid was…

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