Cyclist Injured in Skid
Albert McCormack, 21, of Baird-street, Hamilton, suffered a laceration over the left eye, lacerated face, concussion and shock…
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Accidents, 1949
799 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 40
Woman Dead, 5 Injured In Car Smash
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A woman was killed and a family of five was seriously injured near Kandos to-day when a car and a…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Peter Lawson died at Tatiara Hospital, Bordertown, to-day from injuries suffered whaen his mount fell with…
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A Newcastle surveyor was badly injured in a motor crash last night on the Pacific Highway at Calga. 14 miles south of Goford…
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SYDNEY: William Rudder (38), Old Sydney Rd., Seaforth, is believed to have been drowned when washed off…
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GUYRA.—Ron Parry, 20, railway gatekeeper, had his skull fractured when the Glen Innes Mail crashed into closed…
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WASHINGTON, Fri. (O.S.R.)—Industrial accidents cost American employers more than £950 million in 1948, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Immigrant Injured
A Latvian immigrant, Lamont Sonares, 23, engaged on the railway at Belford, was knocked down by a car at Branxton early last…
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RABAUL, Tues.—A Sydney holiday-maker was drowned here on Easter Sunday when returning from a launch…
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When a small sports car crashed into the rear of a track and trailer in the main section of Lang-st., Kurri, late last…
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A man had his thigh broken and five others suffered minor injuries yesterday afternoon when two cars collided on Maitland-road,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Three jockeys were injured and a horse was killed in a race smash at Cranbourne to-day…
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James Jenkins, 35, of Bridge-st., Homeville, a miner at Stanford Greta Colliery, suffered a severely contused left ankle…
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DUBLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Mrs. Dignam, wife of Mr. William Dignam, Australian High Commissioner in Eire…
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Corporal Tony Colborn, 23, of St. Kilda, Victoria, suffered a probable fracture of the neck when a jeep overturned several…
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About the same time yesterday morning, two mineworkers were involved in almost identical accidents at different collieries and…
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ROME, April. 21. A.A.P.—About 120 persons were injured when two trams, packed with early workers, collided yesterday on the Appian…
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Charles Huxtable, 36, of Beryl-street, Warner's Bay, had his left foot lacerated and two tendons severed when it was caught in the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man and a boy were fatally injured in road accidents. Raymond Herbert, George Slater,…
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Lucy Dixon, 58, of Power-street, Islington, who was knocked down and killed by an army jeep in Hunter-street, Newcastle, on March…
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