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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Seven Hurt in Newcastle Road Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

Seven people were injured in two May Day car accidents in the Newcastle district. Four were injured when two cars…

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Girl Killed in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Elaine Ellem, 17, of Bellingen, was fatally injured in a car accident, near Bellingen to-day…

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Injured Miner's Ordeal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE. — After lying badly injured for 36 hours without food or water, a miner from the…

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2 Missing After Sea Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The Lowestoft lifeboat is searching for two men missing from the 218-ton Dutch…

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Boy Accidentally Hanged Himself

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON, May 4, A.A.P.—Eleven-year-old Michael Heywood, a Boy Scout for five weeks, had spent a week practising knots…

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Driver Charged After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: Alleged to been the driver of a car which crashed into a public convenience in Martin Place last…

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Accident Victim in Serious Condition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Ronald Trevor Devereaux, 21, of Juliet-street. Marrickville, who is believed to have been struck by a train…

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Fatal Jeep Crash "Was Accident"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) said he did not think there was anything to suggest criminal negligence when he conducted an inquest at Maitland yesterday on Corporal…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

When he fell off a loco engine at Cessnock No. 1 Colliery, Harold Campbell, 24, loco driver, of Prince-st., Bellbird, injured his…

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Mineworker Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 4

Fred Saunders 33, of Rawson-street, Aberdare, wheeler at Aberdare colliery, injured has back yesterday. He was taken to hospital…

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Footballer Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

Alan Marjoribanks, 21, of Cowper-street, Waratah, had his right collarbone probably fractured while playing football at Maitland on…

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Two Cyclists Killed In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men were fatally injured and another was injured in an accident involving a bicycle and motor-cycle on Sturt…

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Jeep Overturns, Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

Warrant Officer William Beggs, 42, of Lindsay-street Depot, Hamilton, received an injury to his lower spine and abrasions to the…

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de Courcey Injured In League Game

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 6

J. de Courcey, Newcastle interstate cricketer, had his ear-drum perforated and his head injured when playing for Western Suburbs…

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Two Children In Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

Clive Hewlett, 7, of Addison-road, Beresfield, received a lacerated wound to his left leg when he struck a piece of timber while…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 2

In a collision between a car and his bicycle in Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, yesterday, Alec Allen, 40, of Freyburg-street, New Lambton,…

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Bus Damaged In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

The back of a double-decker bus was completely wrecked early today when it was involved in a collision with a…

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Bus in Canal: 25 Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

CAIRO, March 9. A.A.P.—Twenty-five people were drowned when a bus fell into the Giza Canal, at El Mazghouna, 25 miles…

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Two Injured in Crossing Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Monday.—Two employees of Cobora Shire Council were seriously injured when the Mudgee Mail collided with a truck…

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Boy Dies After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

A four-year-old Beresfield boy, Ross Pannowitz, died in Maitland Hospital at 6 a.m. today…

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