Cessnock Accidents
Peter Delaney, 2, fell down steps at his home in Regent-st., Cessnock, and injured his head…
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Accidents, 1949
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Bus and Lorry in Collision
A double-deck bus and a lorry collided when passing on Warner's Bay-road yesterday morning. The bus had no passengers. The drivers…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned "by the District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) at Kurri Kurri Court at the…
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A cyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision with a utility truck at Highfields to-day…
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NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): Forty-four persons were injured or overcome by fumes today when 25 lorries [?] in the 50,000,000 dollar Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River. The fire started when 90…
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NEW YORK, May 13.—Twelve-year-old William Kross was sliding down the hay in his father's barn when the friction…
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Two motor-cyclists and two pillion riders were injured in three accidents at the week-end. When his motor-cycle and a…
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Police today dragged the river at Muswellbrook for Jack Lowe, 78, of Bridge-st., Muswellbrook, who left home yesterday…
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One man was killed and seven were injured, three seriously, at Cessnock on Saturday night when a light car and a taxicab collided at the intersection of Main and Westcott Streets…
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LONDON, May 15. A.A.P.—One man was killed and 15 people were injured in British motor-racing events yesterday, says Reuters…
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A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the calf of the right leg by a 22 calibre bullet at Thornton yesterday morning…
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Of the seven road smash victims admitted to Cessnock Hospital on Saturday night, one is still in a…
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SYDNEY.—Police are satisfied that the fire in which three racehorses perished at Ascot racecourse on Saturday was…
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Three mine workers were injured in accidents at different collieries yesterday. They were treated by Wallsend Ambulance. Two were…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Three people were seriously injured in a level crossing smash at Shellharbour, on the South Coast, to-night…
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SYDNEY: Twenty-five persons were injured this morning in Sydney's worst tram smash in recent years. The two trams involved in the collision—which occurred at…
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BRISBANE.—Three married men were drowned early today when their launch was swamped and smashed to pieces in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— When a city-bound tram crashed into the centre of a double tram for Dulwich Hill at Rozelle Junction at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Approval of the appointment of a committee of inquiry into road accidents involving motor-cyclists has been…
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SYDNEY: A finding of accidental death was returned at the City Coroner's Court today into the death of Mrs. Daphne Lindsay, 30, of Como, during an operation at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…
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