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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

799 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 40

3 Ambulance Trips For Injured Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man who suffered multiple injuries when he was hurled 36 feet through the air as his car somersaulted twice on…

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Two Americans Drowned In Tokyo Bay

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

TOKYO, Jan. 31. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Mr. Miles Vaughn, United Press Vice-president for Asia, Major T. R. Haddock, of the…

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Man Injured by Car on Highway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

John Purcell, 42, of Emily-street, Marks Point, was knocked down by a car on the Pacific Highway at Marks Point last night. He…

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4 Dead, 5 Injured in Japanese Fire

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

TOKYO, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—General MacArthur's Headquarters has revised the casualties of the fire yesterday at Air Force barracks at…

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Odd Holiday Accidents

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

SYDNEY, Monday. — A police constable who fell from a diving tower on to a girl, a youth burnt by boiling honey and a man whose…

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Maitland Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 4

Richard Van Haren, 33, of Aberglasslyn-rd., Rutherford, a slaughterman, gashed the middle finger of the left hand…

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Belmont Man Dies After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 9

Joseph Seabrook, aged 76, of Herbert-st., Belmont, who was seriously injured in a car accident at Belmont on Friday,…

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Shattered Wheel Injured Workman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

Richard Thomas Field, 38, of Awaba, suffered fractures of the skull and facial bones yesterday when hit by a flying piece of steel…

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Man, Boy Injured In Falls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A 73-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy were injured in falls to-night. The man, Harold Dwyer, of…

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Seaman Injured In 30ft. Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

James Malone, 37, seaman, suffered concussion, a lacerated forehead, injury to the left leg, and general abrasions, contusions and…

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Fatally Injured In 20ft. Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A young man died to-day in Sydney's fourth fatal fall in a fortnight. The man, Eric Downs, of…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

When struck by a fall of stone at Bellbird colliery, Harold Powell (37) of Bridge St., Cessnock, suffered a punctured wound and…

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Ben Hogan Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): Ben Hogan, United States open golf champion, was seriously hurt today in a car accident at…

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Ambulance Officer Injured In Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

Frederick Moore, 42, of Church-street, Minmi, an ambulance officer at Stockrington colliery, suffered a probable fracture of the…

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Died After Crane Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

Richard Thomas Field. 38, of Awnba, who was injured in an accident at Awaba railway station on Tuesday, died at Wallsend Hospital…

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Colliery Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 5

Burnley Burt (24) of Gordon Ave., Cessnock, a fitter at Elrington Colliery, injured his right knee when the slipped on…

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Trucks Collide; Three Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

Three men were injured—one seriously—when two trucks collided on the Medowie-road, near Williamtown, yesterday…

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Migrant Injured By Falling Timber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

A Ukrainian migrant employed as a timber-getter 14 miles from Bulah delah yesterday received probable fractures of the skull and ribs…

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Two Hurt in Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 4

The rider and pillion rider of a motor cycle were injured today when their bike was involved in a collision at the…

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Collided With Dog: Two Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 4

A motorcyclist and pillion rider were injured when they collided with a dog running across Belmore Rd., Lorn, last…

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