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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

799 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 40

Collided With Dog, Cyclists Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 4

Two motor-cyclists who collided with a dog in Belmore-road, Lorn, last night suffered minor injuries. They are—…

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Girl Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A girl aged 5, was fatally injured when she ran in front of a moving car at Abbotsford yesterday…

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Woman Falls on Rocks; Severely Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mrs. Vera Boggs, 47, of Railway-street, St. Peters, was severely injured when she slipped and fell on the rocks…

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Damages Granted for Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

By consent, a verdict for £61/11/11, including costs, was returned by Judge Nield, at Newcastle District Court yesterday in…

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Linesman Injured by Axe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

Thomas Broome, 29, of Main-road, Boolaroo, suffered concussion, a lacerated scalp, and shock, when he was struck on the head by an…

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Injured When Hit By Bicycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

When he was struck by a bicycle in Werribi-street, Mayfield, yesterday, John Pickle, 6, of Lorna-street, Waratah, received a probable…

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30 Dead in Bus Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 7. A.A.P. — Thirty German skiers lost their lives in a bus accident at Donaueschingen (South-western Germany)…

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Factory Accidents Must Be Reported

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

Many factory occupiers apparently were not aware of the provision of Section 38 of the Factories and Shops Act, which…

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Stanford Main Men Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 9

Raymond Morrison, 16, of East Cessnock, a sidler at Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery, suffered a probable fractured left…

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Woman Injured; Hit by Motor Cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

Margaret Cheetham, 34, of Fawcett-street, Mayfield, had her left eye and a forearm lacerated when she was struck by a motor-cycle at…

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Trainer Injured By Racehorse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Charles Dodds, 53, horse-trainer, of James-street, Hamilton, suffered internal injuries, a fracture of the right arm and probable fracture of…

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Injured at B.h.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

When he fell from an ingot at he B.H.P. Steel Works yesterday, Stanley Reid, 42, of George-street, Largs, received a probable fracture…

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More Vehicles, More Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

An increase in the number of accidents in the Newcastle district could be attributed largely to an increase in the number of vehicles…

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Mineworkers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

Frank Sternbeck, 16, of Millfield, tophand at Maitland Main colliery, was caught between the buffers of two waggons yesterday. He…

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Bottles Broken In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Cases of empty bottles were scattered and broken over the road when a car and a truck collided at the Nine Ways, Broadmeadow,…

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Truck, Tram, Car In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A truck, tram and car were involved in a smash at the corner of Bridge and Loftus Streets, Sydney, late this…

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Most Road Accidents "Not Accidents"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Only rarely were road accidents accidents in the true sense of the word the Deputy Chief of the New South…

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Launceston Cup Hope in Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 10

HOBART, Thursday.—Colliding with the second favourite for the Launceston Cup, Barnwell, during track work at Latrobe to-day, the…

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Today's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

William Farmer, 27. of Baker St. Mayfield, an employee at the Dairy Farmers' Company, received cuts to his left hand…

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Chemist Fatally Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Fredrick J. Shepherd, about 65, chemist, was fatally injured in a car accident, at Warwick Farm to-night…

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