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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Migrant Youth Drowned At Maitland Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

Richard Weis, 16, a new Australian from Greta camp, was drowned at Maitland swimming baths yesterday afternoon…

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Injured Farmer Saved From Bull

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

A NEIGHBOUR saved a young Paterson farmer from being attacked by a Jersey bull when his horse fell and rolled on him…

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Two Boys Injured in Timber Stack

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

Partly covered by a stack of timber on which they were playing in Parry St., this morning, James Dyke, 11, and…

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Must Insure Against Television Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

LONDON: Tenants of council houses at Wembley (Eng.) are to be asked to pay 2/6 a year to cover the insurance…

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Five Injured in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Five people were injured, one seriously, in a motor-car collision to-night at the intersection of Leth and…

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Sisters Injured at Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 3

Cynthia Mitchell, 10, of Nelson's Bay, was riding a bicycle yesterday when she fell. She received injuries to her knees and hands…

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Back Injured In Jump From Boat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 1

Jumping from a boat into shallow water at Coal Point on Saturday, when his son got into difficulties, Leonard Kest, 38, of…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 9

When she fell from a bicycle at Cessnock yesterday. Cynthia Mitchell (10), of Nelson Bay, suffered abrasions to her right…

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Child Injured In Fall From Chair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Raymond Johns, 5, of Dora-street, Cessnock, fell from a chair and fractured his left arm. Mrs. M. Morris, 38, of…

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Coalfields Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

John Cowling, 27, of Station—st., Weston, a carpenter, lacerated the thumb on his left hand today when it was caught…

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Kurri Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

Alexander Magie (31), a miner of Fourth-st., Weston, suffered injuries to the fingers of his right hand when…

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Nine Injured in Tram Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Nine people were injured when a crowded tram collided with a stationary tram in Railway Square to-day…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

David Charnock, 58, Millfield, miner, employed at Maitland Main Colliery, had his right hand severely lacerated when it was struck by a…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 11

Ernest Callaghan (36), of Darwin St., Cessnock, a wheeler at Aberdare Extended Colliery, injured his back while lifting a…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 4

John Mathieson, 25, single, of Cleary-street, Hamilton, suffered extensive abdominal injuries, including a fractured pelvis, when…

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Golfers Injured In Car Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The prominent Sydney golfer, Maurice Behranger, 48, of O'Connell-street, Parramatta, was injured in a car…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 4

Ken Lovett (19), of Walls end, was injured this afternoon when his motor cycle was involved in a collision with a car…

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Man Fatally Injured In Road Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 2

Road accidents in Newcastle and the north at the week-end caused one death and injuries to 15 people…

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2 Men Drowned At Week-end

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 3

Two men were drowned in New South Wales at the week-end, one at Port Macquarie and the other at Snail's Bay, Sydney Harbour…

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2 Injured When Scaffold Falls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 2

An elderly man and his grandson were injured when a scaffolding fell as they were working on a house at Birmingham…

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