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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Glider Record by Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—In danger of freezing to death, 37-year-old Helle Lusch accidentally broke…

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Injured Surfer Returns to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 10

B. Page, of Bronte, who broke his leg in the Newcastle Surf Carnival last Saturday, returned to Sydney yesterday. Special…

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Man Killed In Car Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man was killed and a man and woman injured, when their car collided with a stationary truck in…

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Injured Head in Fall From Signal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

John Donellan (50) of Chatham -rd., Hamilton, suffered head injuries, abrasions to both hands, arms and shock…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 11

George Laverack (27) of Northcote-st., Aberdare, a miner at Aberdare Colliery, had the little finger of his left…

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Miners Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 4

William Draper, 18, of Coal Point-road, Toronto, sidler at Stockton Borehole colliery, suffered a probable fracture of the right foot…

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N.Z. Youth Drowned in Murray Lagoon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Robert John Cormack, 18. of Mount Roskill, Auckland (N.Z.), was drowned in a lagoon at Moorook, on the…

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Seaman Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An elderly Scottish seaman was drowned last night when he fell into the harbour from a Pyrmont wharf…

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Car Hits Pole; Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 2

Two men were injured when their car hit a pole on the high level bridge, Islington, early yesterday morning…

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Family Injured In Car Smash

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 4

KATOOMBA. — A retired police sergeant, his wife and their twin daughters and a friend, all wollongong…

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Tennis Players in Car Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Monday.—A car in which the tennis players W. Sidwell and J. Crawford were traveling to Sydney came into collision…

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Soldier Hurled Over Bridge; Road Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

ALBURY, Monday.—A soldier catapulted over a bridge railing and plunged 25 feet into Flanagan Creek, between Albury and…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 2

When his motor-cycle and a car collided at the corner of Beaumont-street and Maitland-road, Islington, yesterday, Thomas Sawyer, 68, of…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

Ken Jenkins, 20, of Kendall-street, Bellbird, miner, at Bellbird colliery, caught by falling coal yesterday, received lacerations to…

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Foreman Injured at Abattoir

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

Henry Taylor, 26, of George-street, East Maitland, tallow house foreman at Maitland Abattoir, suffered a severe confused wound to…

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Car Falls 60ft.; Four Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—Four people were injured when a car failed to negotiating a bend in Oxley Mountain scenic lookout drive,…

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Two Dead In Accidents; Man Collapses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man and a boy were killed in Sydney to-day, and an elderly man died after complaining of indigestion…

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Road Death Was "Accidental"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.M.) today found that the death of a 20-year-old seaman, Donald James McLean,…

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Fisherman Drowned In Shallow Water

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

Patrick Cox, 64, found in shallow water at Speers Point last night, did not respond to treatment, after having been placed in an iron lung…

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Crowd Ignores Injured Jockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

A demonstration by a big section of the crowd at Gosford races yesterday because the wrong number was semaphored as the winner, while a jockey lay unconscious on the track near the winning post,…

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