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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Truck Driver Injured in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

The driver of a utility truck was injured and the truck and a semitrailer were extensively damaged in a collision at Hexham last night…

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Apprentice Jockey Badly Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY: An apprentice Jockey was seriously injured and the racehorse he was riding killed when they were hit by a milk lorry this morning. The jockey is apprentice Sid…

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Fatally Injured by Bus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Thursday.—Charles Leslie Fitzsimmons 41, of Tamworth, received fatal injuries when a bus he was greasing rolled back…

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Boy Critically Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A two-year-old boy was critically injured, and three men hurt when a taxi driven by the boy's father and a truck…

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Jockey Injured For Second Time in Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Friday.—Apprentice jockey, Sid Bundy, aged 19, was injured in a riding accident for the second time this week early this…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

A motor cyclist, injured when his cycle skidded after striking a pothole in Hobart Rd., New Lambton, early this morning,…

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Back Injured in 15Ft. Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Donald Burt, 23, painter, of Hunter-street, Stockton, had his back injured yesterday afternoon whet he fell 15 feet from an elevated…

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Rude Awakening After Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

DETROIT, Feb. 20. A.A.P.—Two sleeping people and their second-story bedroom fell into the street yesterday…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

George Thomas Burston, 56, watchman, of Denison-street, Hamilton, was injured late last night when his bicycle and a bus…

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Bricklayer Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

Douglas Pitchford, 25, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, bricklayer at Aberdare colliery, had his right leg injured when it was jammed by steel…

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Blacksmith Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Claude Morris, 55, of Speers Point, blacksmith at Pacific Colliery, suffered concussion and an injury to the head when struck…

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Injured Batsman Wins Test

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 15

MADRAS (A.A.P.): In a thrilling finish. India yesterday won the fifth unofficial Test—and the rubber—by three wickets…

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Racing Cyclist Injured; Fine For Car Driver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

The continuation of bicycle races on roads leading to holiday resorts in spring and summer was counting disaster and exposing the youth…

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15 Injured in U.s. Hotel Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Nine of the 45 guests and six firemen were injured when fire destroyed a hotel at Glen Falls…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 7

Peter Burgoyne, 44, of Tomalpin-street, Kearsley, miner at Aberdare colliery, injured his back yesterday while lifting a skip. He was…

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Boy Drowned On Golf Course

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An eight-year-old boy was drowned in a waterhole at Roselands golf course to-day…

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11 Injured When Trains Collide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Eleven passengers were injured, two seriously, to-day when an engine struck the rear carriage of a train for…

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Four Injured By Skewers At Showground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

Four people suffered punctured wounds from meat skewers at Newcastle Show yesterday. Miss Loss, of Pelican, and…

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Boy Seriously Injured In Fall From Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A schoolboy fell from a speeding electric train between Lidcombe and Flemington this afternoon. He is in Western…

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Old Man Found Injured On Kitchen Table

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—With severe head injuries, and semi-conscious. a 72-year-old man was found sprawled on a kitchen table at his…

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