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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Injured Brown Cannot Bowl But Will Bat

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 8

ADELAIDE (From R. S. Whitington) : English Test captain Fred Brown, who was injured in a car accident in North Terrace, Adelaide, between 10 and 11 o'clock last night, is…

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Brown In Car Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—F. Brown, England captain, and Brigadier Green, M.C.C. team manager, were in a…

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Clipper Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

Owen Yates, 17; of McFarlane St., Cecsnock, a clipper at Aberdare Extended mine, had his chest injured when he was…

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Clippers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

Kevin Trenholme, 16, of Hall-street, Cessnock, clipper at Aberdare colliery, received an injury to his right ankle yesterday when…

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Apprentice Jockeys Injured In Falls

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 16

SYDNEY: Apprentice jockey John Adams. 16, indentured to trainer W. Puller, received shocking injuries and the…

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Injured Man Put On Road, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Two miners had carried an injured man into the path of heavy traffic to make it appear that his injuries…

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Bodies Not Recovered From Boat Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police have not yet recovered the bodies of a youth and a man who were drowned in boating accidents…

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Boxer's Death Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A young boxer who died after winning a bout at Leichhardt Stadium had been killed accidentally, the City…

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Five Firemen Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

ROTTERDAM, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—Five firemen were drowned when their fire engine plunged through thick smoke into Rotterdam…

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Miner Injured In Fall At Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 7

William Pilton, 40, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, miner, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, injured his jaw in a fall at work…

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Injured Man Rescued At Cliff Base

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Four men at the base of a 300ft. cliff to-night waded 50 yards through breakers to rescue a critically injured man…

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Rider's Death Accidental

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—The father of the speedway star, Francis James Le Breton, to-day blamed exhaustion for his son's death…

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Boy Fatally Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

GOSFORD, Sunday.—A boy was fatally injured and three members of his family and another man were seriously injured in a head-on smash…

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Maitland Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 3

Archer Hayward (41) of New England Highway, Rutherford, dislocated his left shoulder when he fell between a truck…

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Four Injured in Road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

Four people were injured and one suffered severe shock when a utility truck and a lorry collided on the Pacific Highway, near Marks…

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Baby's Drowning Was Accidental

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

Marie Teresa Murray, aged 21 months, had been accidentally drowned on Jan. 16 in a storm-water channel in…

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Four Injured In Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

Four men were injured, one seriously, when a lorry and a car collided near Burlington Mills, Maitland, last night…

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Youth Injured In Van Crash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 16-year-old youth probably broke his spine this afternoon when a panel van in which he and two other youths…

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Two Die In Mine Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2

Two men were fatally injured in Northern mines yesterday. They were—James Keir Hardie, 51, of…

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Boy Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Raymond Notley, 9, of Schroder-avenue, avenue, Waratah, suffered head injuries, abrasion over the right eye and a lacerated right leg yesterday…

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