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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

637 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 32

Seven Die When Trains Hit Smash In Fog; 95 Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Five men and two women were killed and 95 people were injured to-day in one of the worst train smashes in Australia's history. Nineteen of the injured are still in hospital—four in…

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2 Accidents Upset Rail Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The driver of a goods train was seriously injured in a railway smash at Maldon, near…

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20 Hurt In Tram Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Twenty people were injured when a tram smashed into the rear of a stationary tram in…

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Greta Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 3

Walter Grelinger, 24, of Skelleta[?] street, Muswellbrook, suffered severe lacerations over his left eye and a probable…

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1 Killed, 4 Hurt In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A side-on collision between a truck and a moving tram in St. George's-road, Thornbury,…

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2 Die In Head-On Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Two motorists were killed to-night when a sports car and utility truck crashed head-on…

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Player Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 5

GOSFORD, Sunday.—Playing against Woy Woy in the Central Coast Rugby League premiership at Grahame Park…

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Collision Stops Holiday Tour

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 1

A holiday tour, to Brisbane for two young Sydney motor cyclists was interrupted this morning…

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2 Injured In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

The rider and his pillion passenger were injured when their motor-cycle and a car collided at John Darling…

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Newcastle Sisters Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Monday. — Five persons, including two sisters from the Newcastle district, were injured in…

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Two Charlestown Women Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 3

KATOOMBA.— In road accidents at Blackheath and Mt. Victoria yesterday four women and a man…

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Three Youths Injured In Car Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

WYONG, Monday.—Three Newcastle youths were injured late this afternoon when the car in which they were…

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Radar Warning in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, May 13. A.A.P.—Men watching the aircraft-carrier Wasp on radar had warned the bridge on the destroyer-mine-sweeper Hobson shortly before the ships…

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Accidents At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 14

When struck by a broken tile while working at Cessnock Potteries today, James Young (24) of…

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476 Accidents In April

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 4

Newcastle District Ambulance, including its Wallsend and Belmont branches, attended 476 accident cases in April…

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Baker Injured In Fall Off Staging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 2

Falling from a staging with a bag of flour on top of him yesterday, George Baker, 34, of Illalung-road, Lambton, a…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 3

Clifford Grosburn, 41, Kearsley, a miner at Abermain No, 2 colliery, fell across steel rills while at work yesterday…

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Girl Injured By Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 2

Leslie Gale, 14, of Hill-street, Belmont, suffered injuries to the right leg yesterday when she was hit by a car…

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Attending The "Injured"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

A doctor (at rear) examines Newcastle Cadet Corps of St. John Ambulance Brigade during a field day at Kotara Park…

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Couple Hurt In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 2

A young man and his wife were injured when their motorcycle and a trailer collided at the corner of Gordon-avenue…

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