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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Accidents at Week End

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

[?] accidents than usual [?] occured in the Maltland district AT the weak and only two dor[?] needlns [?]…

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Ankle Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

When he fell over while walking down the Abermain No. 2 mine this morning, Archibald Ham, 42, miner, of…

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Child Drowned in Tank

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

A three-year-old girl was drowned in a septic tank, 100 yards from her home at Wangi Wangi yesterday. She was…

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Child Drowned In Septic Tank

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Irene McColl 8 was drowned in an unconverted water filled septic tank at the Wang Power…

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Shiftman's Hand is Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

Henry Callaghan 52 a shiftman employed at; the Bloomfield Main colliery was taken to the…

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Inquest Into Dam Worker's Death Finding of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

The Scone District Coroner, Mr. N. J. Hunt, held an inquest on Wednesday last into the death of John Thomas Edmondson,…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK Alan Vickers, 28, of Mount View-road, Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Bellbird colliery, had his left…

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Pelvis Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 5

Jammed between skips yesterday, Richie Andrews, 16, of Wollombi, a set rider at Maitland Main Colliery, suffered…

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Two Injured in High Street

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 4

HIGH STREET Road accidents were. the cause of Injuries to. two people in Maitland late yesterday…

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Cessnock Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 4

Richie Andrews, 16, of Wollombi, e set rider at Malt land Main colliers suffered injured to the deixis When jammed be…

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Footballer Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 2

A footballer taking part in a game at Morpeth park yesterday afternoon was taken to Maitland hospital…

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Track Hit Pole Five Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 2

Five people were injured when, a utility truck-crashed into a telephone pole near Cooranbong…

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Shunter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 3

George Hodges, 22, a shunter, of Deakin Street, Kurri, received lacerations to his fingers and a probable fracture of the…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 3

While using a power borer at Bellbird Colliery yesterday, Robert Prescort, 46, of Edgeworth St., South Cessnock,…

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Migrant Child Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 2

The body of Eva Bzentfoly-a Hungarian, "migrant child was recovered from a creek at-Greta Migrant Centre last…

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Coopernook Boy Dies After Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 1

Brian Gibson, six and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Gibson, of Cooler nook, died while being brought…

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28 Deaths In Bus Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: The death toll in last Monday’s crash of two Greyhound Line buses near Waco (Texas) has been…

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Road Accidents, 1951

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 2

Statistics have come to hand showing the number of road accidents in the Upper Hunter area for the year ending 31st…

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To-day's Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 3

Bob Wilson, 30, miner, of Greta-street, Aberdare, severed a finger on his right hand when it was caught under a fall of…

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Bulahdelah Worker Injured by Falling Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1952 · page 3

Mr. Ossie Woodward, of Bulahedelah, suffered a painful and serious accident recently whilst engaged with…

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