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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Back Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

Albert Way, a clipper, of Adam Street, Heddon Greta, suffered Injuries to bis back when he slipped on a rail at…

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Injured By Skip

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

Struck by a runaway skip while at work at Bellbird colliery yesterday, Vincent Mitchell, 26, of Boomerang Street…

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Accident at Top Gates Car Overturns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

Royston Sidney Symonds,, of Denman, had a narrow escape from serious injury last night, when a small roadster car he was…

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Finding of Accidental Death

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

The deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) this morning found that Agnes Braid Edwards, 54, of Cessnock, had died from…

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Decline in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

The excellent attendance at the meeting of the Maitland branch of the Road Safety Council last night…

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Eye Injured by Rail

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: FREDERICK Stevens, 26, of Mulbring, a timber getter, received injury to his left eye and concussion…

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Coroner Enquires Into Death of Dave Sands Witnesses Give Story Of Fatal Night Accident(Special Reporter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 3

DUNGOG: Not long before his fatal accident near Dungog on August 11, Australia’s triple boxing champion, Dave Sands, had been asked not to drive his truck, according to evidence at o magisterial…

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Lad Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 4

When he fell against a broken sewer pipe late yesterday afternoon, John Goldsmith, 6, of…

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Merriwa Resident Involved in Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 10

On Saturday last, E. Hunt, of "Rothbury," Merriwa, was involved in an accident, when the car in which he was travelling,…

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Survey of Child Accidents In Full Swing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5

Some 5,000 mothers of N.S.W city and country children aged five or less are being asked to fill in forms saying whether their…

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Local Woman's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Maitland Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) when he conducted…

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Dave Sands' Death Accidental No Trace of Liquor Says Doctor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1952 · page 1

At the Magisterial Inquiry in to the cause of death of David Ritchie, professional boxer, better known as Dave Sands, Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., found that deceased died from injuries accidentally received on 11th August when a lorry overturned on Dungog - Wangat Road…

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Three Children Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 2

Three children were attended to by Maitland Ambulance at the week-end after they had received injuries…

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Bus, Car, Cycle In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 2

Three vehicles—a bus, a car and a motor cycle—were involved in a collision on the Farley-Bishop’s Bridge road…

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Clippers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 3

Two clippers were jammed by skips in separate accidents yesterday. At Aberdare Colliery, John…

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Motorist’s Death Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: The Cessnock coroner (Mr. W. Frazer) yesterday found that Harold William Pinchen was accidentally…

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Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 3

John Smiths, 58, of Vincent-street Cessnock, suffered lacerations to a finger of the right hand when it was caught in a…

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Search For Body Of Drowned Man

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 3

Police and a party of civilians dregged the Myall River until 7.30 last night and recommenced early this…

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Hassett Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Lindsay Hassett has been ordered by his doctor, to rest for a week as a result of being struck by a car…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 1

John Evans, 41, of Michael Street, Cessnock, a miner, received an injury to his head when he was struck by a piece…

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