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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Car Accident Causes Annual Meeting To Be Cancelled

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 4

The women's auxiliary of the old people's home at Ironbark had to cancel its annual meeting yesterday…

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Accidental Death Finding in Inquest on Leo Bendeich

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

In Tamworth Coroner's Court yesterday, the District Coroner (Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M.), who was…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 7

Jack Chalmers, 48, of Scott Street, Weston, had the index finger of his left hand severed when it was caught between a…

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Motor Cycle Fatality at Woodville Bridge Two Men Dead

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 2

Two men have died as a result of a motorcycle accident on the Paterson Road, near Woodville Bridge last…

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Two Injured As Motorcycle Crashes Through Fence

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 2

Two people, a man and a girl, were injured when a motor cycle combination swerving to avoid a…

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Week-end Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 2

Four people were attended to by Maitland Ambulance after they had been injured at the week-end…

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Pilot Injured in Crash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 4

GRAFTON: Rex Graham Wrigley 26 of Powell-street Grafton was seriously Injured when a tiger Moth…

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Mineworker Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Samuel Jones. 49. a shiftman, of Greta-street, Abersave, injured his back while lifting a skip at Abermain…

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Local & General News Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 2

Mr. William Allen, of William Street, had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday when he was…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 3

When he was jammed while lifting a skip at Millfield Colliery on Wednesday, James McPherson, 52, overman, of…

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Colliery Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: Arthur Ingle, 29, of Mount View Road, Cessnock, a wheeler employed at Maitland colliery injured his…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 7

When the horse he was driving took fright and jammed his finger on a hook on a skip at Aberdare Central…

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Injured Man Trapped for 10 Days in Tank

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE: A shearer who fell into a disused underground tank at Manoora and broke a thigh lay trapped there for…

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Showboat In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: The harbour showboat, Kalang, crashed Into a dolphin while berth[?] in Circular Quay about 5 p.m…

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Pillion Passenger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: Mildred Pearce, 26, of 6 Young-street, Waratah, employed by M. Light and Sons, Newcastle,…

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Two Motor Cyclists In Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 2

Only two accidents wore reported to Maitland Ambulance at the week-end, both Involving motor cyclic…

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Warning on Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 2

Urgently summoned when a car overturned on the Stanford turn-off, near Black Creek bridge, on the New…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 3

Reg. King, 17, a spragger, of Mount View, suffered an injury to his right hand when he was jammed by a sprag at…

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Brothers Hurt in Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 2

Two brothers, the rider and pillion passenger of a motor cycle were seriously injured on Monday…

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Missing Man Found Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 1

Alexander Leighton McNeill, 40, a carpenter employed at Tea Gardens Hotel, who has been missing since…

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