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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 7

John Millward, 16, pit top hand of Eddon St, Bellbird received a l[?] to his right hand when he was…

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Child Nearly Drowned a Quick Save

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 6

At Tea Gardens on Friday afternoon, a child left its mother sitting on the bank of the Myall River alongside the…

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Railway Guard Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 2

A railway guard, employed by NSW Government Railways, Mervyn Harold Fetera, 28 of Victoria-street, New…

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Cycling Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 2

Miss Ann Pierce, 16, of John Street, was treated for concussion by Singleton Ambulance officers after she fell…

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Back Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 3

When he was struck by a prop at Elrington Colliery yesterday, Fred Jackson, 24, a shiftman, of Rawson St…

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Fatality at Pike's Gap Baerami Creek Resident Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

Mr. Archibald Phipps (87), of Baerami Creek, was killed when the car in which he was travelling collided with…

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Fatality at Aberdare North Tunnel Evidence at Second Day Of Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

When the hearing of the inquest into the death of Basil Diab, 22, single, of Hall-street, Cessnock, adjourned yesterday there were still three more witnesses to give evidence and their evidence is expected…

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Drink and Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 2

Official figures giving the number of road accidents caused (or contributed to) by liquor do not reveal the…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 3

SINGLETON: Singleton District Ambulance treated four accident cases, one of which was Mrs. C. Jarvis, of…

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Fined For Negligent Driving Sequel to Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 3

William O'Neill, of Wollombiroad, Millfield, was fined £9 8s with 12s costs in default 20 days' imprisonment when he…

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Two Hurt in Cycle Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 3

When the motorcycle on which he was riding pillion skidded in loose gravel near the Pinch on the…

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Injured Finger

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

Mr. Harold Moore, 23, labourer of Broke was treated at Singleton District Ambulance Station on…

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Boy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 7

Allan Curtis, 11, of Anstey-street, Cessnock, suffered a minor laceration to his left leg when the cycle he was riding…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Carl Stone, 48, a miner, of Main Road, Neath, suffered an extensive laceration to his wrist and probable fracture of…

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Man Killed Under Wheat Stack Gundy Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

When Mr. Charles Wright, of Waverley Road, Gundy, crept under a loading platform on "Elmswood" property to…

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Shocking Fatality at Kars Springs Mr. Don McLEAN the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

THERE WAS A SHOCKING ACCIDENT, WHICH ENDED FATALLY, AT KARS SPRINGS THIS MORNING, VICTIM BEING MR. CECIL D. F. (DON) McLEAN, OF "BONNIE DOON," WELL-KNOWN…

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Finding of Accidental Death

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 2

A young motor cyclist and his 61-years-old pillion passenger, who died after a road accident near…

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Inquest on Local Man Concluded Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Accidental death was the verdict recorded at the resumed inquest on Monday into the death of the late…

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Accidentally Speaking How Unlucky

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 8

Crunch! Only one thing could cause a sound like that in a handshake. Yes, you've guessed it. So firm was the grip that the victim received a broken little finger…

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Man Injured by Tractor When Pasture Improving

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 4

On Monday last whilst driving a tractor on Mr. W. E. Sparke's property at Monkerai, in the course of his…

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