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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

691 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 35

Death of Kurri Men Accidental Coroner's Inquiry at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

Two men who died as a result of a car in which they were riding overturning on the main road…

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Dungog Man Drowned at Stanwell Park

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

The "District News," Helensburgh, reports that on the 30th December, 1951, Leslie James Coleman was drowned in a lagoon at Stanwell Park…

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Fiji Hurricane Will Bring Food Shortage Twelve Natives Killed and Hundreds Injured (A.A.P.-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

SUVA: At least 12 Pi[?] and Indians have been killed and [?]veral hundred injured by the hurricane which struck Fiji on Monday. The wind reached a velocity of 150 miles on…

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Accident Victim’s Condition

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

Nineteen-years-old Maurice John Lyle, of Mayfield, who was hurt in [?]motor cycle accident two miles outside…

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Funeral Of Accident Victim

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 5

SINGLETON: The funeral of Kenneth George Gardiner, of [?] road, Lambton, who died from injuries received in…

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Shiftman Injured

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

A shiftman at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery suffered lacerations to his nose and face when he was struck by a steel dog…

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Linesman Injured

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

Neville Beckett, 23, of Elford Avenue, Weaton, a linesman in the Postal Department, received a severe laceration to the…

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Injured Ankle

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

Mrs. R. Groves, of Elizabeth Street, injured her left ankle when she overbalanced on the promenade at…

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Local Butcher Injured

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

A wellknown local business man was seriously injured when the car in which he was riding overturned in…

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Fire Fighter’s Foot Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

While fighting a bua[?]fire near Thornton early last night, Norman Rolph, 23, of Ruskin–street, Beresfield, a…

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Injured Eye

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1952 · page 3

Whilst driving a nail recently, Mr. Reg Sanaora, of Raymond Terrace, had the bad luck to mishit it and the nail flew back and entered his eye…

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One Killed Two Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1952 · page 3

One man was killed and two seriously injured when the truck in which they were driving ran off the road near…

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Former Singleton Resident Drowned at Kempsey

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

A former well-known resident of Singleton, Mr. Rodney Lancaster, 36, licensee of the Frederickson…

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Gable’S Wife In Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK; Mrs. Clarx Gable, the former Cady Sylvia Ashley, said in a New York Hospital after her arrival by…

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Man Injured at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A man was injured to-day when the brakes of truck in which he was a passenger falled…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, February 5, 1952. Late Samuel Mcllvain Evidence at Coroner's Court. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. K. McMahon, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest at the Court House yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Mcllvain (38), who died in Brentwood Hospital on 6th…

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Accident Victim Improved

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

Mr. James Donnolly, of Main Road, Abermain, was in an improved condition this morning but his condition was still…

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Young Man's Death in Accident Truck Capsized Near Dungog

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

William Cecil Galvin, 27, married, of Maitland Road, Kurri Kurri, was fatally injured when the truck he…

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Injured in Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 2

Mr. John ; Barton, 48, of Philip Sreet, Paramatta, is believed to have suffered a probable fracture of the left…

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Lorry Plunges Down Bank Man Dies of Injuries Two Injured in Hospital

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 2

One man was killed and two others injured at Wangat, 12 miles north of Dungog last Friday morning, when their lorry, loaded with 11…

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