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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

Two men wefe injured last night when a car in which they were travelling ran off the road at the foot of…

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Car Passengers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON : Two men were injured when the car in which they were travelling ran into the bank at…

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Arm Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

Mrs. Nellis Warby 63 of Glenarbon road Bolwarra suffered an injury to her left arm with probable fracture…

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Mechanic Injured When Bus Slips Off Jack

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 1

Bulahdelah motor mechanic, Mervyn Watsford, employed by White & Leary, bus proprietors, was severely injured on Wednesday while working…

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Youth Drowned In Surf

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Kevin John Bediford, 18, of Kolara-st., Wailsand, was drowned in the surf at Newcastle [?]…

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Wheeler’s Head injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Ludwig Unwin, 18, of Moore-st., Cessnock, a wheeler employed Maitland Main colliery,…

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Two Muswellbrook Men Injured. Accident on Highway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

Two men were injured on Tuesday night when a car in which they were travelling ran off the road at the foot of…

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Two Men Killed in Road Accidents Girl Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Two men were killed and a girl seriously injured in road accidents in Sydney…

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President of Costa Rica Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

SAN JOSE [?] Rica President [?] knocked down [?] yesterday as he was walking…

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Kurri Woman's Death Accidental Died From Severe Burns

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. D. G. Hughes…

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Stroud Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 5

Mr. Aubrey Stokes was the victim of a very painful accident recently at Armstrong & Royse' mill at Girvan. His big toe of the right foot became…

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Footballers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

Three footballers were injured at Cessnock yesterday. Leslie Evans, 23, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, who…

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Farm Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

William Koith Kidd a [?] years-old farm hand of [?] Paterson was admitted to Maitland Hospital this [?]…

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Three Footballers Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

Three footballers were injured at Cessnock yesterday. Leslie Evans, 23, of Melboure Street, Aberdare, who…

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Local & General News Man Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

Mr. Ken Nowland of Albert Street suffered head injuries and shock when the motor cycle that he was…

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Accident in Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Arthur Davis 45 of Be[?] a machineman employed at Bellbird colliery received…

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Mineworkers Injured

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

Jammed between a rib or coal find a cutting machine at Pelton Colliery yesterday, Arthur Davis, 45, of Edden Street…

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Baby Drowned in Sump Hole

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

Allan Paul Craig, 16 months, was drowned in a sump hole in the backyard of his home at Blacktown yesterday…

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Railway Employee Seriously Injured. GOULBURN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

A railway shunter lost both his legs and his right arm when he slipped under the wheels of a truck at Goulburn early to-day…

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More Injured in Riots Over Trieste Water, Stones And Bricks Used In Demonstrations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

ROME: Ten students and seven police were injured during yesterday’s Rome demonstrations for the return of Trieste to Italy. Similar clashes were reported from several other…

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