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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Accident sightseers censored by ambulance official

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 2

Sightseers on bicycles and in cars had seriously impeded Ambulance waggons speeding to the scenes of two major accidents in the district last month…

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Averted Serious Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 5

Maitland police said the women driver of a utility truck which overturned on the Pateraed road near…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Samuel Chalmers, 49, miner, of Northcote Street, Kurri, suffreed an injury to his head, abrasions to his right hand…

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Mine Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 7

When he was struck by a falling prop at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on Wednesday, James Crane, 48, miner, of Hebburn,…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 3

When he was struck by a skip that came off the road at Aberdare Colliery this morning, Albert Willetts, 20,…

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Two Injured When Car Overturned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

When the car in which they were riding overturned at Nulkaba on Saturday, two migrants from the Ravensworth…

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Week-end Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

Two footballers were injured while playing in the match at Cessnock on Sunday afternoon…

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Four Traffic Accidents at Week-end

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

There were four traffic accidents on roads around Muswellbrook at the week-end. Of the people involved in the accidents two were taken to Brentwood Hospital by the Muswellbrook Ambulance…

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Condition Of Accident Victim

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

There has been no change in the condition of Douglas Williams, 32, of Thornton, who was run over by a train at…

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Child Drowned at Marshdale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

A six-year-old boy, Joseph Patrick Martin was drowned in Major's Creek, Marshdale last Friday…

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Motor cyclist fined after collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist had 13 stitches inserted in facial wound's after the machine he was riding collided with…

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Accidents in Colliers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Albert Gilson, 53, McGrane-street Cessnock, a top hand employed st Bellbird colliery-had his right…

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Accident Victim Satisfactory

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 5

A victim of Tuesday’s accident at Pour Mile Creek, Caldwell, 18, of Duncan's Creek, Bendemeer, was…

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Scone Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

Eneas Alexander MacDonald (65); a lodger at Kyeema Guest House, Kelly Street, Scone, was found early yesterday morning…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

When he was struck by a prop at Pelaw Main colliery yesterday, Robert Johnson, an electrical fitter, of…

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Young Men's Death Accidental Cycle Struck Horse

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

Two young men who were killed when the motor-cycle on which they were riding struck a straying horse at…

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Accident at No. 1 COLLIERY Miner Fractures Leg and Ankle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

John Michael Thompson, of 67 Ford Street, Muswellbrook, received a fractured right leg and fractured left ankle when he was…

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Miss Sternbeck recovers from accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

Miss Joyce Sternbeck, who was admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital on Tuesday afternoon…

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Injured by Branch

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. G. A. Hedges, of Bathurst Street, was injured on Saturday when the limb of a tree he was felling…

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Three Soldiers Injured When Jeep Crashes

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

Three soldiers were injured when the Jeep in which they were riding crashed on the Mt. Thorley…

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