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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Injured in Maitland

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Ailsa Sylvester, of Pelerin, was injured when the car in which she was riding was involved in an accident…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Coal

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

A miner who was badly injured in an accident at Liddell Colliery this morning had to be carried from…

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Fatal Accident Near Cassilis Aberdare Woman Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

Mrs. Bethea Inglis Dawkins, aged 71 years, of Northcott Street,, Aberdare, was killed instantly, and her…

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Car Falls on Man Mr. James Croll Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 1

Mr. James Croll was injured at Croll & Sons mill to-day when steel ropes holding up the front of his car broke…

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Young Girl Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

Admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital after an accident yesterday afternoon, 12-year-old Janiesina Napier,…

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Five Injured In Car Capsize

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

Five people were injured when a car is which they were travelling overturned on the New England Highway,…

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Local & General News Injured in Fall

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

Mrs R. Lunney, of Church Street, suffered a probable fracture of her left forearm when she slipped…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: A 12 years-old girl was admitted to Royal Newcastle Hospital yesterday following a fall from a…

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Baerami Creek Man Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Rupert Patterson Edwards, at Baerami Creek, late yesterday afternoon, was rolled upon by his horse after the horse had slipped…

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Miner’s Ankle Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

George Coulton. 38, of Parallel-street, Maitland, a miner employed at Bloomfield No. 2 colliery, injured his right ankle…

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“Secret Weapon” On Injured List

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

LONDON: Fast bowler, Fred Turuman, England’s “secret weapon” for the coming tests against Australia,…

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Traffic Accidents Are Costly

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Chairman of the Australian Road Federation Limited, Sir Herbert Olney, said today that it had been…

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Deaths In Collision Were Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 6

The Maitland deputy coroner (Mr. V. Jenkins) yesterday found that the deaths of a young man and a girl, who died as a result of a collision on the New England Highway near Four Mile Creek, were…

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Ten Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

BELVIDERE (New Jersey): A 21-years-old lorry, driver involved in an accident that killed ten members of one family…

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Loading Posts Injured Leg

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 4

Mr. Jack Abbott suffered injuries to his leg when posts he was loading on a tractor slipped off…

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Hassett Resting Injured Arm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

LONDON: Australian [?] Lt[?]say Haveatt has [?] to rest his injured [?] in the three-days ma…

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Stroud Ambulance Busy Accident Cases

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 4

Stroud Branch Ambulance Officer (Mr. Neville Westcott) has been very busy attending to accident cases in his area…

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Miner Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4

Mr. G. C. Merrick, of Kelso Street, a mine employee at Liddell Colliery fractured a metatarsal bone in his left…

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Mother, Two Children Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, A mother and two children were drowned yesterday in a well at Douglaavllle (Georgia), but the…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4

SINGLETON: Mr. G. C. Merrick of Kelso-street, a miner at Lindell Colliery, was struck by a scoop while at…

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