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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Two Road Deaths Accidental

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 1

The Maitland Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) returned a verdict of accidental death at inquests on Reginald…

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Eye Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

• SINGLETON : Geoffrey Haine. of Ravensworth, received an injury to the eye When struck by grit from an…

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Two Injured On Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

Two youths were Injured at Peterson when the motor [?] on which they wire [?] was struck by a…

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One Killed in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 3

The 5,700 tons Canadian freighter. Corner Brook, collided with a pilot boat in Delaware Bay yesterday, killing…

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Skull Fractured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: John Whit[?]ker, 710, Donald-street, Remildton, received a fractured skull, lacerated wounds to the scalp…

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Logo Driver Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 1

David Austin, 61, a locomotive driver, of Buckland-avenue, Cessnock, suffered Injuries to his right shoulder…

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Schoolboy Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 2

Twelve-years-old David Richardson of Market-street. Singleton, suffered a probable concussion and abrasions to…

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Injured Player At Practice

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 5

LONDON: Injured Australia Hackett and Johnston made a surprise visit to the nets at Lords yesterday…

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Two Injured on Motor Cycle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Two youths were injured at Paterson when the motor cycle on which they were travelling was struck by a car…

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Drill Injured Hand

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 4

A workman at the Maitland Furniture Factory. Geoffrey Lockwood, 18, of Commonwealth Cottages, Cessnock, was…

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Maitland Jockey Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 7

Maitland Jockey W. Wade had three stitches Inserted In wound above his left eye When White Star, on which he…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 5

Maurie Fernance, 17, of Edith-street, Cessnock, a clipper, suffered an injured to his right forearm when he was…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 7

John Prichard, 25, of Elizabeth-street, Abermain, suffered injuries to his neckwhile lifting a skip yesterday…

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Accidental death finding returned

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 8

The Coroner, Mr. A. M. Chandler, enquiring into the death of Warwick Vincent Putxy yesterday, found that deceased died from injuries accidentally caused through being…

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Footballers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 2

Two footballers were injured on Saturday in matches played in the Maitland district…

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Six injured as ear

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 2

Six people, including a nine-months-old baby were injured, when a car in which they were travelling to Singleton crashed into a culvert bridge about two miles this side of Warkworth…

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Mineworker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 4

When he was caught in a conveyor belt at Sanford Main No.2 Colliery yesterday, Robert Grant, 20, a flatter of…

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Kurri Man Injured in Football Game

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 1

Kicked in the head while playing rugby union football at Lorn Park on Saturday, Edwin Moyle, 21, of…

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Traffic Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 3

A semi-trailer and a light car were involved in a collision at the railway gates at the northern end of Bridge Street…

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Old Man’s Death Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 2

The Kurri Kurri district coroner (Mr. R. G. Rice) returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on James…

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