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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Family Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Three people were injured when the car in which they were travelling and a truck collided on…

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Three Injured In Car Smash

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

A Melbourne man, his wife and a small daughter were injured early this morning when their car, which was travelling to Sydney, smashed into the back of a stationary lorry…

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Accidents to Children

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 6

Three children were injured in accidents at the week-end in the Maitland district…

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Boy Drowned in Lake

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 5

GOSWORD Jeffrey David Swales 6 of Tarrant Ave Eastwood was crowned when a canoe capsized on…

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Wheeler Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Leslie Williams. 27, of Harriet Street, a wheeler employed at the Liddell State Colliery, was injured soon after…

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Injured at Abattoir

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

When meat weighing about 100lb. fell and struck his forehead this morning, an abattoir worker, Peter…

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Two League Players Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

NIMES (France): Flannery and Collinson are both out of the Australian Rugby League team to play the com[?] side…

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Near Fatality at One Mile Beach

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. Conroy, (Health Officer) stated at the Port Stephens Shire Council that a near drowning had occurred at One Mile Beach during the…

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£5840 Verdict For Injured Wrist

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: A Supreme Court jury, awarded £5540 compensation to Kenneth Herbert Newby 22 a process…

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Three Miners Injured At Cessnock

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

Three men were admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with injuries suffered when caught under a fall of…

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Two Injured In Cycle Skid

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

Two people were injured when a motor cycle skidded an the, main road to. Woodville near Dunmore bridge…

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Three Injured By Fall of Stone

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

Three mine workers were injured in a fall of timber and stone at Pelton colliery yesterday morning…

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Accidents In U.S. Blizzard And Fog

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK: A blizzard swept across the plains of United States yesterday, and. a thick fog [?]ed a series of…

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Home Expert DRUSILLA Says Accidents To Children Should Be Prevented

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

Even among children between the ages of one and four years, accidents are the commonest cause of death, states the Acting Director for Child Health (Dr. F. W. Clements) in…

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Road Death Was Accidental

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Maitland Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) at the…

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Three Injured In Falls

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

Three people were injured in falls at their homes at the week-end. Ronald Kennedy, 3, of…

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Two Injured In Jeep Capsize

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

When the jeep on which they were passengers overturned in High-street, Greta, yesterday, two men were…

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Two injured when jeep overturns

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

Two men were injured when a jeep in which they were passengers ran off the road and overturned at Greta…

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Buckjump Champ Injured in Horsefloat Smash

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 4

A five-ton horse float, reluming from the Walcha rodeo, got out of control, and struck a concrete pillar…

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Local & General News Accident at Sawmill

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

Saw sharpener at Messrs Goulld Bros. sawmills, Mr. Adam Wilson, 59, of High Street, Singleton, sufferer…

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