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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Gundy Road Fatality Man Lying on Road Hit by Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 1

Richard Leonard Baker (35) was killed on Friday night when he was struck by a car driven by Aircraftman K. Murphy…

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Clipper Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Arthur Gotland is of Ellalong a clipper enjoyed as Pelton Gotland [?] contused…

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Finger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 2

Herbert Bartlett, 48, of Brown’s Lanc, Kurri Kurri, received severe lacerations and confusions in his left…

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Fatal Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 6

The death by fatal accident occurred to a well-known member of the Bowen family of Hexham, on Saturday last. Mr. Wm. Bowen 31,…

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Fingers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

Run over by a skip at Pelton colliery yesterday, Arthur Gillard, 16, a clipper, of Church-Street, Ellalong…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

Walter Jowett, 52, a loader hand, of McDonald Aye., Paxton, suffered an injury to his right eye when he was struck…

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Council Employee Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

When he was run over by a loader at the Bellbird quarry yesterday morning Charles Underwood, 57 of Edward…

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Unusual Fatality on Gundy Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 4

Mr. Richard Leonard Baker (35), well-known resident, met an untimely death under most unusual circumstances on the…

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Aberdeen Road Levelll Crossing Accident Railway Gatekeeper Before Court Charge of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 6

An accident at the Aberdeen road level crossing on 7th July last, when the Tamworth passenger train crashed into a motor car, had a sequel at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday when…

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Baby Girl Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 2

Two-year-old Shirley Garland, of Edward Street, suffered abrasions to the face and shock when she was…

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Accidents on Golf Course Three Players Hurt

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 4

Last week-end's golf competitions were marred by a series of accidents. On Saturday Miss Helen Adams was hurt when struck…

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Two Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 2

A man and an elderly woman were Injured yesterday when the cars in which they were travelling collided at the…

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Runaway Car Injured Nine Persons

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 2

LONDON: A woman, who had both less broken, was among nine people injured, three of them seriously, when…

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Miner Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 6

Mr Edward Ross Philipson, of Boundary Street a labourer employed at Liddell Colliery, suffered a probable…

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Van Overturns After Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 5

When a track carrying scrap iron and a large smallgoods van came into collision near the Kurri Kurri Baths…

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Two Drowned In Rescue Attempt

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY: A man and his nephew were drowned in a dam Dear Castle Hill while attempting to rescues two…

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Injured in fall at Newdell siding

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

A man who suddenly collapsed and fell while on on the Newdell Colliery railway siding yesterday…

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Accidental Finding The Late Richard Leonard Baker

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

District Coroner (Mr. N. J. Hunt) held an inquest in Scone on Wednesday last touching the death of…

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Lad Involved in Car Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 10

Noel Scheumacher, a lad, of Haydon Street, Murrurundi, was, on Tuesday morning,…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: George Watt, of Bull-street, Cook’s Hill, a dealer, collapsed and fell at Newdell loading siding, and…

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