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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Pillion Rider Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

When the motor-cycle on which she was riding pillion came into collision with another motor-cycle in front of…

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Injured By Pick

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Thomas Kerr, 47, of Church-street, Cessnock, a shiftman at Cessnock No. 1 colliery, received a punctured…

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Clipper’s Knee Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Trevor Vaughan, 19, of Greta-street. Kurri, clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery injured his right knee…

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Wan Accidentally Shot

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 7

At Gundabing, near Kempsey, on Saturday, a horseman was accidentally shot in the small of the back…

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Accident on Bandon Grove Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 5

A Raymond Terrace man escaped injury when the semitrailer he was driving struck a small bridge on the…

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Fatality in Car Rally

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

LIEGE (France): One Briton was killed and two were seriously injured when their Monte Carlo rally car crashed…

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Accidents Greater On Straight Roads

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 5

SINGLETON: At the Patrick Plains Shire Council meeting to-day the president ( Cr. A. C. Marshall) said that the…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

Robert Hip well 21, of Bishopgate Street, Singleton, suffered injuries to both knees and. shock when his…

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Young Boy Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

Master Peter Garth, 6, of Dight Avenue, yesterday suffered a severely laceratd wound to his right foot while…

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Cricketer’s Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY: Former Sheffield Shield and Northern, district cricketer, Lee Fallowfield, 35, lost the tips of four fingers in…

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M.l.a. in Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

A collision between two cars nearly delayed the opening of Mr. Arthur Howerth’s election campaign last night…

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Magisterial Inquiries Three Accidental Findings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 3

Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., conducted three Inquiries in Scone on Wednesday of last week, arising out of fatalities in the…

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Mes R. Luney of Church street Singleton Suffered an Injury to herpes when a place of tron…

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Young Married Woman Victim of Drowning River Fatality Near Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Mrs. Wanda Ruth Devine (25), of Mulga Street, Scone, was drowned in the Hunter River, eight miles south of…

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Two Hurt In Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were injured when the motorcycle and a car came into collision at the Weston…

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Woman Drowned In Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

A young married woman was drowned in the Hunter River, eight miles south of Muswellbrook, yesterday…

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Loader Hand Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

Thomas Johnstone, 53, loader hand, of Campbell St., Cessnock, suffered a laceration to the second finger to his right…

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Injured by Flying Wood

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

When he was struck by pieces of flying wood while working at the Maitland Garniture Factory today, Darrell…

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Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

A Singleton man,, Mr. Fred Scott, 30, of Argyle Street, was found in an unconscious condition and suffering from…

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Truck Driver Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

Resident at the Agricultural Hotel, Singleton, Mr. Roy Stocks, a truck driver employed at Foybrook open…

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