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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Four Injured In Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Four people were injured on Saturday when a car ran off the road at Miami torn-off on the Maitland—…

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Injured on Scooter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Peter Hughes, 8 of Michael-street Lambton, suffered hesd injuries when the scooter he was riding was…

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Five Dead in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Five people were killed and 10 injured in road accidents over the week-end. Alfred Ballard. 32. of…

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Three Injured La Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

Three people were injured last night when a car skidded and struck a telegraph pole on the Cessnock-road…

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Level Crossing Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A motorist was killed and his car wrecked In a level-crossing smash at Werris Creek yesterday…

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Miner’s Knee Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 2

Lawrence James McEwan, 40 of Rawson-street, Aberdare was treated by Maitland Ambulance yesterday for an…

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Footballer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

When he collided with another player during a soccer fame yesterday, Jack Powell, 20, of Allandale Street…

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Drowned Children Found In Bed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

Police at Westcliff (Essex) on Sunday found three drowned children, dressed in their pyjamas and neatly tucked in bed…

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Man and wife injured in collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

Two Queenslanders, a man and his wife, who were on their way to Sydney, were injured at Branxton last…

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Back Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

When he was jammed between skips at Bellbird Colliery yesterday, Neil Forbes, 44, a wheeler, of Margaret street,…

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Mine workers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

Two mine workers were injured in separate accidents at Abermain No 3 colliery yesterday…

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Injured in Fall From Cycle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

Michael McInerney, of Budden's Lane, received injuries to the head, right shoulder and right knee when he fell from…

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Sad Burning Fatality Mrs. Ernie White Severely Burned Succumbs to Injuries in Hospital

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Mrs. Annie McDonald White, wife of Mr. E. E. White, "Balgay," Merriwa, was working at the stove on Thursday morning of last week when her clothes came in contact with the fire and the…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Rep Mall, 21, Bridge-street. Cessnock. shift man at Cessnock No. 1 colliery, was struck by a fall of coal…

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Drowning Reported Mr. O. R. Lethbridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 1

It is reported that Mr. O. R. Lethbridge, formerly of Dungog, was washed off the rocks at Elizabeth Bay, near…

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Retired Dentist Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 2

A retired dentist, Oscar Russell Lethbridge, of Tennis street, Forster, was drowned he was washed off rocks…

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Footballers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 1

Five persons received injuries while playing football during the week-end. They were:—…

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Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 2

Leslie John McGinley 45 of Scott's Flat suffered injuries to the right arm when he came into collision with a car…

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Elderly Man Washed Off Rocks and Drowned

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

A man fishing from the rocks at the north end of Elizabeth Beach, 12 miles south of Forster…

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Accidents At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Gerald Shaw. 18, of Attwater avenue, Cessnock, wheeler, at Maitland Main colliery,…

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