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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Accidents at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 7

SINGLETON: Mrs. J. Knight, of Dangar-road, received a painful Injury when her right, band was caught in…

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Bulahdelah Unusual Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 6

The many friends of Mr. M. T. McDermett, of Bulahdelah, will be sorry to learn that Mac is in hospital in…

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Footballer Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 3

Edward Hughes. 33, of Tally Ho Park, Rutherford, suffered injuries to his left side while playing football at Maitland…

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Footballers Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 2

Three Muswellbrook footballers were injured in a Singleton v Muswellbrook Rugby League match at…

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Motor Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 3

A motor cyclist, Robert Hellyert, 19, of Rous-street, East Maitland, received injuries to his bead and right knee when…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Henry Tomlinson, 61, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, a borer employed at Aberdare colliery, received an…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

Two mineworkers were injured in separate accidents at Abermain No. 2 colliery yesterday…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

When he was caught between an empty skip and a trolley it Richmond Main colliery yesterday. James McKenzie, a…

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Youth Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A youth was killed and two others were seriously injured in a collision between a car and…

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Boy Drowned In Creek

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

A two-year-old boy drowned in six feet of water in Toongabbie Creek, Northmead yesterday…

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Three Footballers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

SINGLETON: During a Rugby League match on Howe Park three Muswellbrook players were injured. They were…

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Injured in Mine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Mervyn Brown, 87, or Kearsley, a top hand employed at Elrington colliery, suffered an injury to the grain…

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Infant Believed Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Water police and Army engineers and civilians used floodlights last night in a search for a…

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Boy believed drowned in river BRISBANE

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 4

Water police. army engineers and civilians used floodlights last night in the search for a two-year-old…

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Scone Man Badly Injured Canberra Car Crash

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

When a car in which he was a passenger was forced off the road and struck a stationary truck, a young…

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Police Guard on Injured Man Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 4

A police guard has been placed over a man at St. Vincent's Hospital after he was pulled from a wrecked…

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Cessnock Youth's Death Accidental Verdict at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death due to cerebral lacerations resulting from a bullet wound was returned by the…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Alan Klem, 40, of Atwater-avenue Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery. was struck by a fall of coal…

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Shooting death was accidental

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 6

Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. Frazer) returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on William Terry Lewis, 15, of Love Street, Cessnock…

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Three Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

Two adults and a child were injured yesterday when a motor cycle collided with can at the corner of Elgin and…

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