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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Veronica McDonne . of George-street, East Maitland, severely lacerated the Index finger and the pal[?]…

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Footballers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

Two footballers, Brian Bambach 17, of Rous street, East Maitland, and John Machine, 19, of Coronation-street, Kurri,…

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Killed in Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 3

Albert Charies Eichholier, 42, of Adam-street. Campbell’s Hill Maitland was killed in a collision on the New England…

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Constable Killed In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE: Constable Charles Marcus Reeve, 35, of Coburg, was killed last night when his motor cycle and a…

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Injured Foot

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Simpson, 35, of East Maitland, an employee of the Department of N.S.W. Railways, suffered a…

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Boy Injured When Rifle Explodes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

Allan Stevens. 14. of Pokoibin was wounded in the left thigh when a pea rifle he was using to shoot rabbits…

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Increase In Accidents Caused By Straying Stock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

The Department of Local Government advised Lower Hunter Shire Council this morning that figures from…

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Pensioner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

When he fell about 15 feet, from a ladder into a pile of bricks add pipes in the rear of his residence yesterday, Harry…

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N.E. Highway Fesfcslify Accidental Death Finding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Yesterday at the Muswellbrook Police Court, Mr. R. Wingett, J.P., District Corner, held an inquest into the death of Edwin…

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Three Injured At Football

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 2

Maitland Ambulance yesterday attended three footballers who were injured at East Maitland Park…

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Died of Shock After Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 2

At Muswellbrook Police Court last week Mr. R. Wingett. J.P. District Coroner held an inquest into the…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

Jammed between skips while at work at Aberdare Central colliery yesterday, Philip Anderson, 18, clipper, of Railway…

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Elderly Man Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: An elderly recluse died three hours after he was admitted to hospital this morning with a deep wound in his…

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Fall Was Accidental

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Further action against a man who had been involved in a fatal fight was injustified, acting City…

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Move To Reduce Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police Commissioner Delaney has called an emergency conference of five ton road transport officials…

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Hit-run Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 5

There is no conceivable excuse for a hit-run motorist unless he is in the position to prove that he was…

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Killed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: A trailer driver who has not yet been identified was fatally injured when his trailer and…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 7

When the bicycle he was riding and a car came into collision in Aberdare Road, Cessnock, on Tuesday night, John…

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Local Man Awarded £2,000 DAMAGES Hurt In Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

A local mineworker was awarded £2,000 damages by a jury of four at the Maltland Supreme Court on Tuesday…

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Miner Worked 21 Shifts After Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 2

A witness said In Maitland Coroner’s Court that a miner bad completed 21 shifts after he was injured…

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