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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Child’s Head Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

Kathleen Jaratowitch, aged 2½ years, of Bridge-street, Telarah, fell and bumped her head on a step yesterday and…

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Theory of Murder in Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Homicide Squad detectives to-day revealed that a man, whose naked body was pulled from…

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Scone Fatality Finding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 8

Scone and district Coroner, Mr. D. Cluff, held an inquest concerning the death of Rudolf Schuhmacher, formerly of…

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RUGBY [?] Don Schofield to Play Lock for Cessnock Barry Lev[?] On Injured List

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 5

[?] Scho[?] win be in the lock [?] for Cessnock [?] with central at the Cessnock…

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Man Convicted Of Negligent Driving Charge Sequel to Denman Road Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 8

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., Clarence Killen was convicted on a charge of negligent driving. Killen was fined £1, plus 12/…

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Kept on After Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

John Robert Cooper, of Chinchin - street, Islington, pleaded guilty in East Maitland Court to-day to a charge…

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Motorcyclist loses foot after accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 2

A 17-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured and Ms machine extensively damaged in a…

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Spine Injured In Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

LITHGOW: When a blasting operation spilt a coal face at the state mine to-day, a man was burled beneath the…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

Kevin Brennan, 22, of Longstreet, Cessnock, a brattice hand, employed at Aberdare Central colliery, had his…

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Boys Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Nett Luckett, 12 years of age, of Bulga, suffered an extensive lacerated wound below the right…

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

Ian Deamer, 16, of Louth Park-road Maitland, Injured his left shoulder and suffered contusions to the right knee…

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Derby Horse Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY: Castle Moat, AJC Derby candidate, was injured at Randwick yesterday, and will miss the Hobartville…

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Collision on Bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 4

A man suffered minor abrasions to his head when the car in which he was travelling to Singleton came into…

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Young Woman Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: A young woman was fatally injured when struck by a truck at the corner of Tudor and Steel…

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Appalling Loss Of Life Traffic Accident Problem Why Regulations Should Be Observed (No. 1)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 4

In pre-war days the accident rate in both the metropolitan and country areas remained reasonably constant. Of the total…

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Man's Condition Extremely Grave After Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 2

The condition of Mr. John W. C. Moxham, soldier settler of Hebden a well-known figure in…

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Unusual Singleton Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 1

Mr. John Moxham, who was seriously injured while helping his father, Mr. Cyril Moxham, to muster horses on a property at…

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Top Rough Rider Seriously Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 5

Top - ranking Australian rough rider, Kevin McTaggart, of Goondiwindi, who is wellknown for his fine…

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Injured Playing Football

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 3

A schoolboy, Brain McIntyre 11, of Cultivation Road, Maitland received a lacerated wound to the his bead…

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Injured in Quarry

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 3

Lyal Roy Saunders 51, of Martin’s Creek employed at the perway quarry, was injured yesterday when he fell…

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