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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

753 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 38

Injured in Track Fall

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Leading apprentice, K: Davis, who won on the favourite, L’ Eperon, at Canterbury yesterday, was…

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Violence Continues in Braze Capital 4 Dead, Many Injured In Demonstrations

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

RIO DE JANEIRO: Casualties In demonstrations President Getulio Vargas committed suicide in a dramatic climax an Tuesday to Brazil’s political crisis rose yesterday to four dead and scores injured…

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Stockton Bight Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Minister for the Array (Mr. J. Francis), said in the House of Representatives that he would not have…

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Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

A car was slightly damaged this morning when it collided with an electricity supply department jeep at the corner of…

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Scalp Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

CESSNOCK: George McCabe (59), of Wolfe-street, Maitland, a shiftman employed at Ellington colliery, received…

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Painter Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 4

Thomas Chiron, 47, of Katoomba a painter, was struck by a piece of iron while working yesterday on a…

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Injured Women Travel Five Mile

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Two women, who [?] they escaped from the second-s[?] window of an Ashfield Roman Catholic…

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Head-on Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 2

Two men were slightly injured and one suffered from shock when they were involved in a head-on collision on…

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Children Injured By Cars

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 2

Two children were injured over the week-end when they were hit by cars. Helen Miller, 9 of…

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Pettier Injured By Coal Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 2

A fettler, Bert Bailey, 54, of Rous-street, East Maitland, was injured on Saturday when he was run down by a coal…

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Two Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 2

Two cars were extensively imaged, two men were slightly injured and one suffered from shock in a…

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Children Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 1

Four children were treated and taken to Kurri Kurri Hospital by Kurri Kurri Ambulance When they were hurt in…

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Mineworker Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: William Burgoyne, 20, a wheeler, of Greta-street, Aberdare, was injured to-day when he was…

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200 Drowned By Floods In Indian River

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 3

CALCUTTA: Widespread floods in northwest India are estimated to have killed 200 people and caused damage…

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Youth Killed In Truck Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 1

A youth was killed and two other men were injured when a utility truck overturned on Fullerton-road, Stockton, late…

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Mr. Geoff. Moxey Killed in Road Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 1

Geoffrey Moxey, (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. Arn. Moxey, of Williamtown was killed and two other…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 7

When fee fell on to a u rail 'at 'Aberdare colilery yesterday, Reginald Brooks, 38,a miner, of Northcote Street…

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Man Injured By Falling Tree

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 5

A bulldozer driver was injured when the limbs of a failing tree dropped across his machine at Mandalong…

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Actress Killed In Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD: Geraldine Carr, 37-years-old film and television actress, was killed yesterday when a motor car…

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Two Injured In Cycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 2

Two people were injured in motor-cycle accidents In the Maitland district over the week-end…

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