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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Man Accidentally Shot in Foot

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1954 · page 2

Hugh Kirk, a sharefarmer, of Gloucester, accidentally shot, himself in the right foot with a rifle late on…

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Two Injured In Overturn

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Two young men were injured slightly when an old model car overturned in Elizabeth-street,…

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Two Injured on Highway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE : A motor cyclist and his pillion passenger were found unconscious on the Pacific Highway at…

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Six Hurt in Traffic Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

Six people were injured in motor accidents is the Maitland area over the week-end. There were no fatalities…

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Two Miners Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Edward Collins 53, Chapman-street, Cessnock, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, suffered an…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 5

Two miners were injured when they were struck by pieces of coal at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 3

Keith Goodwin, of Mount Pleasant Street, Maitland, a miner employed at Aberdare Colliery, suffered a probable…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 1

A youth, D. Anderson (18), of No. 1 Hostel, Scone, figured in a serious and somewhat remarkable…

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Five Injured In Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 2

Five people were injured in motor accidents in the Maitland district over the weekend. Three were injured when…

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Head Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 2

While hanging clothes in the yard of a residence, Miss H. Bruderlin, of Church street, was struck on the head by the…

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Man's Head Severed in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 2

A motor-cyclist had his heed severed to a head-on collision over the week-end. He collided with a heavy…

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Ankle Injured By Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 3

Francis Arthur Russell, 42, of Second-street, Weston, a miner at Rathluba colliery, injured his ankle…

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Accident at Gungal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 4

Hay Daniels, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Daniels, of Gungal, had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident when…

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Truck Driver to Pay Damages Accident on N.e. Highway

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

BEFORE HIS HONOUR JUDGE G. AMSBERG AT THE SCONE DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY THE DRIVER OF A FIVE-TON TRUCE WAS ORDERED TO PAY FOR DAMAGE TO A HOLDEN…

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Three Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 2

A motor cyclist last night collided with two pedestrians in front of Maitland Nurses Home…

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Man Beheaded in Shocking Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

A 23-year-old motor cyclist was beheaded in a shocking collision with a 5-ton truck on the Maitland-Dungog Road…

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Accident at Brickworks

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 3

Thomas Murray 19, of Railway Parade, Berasflid, employed at the Waterloo Bricl Company, suffered, extensiv[?]…

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Injured At Abattoir

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 2

An abattoir employee, Stan Walton, 16, of Fourth Avenue, Rutherford, was attended by Maitland Ambulance yesterday…

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Shiftmen Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 5

When he was struck by a prop at Richmond Main colliery yesterday, William P. Chenery, a shiftman, of St…

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Boy Fatally Injured Near Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

A 14-year old boy was killed instantly on Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a lorry loaded with cattle, on the…

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