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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Youth Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

When the motor-cycle he was riding came into collision with another motor-cycle at the intersection of Maitland…

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Three Dead In Plane Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

A United States Air Force Sabre fighter and a RAF Meteor night fighter on a training flight, collided in mid-air…

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Face Injured In Fall At Sports

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Una Lane, 18 years, of Mount Thorley, received a punctured and confused wound to her upper lip…

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Found Injured In Burning House

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Police have charged a 26-year-old man with wounding a woman with intent to murder at Kensington,…

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Miner Injured By Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

A miner at Stanford Greta colliery, Raymond Schofield, 24, of Maitland street, Kurri Kurri, received…

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Jockey Hurt In Track Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Apprentice jockey L. Bridge sustained probable fractured leg when he was involved In an accident…

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Juries For Accident Claims

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY: The Minister or Justice (Mr. Downing) will meet a deputation from the New South Wales Trades and…

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Hips Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

Jack Churches, 37, of Porter-avenue, East Maitland, received injuries to his hips yesterday when he was caught…

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Father And Son Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 6

James Ingham, 24, of Cedar Creek, suffered lacerations to the head and left hand and chest Injuries when…

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Deaths From Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA: A report issued by Mr. S. R. Carver, acting Commonwealth statistician shows that in the…

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Peer Said Shooting Was An Accident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Lord Vivian, the [?] and Mrs. Mavis [?] who was charged with attempting to murder…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

Caught between skips at Richmond Main colliery on Wednesday, Bob Dodd, 18, a clipper, of Deakin Street, Kurri…

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Child Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

Two-year-old Barbara Farnham, of Government Road, Kearsley, suffered a laceration to her foot when she stopped…

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Mill Hands Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 4

Two mill hands were injured in similar accidents at local sawmills on Wednesday. When he was struck by a…

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Undermanager Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

When he was struck by a horse at Hebburn No. 1 colliery this morning. Frank Wolfe, 49, undermanager, suffered…

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Motor-cyclist Badly Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 3

When he came into collision with an empty coal train at Greta Main level crossing while returning from work on a…

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Mother And Son Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: When a ca[?] in which they were returning to Sydney skidded in gravel and overturned while taking a…

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Inquest Into Segenhoe Fatality Death of Schoolboy Coroner Issues Warning to Users of Roads

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

At the Scone Coroner's Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. D'Arcy Cluff held an inquest into the death of Thomas Leo Roper, schoolboy, who met his death at Segenhoe on 22nd September last…

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The Passing Scene Littered With Wreckage Of Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

The passing scene of highway history in N.S.W. is not a pleasant one. It is littered with the accumulated wreckage of forty years of accidents. It is strewn with the bodies of more than 10,000 killed…

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Former Aberdeen Girl Killed in Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 4

Fay, 17-year old daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. L. Banfteld, of Jenner Parade, Hamilton, died in the Newcastle Hospital on…

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