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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

753 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 38

Accident-free Week

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

For the past seven days no motor accidents or breaches of the Traffic Act have been reported to the Muswellbrook Police…

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Two Injured In Car Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 2

Two men were injured when th[?] cars collided at Lorn last night. Maitland Ambulance took…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 1

CESSNOCK-:- Henry Towns end, 32. of Millfield, a loader-hand at Stanford Main No; 2 colliery, was lowering a pump…

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Injured Australian Players

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 7

LONDON: Witt five out of players injured, the Australian Rugby League team ranched Marseilles for its…

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Girl, 6, Fatally Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 1

A six-year-old girl was fatally injured at Dunolly, near Singleton, on Saturday, when her clothing was caught…

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Bridge worker injured at Warkworth

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 2

A man was injured when he fell from the framework on to the decking of the high-level bridge at…

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Miner Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: John Logan, 32, of Main-road Weston a miner at Aberdare colliery, had his left hand badly…

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Car Overturned; Driver Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 2

A three-wheel car last night overturned near the railway crossing at Four-Mile Creek. The driver, William,…

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Finger Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 3

A slaughterman’s labourer, at Maitland abattoir, John Norr[?]e, 21, of High-street, Maitland, received a severe incised…

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Loader Hand Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 1

Harry Townsend, 32, a loader hand, of Millfield, suffered extensive lacerations to the third and little fingers of his…

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Two Injured When Car Capsized

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 7

When the car she was driving overturned in Main Road, Abermain on Tuesday afternoon, Sister McDonald, of…

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Burning Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 1

Kevin Dimmock, an employee at Glenbawn Dam, whose address is No. 2 Hostel, Scone, received burns to…

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Child's death was accidental says Coroner

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 4

Recording a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on six-year-old Kay Elizabeth Woods, who was…

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Man injured by bundle of papers

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 2

A bundle of newspapers flung from a paper truck when it overturned at Cambenwell bridge at 3.30…

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Injured In Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

When two cars collided at Wellsend on Saturday, Mrs. Muriel Schrader, 60, of Wren Street, Booragul, received…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

Colin Stewart, 18, a clipper, of Branxton Street, Nulkaba, suffered Injuries to his right forearm when he was caught…

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Woman And Child Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

A woman and a child were injured when a car collided with another vehicle at the Hexham railway crossing…

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Two Injured In Coal Falls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

Two mincworkers were injured when they were caught, in coal falls at two collieries, this morning…

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Four Injured on Weston Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

Four people were injured In traffic accidents at Werton over the week-end. Nell Brown, 20, of Old…

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Injured In Fall From Motor-cycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 5

When he fell from a motorcycle on Sunday, Alex Orr, 28 of Hunter Street, Cessnock received general lacerations and…

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