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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Trevor King Will Not Fight for Six Months Leg Broken In Collision

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

Owing to Injuries received In an accident but Satur-day, former local boxer and featherweight chaos…

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Unusual Accident Bridge Rail Through Car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

Herbert Cecil Clode, 34, of Glen Oak, was injured at 2.40 p.m. Monday when his car got out of control at Stork's Creek…

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Head Injured Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

Henry Wilson, 54 of Melbourne street East Maitland suffered abrasions to the top of his head this morning when…

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Mother And Baby Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: A mother and her baby were slightly injured when a car in which they were travelling…

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Zing Inquest : Awkward Angle Where Accident Occurred

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 3

The railway overhead bridge near Branxton where Marcus Albert Douglas King was killed on December 21 was at an awkward angle to the road, Constable E. C. Meyn said in the Coroner’s Court this…

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Mineworker Injured [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

David Beard, 48, a miner, of Mayfield St., Cessnock, suffered an injury to his buttocks when he fell from a acaffolding at…

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Head Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 5

When his bead was caught between skips at Millfield colliery this morning, Roy McCann, 19, a clipper, of…

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English Captain Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

LONDON: Dicky Williams, who on Wednesday was named captain of the British Rugby League team for the…

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Belbird Man's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 5

The Maitland [?] (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) a verdict of accidental [?] when he held an [?] the…

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Car Death Accidental, Says Coroner

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

The deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) found yesterday that the death of Marcus Albert Douglas King, 44, miner,…

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Branxton road death was accidental

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Maltiand Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) at…

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Truck Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Ray Green 18 of Lintott street Ash Island suffered a fractured right collar bone when the…

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Racehorse Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND: New Zealand Sydney Cup entry Mount Denby has been Injured while galloping and will not contest…

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Child Dead, Woman Badly Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE; A 10 months, ld baby was found dead near a blood-soaked bed by police last Digit A badly injured…

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Two Injured in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

When a motorcycle outfit and a car came into collision in Wollombi Road, Cessnock, on Friday night, the rider of the…

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Ship’s Officer Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A Scottish second engineer was drowned when he fell overboard from a freighter in Sydney…

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Drowning Man’s Last Thoughts For Father

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

“Goodbye, dad; sorry I couldn’t make it to get help” were the last words heard from Lyle Everett Thomas Harris, 22, before he drowned in the floodwaters at Duckenfield last month…

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Plumber Injured in Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

William C. Harrison, a plumber, of West Avenue, Cessnock, suffered third degree burns to his hips and…

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Victim Still Unconscious Highway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

Alec Graham, of Brushy Hill, was admitted to hospital at Muswellbrook following the overturning of his utility on the…

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Accidents at Gloucester

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

GLOUCESTER: Douglas Randall, who runs the Giro mail, escaped serious injury when his truck ran off the…

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