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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

133 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 7

Elbow Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 February 1955 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Thomas Hall 25, of Third-street, Weston, a wheeler at Aberdare colliery, was jammed between a…

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Boy Drowned In Waterhole On Golf Links

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 February 1955 · page 2

A ten-years-old boy was drowse in a waterhole on Maitland golf links while looking for little fish…

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Tyson Injured Knee Muscle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1955 · page 4

SYDNEY: English fast bowler Frank Tyson yesterday slightly pulled a muscle in his left knee while bowling…

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Boy Injured in Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: A 12-years-old boy was rushed to Sydney from Windsor for an emergencies operation after a…

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Accident Delayed Milk Delivery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 1

A Maitland milkman drove a lagged milk bottle through his wrist when be fell He is Mr. Kevin Linehan…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Andrew-Curry, of 25. Daniel street, Cessnock, a locomotive driver at Cessnock No. 1 colliery, had the…

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Bulga Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 3

Police have failed to locate the bodies of three people drowned when their truck swept from Parson’s Creek,…

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Accidents

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 5

Whether or not the causes of accidents go in cycles we do hot know, but speed, overtaking…

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Causes Of Accidents On Roads (By the Superintendent at traffic)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 2

Whether or not the causes of accidents go in cycles, we do not know, bat speed, overtaking [?]d passing seem to…

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Boy Believed Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1955 · page 4

Lindsay David Rowney (14), is believed to have been drowned yesterday when a boat overturned on Booral…

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Woman Shot Dead; Two Men Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman was shot between the eyed and two men seriously, injured in a shooting affay at Maroubra…

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Spine Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1955 · page 3

Mrs. G. Cowan, 45, of Moore-street, Drummoyne, had her spine injured when she was jolted against the roof…

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Accidents at Abattoir

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 3

George Payne, 18, of Rockhampton, an abattoir. employee, suffered an incised wound to the right thumb which he out it with a knife…

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Injured By Falling Fan

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1955 · page 3

BALLINA: A mechanic suffered severe leg lacerations when an electric fan fell from Its stand to-day…

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Eight Die in Head-on Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1955 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Eight people—Including three children—were killed when two cars collided head-on in a…

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Injured When Plate Glass Fell

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1955 · page 3

Michael McKenna, 51 Glebe-road, Merewether West and Roy Griffith, 26, St. George-street, Lambton, we:…

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Two Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 3

Two men were seriously injured early last night when their utility collided with a semi-traller on the…

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Shotfirer Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Norman Scott, 45, of Kearsley-street, Bellbird, bird a shot-firer at Stanford Main No 2 Collery was…

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Injured Man Found On Roadside

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 March 1955 · page 2

Vincent Daniel Murphy, 51 of Plaistowe-street, Horseshoe Bend, Maitland, was found lying injured on the…

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Leg Broken In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A 54-years. old-man broke his leg this afternoon when his motor cycle-hit another vehicle in…

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