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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

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Injured at Brick Works

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 3

William Tomkins, Eurimble-street, Thornton, labourer at Waterloo Fire Brick Company, Thornton,…

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High Rate of Flying Accidents Worry Belgian Authorities

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 6

BRUSSELS: The high rote of fatal flying accidents the Beigion Air For-c is causing grave concern to military authorities here, and new preventitive measures are being studied…

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Injured By Cricket Ball

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

An eight-years-old schoolboy, John Mithakes, of Queen-street, Lorn, was struck on the forehead’ by a cricket ball…

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Three Killed in Head-on Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 April 1955 · page 2

Three people were killed to a head-on colllsian between their car and a fully-faden milk weggon on a slight bend…

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Accident at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 3

William Younger, 51, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, a machinist employed at Aberdare North Tunnel, has his…

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Road Accidents In Cyprus

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 4

NICOSIA (Cyprus): Road accidents in Cyprus during 1954 were at the rate of seven, a day, according to an official…

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Two Cars and Lorry in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

A woman was [?]lovely to[?]ared when a double collision occurred in misty rain on the New England Highway,…

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Local Knowledge Can Be the Cause of Accidents

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 5

Drivers of motor vehicles in country areas fley to some extent on local knowledge when…

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Man and Wife Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 April 1955 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A man and his wife were injured to-day when their car overturned Pacific Highway near…

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One Killed, 18 Injured At Car Races

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1955 · page 4

BATHURST: Cavin Lanark, 7. of Lambert-street, Bathust, was [?]illed and 18 people were injured when a…

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Injured In Mine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 4

CESSNOCK: John Johns, 54 of Mills Crescent Cessnock, a clipper at Bellbird colliery, suffered lacerations to the…

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Injured By Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 3

CESSNOCK: George Kirkwood, 48, of Aberdare-road, Cessnock a miner employed at Aberdare Colliery was struck…

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Bathurst Car Smash Denman Residents Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 April 1955 · page 1

Two Denman residents were injured when a racing car crashed into a section of the crowd at the Bathurst…

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Injured In Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 2

Alfred Griffin, 18, of Bruce-street, Eastville, a labourer, at Turton’s brickworks, was injured when his motor-cycle…

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Shiftman’s Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Andrew Williams, 52, Cessnock, a shiftman at Pelton colliery, had his left hand severely…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 7

When a motor lorry got out of control on the Idaville road on Thursday afternoon last and crashed…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Arthur King, 28, of Millfield-road, Paxton, tophand at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had his right hand…

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Eight Injured In Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Eight men were badly Injured when an explosion wrecked a giant £1 million resin-producing plant outside…

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Drowned From Horseback

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1955 · page 1

DUBLIN: A Sydney-born horse trainer, who had produced nearly 1000 race winners in Britain and Eire, was…

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Three Killed In Car, Cycle Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1955 · page 8

SYDNEY: In a collision between tween a ear and a motor cycle and side-car Fairfield. last after three men were killed…

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