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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Trucks Collide, Man Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

The driver of a utility truck was badly injured in a collision with another truck at the corner of…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 6

Arthur Dobinson, 68, of Bridge-street, Cessnock, lacerated his right hand yesterday when using a small circular…

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Cessnock Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1952 · page 6

James Gardiner, 24, Allandale-road, Cessnock, a black-smith at Abermain No. 2 colliery, suffered an injury to his…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

Joan Smith, 6, of Main-rd., Kitchener, had her right ankle badly cut when she trod on broken glass…

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Accidents on Coalfields

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 5

Leslie Baker (12) of Nulkaba, broke his right arm when he fell off a bicycle near his home…

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Mine Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

Jammed between skips at Aberdare Extended Colliery today, James Hindmarsh (17), of Barrett-ave.,…

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Four Mine Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 3

James Hindmarsh, 17, of Barrett-avenue, Cessnock, clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, broke his left forearm…

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Coalfields Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 3

When he stood in hot ashes yesterday, Edward Dodd (6), of Congewai St., Aberdare, had his feet…

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Seven Injured In Train Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Six women and a man were taken to hospital after a swinging door on a goods train hit a…

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4 Men Believed Drowned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Four men are believed to have drowned when their fishing boat overturned in Swan…

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Injured Wheeler "Satisfactory"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

The Cessnock Hospital reported today that the condition of a wheeler who was buried under 15 tons…

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Baby Drowned In Parents' Yard

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 1

WOY WOY.—A 13-months-old baby girl was drowned in the yard of her parents' home in Woy Woy…

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Clipper Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 5

Alan Hall, 22, of South-street, Telarah, clipper at Abermain No. 2 colliery, had his right hand injured when it…

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Miner Injured By Fall Of Stone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 5

Struck by a fall of stone at Rathluba colliery yesterday, Essex Carrall, 37, miner, of Devonshire-street, Maitland,…

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3 Hurt in Bus-truck Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 2

Three people were injured when a truck and a bus collided near Bob's Farm late last night…

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Amendment of Accident Damages Law

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—State Cabinet decided to-day to amend the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,…

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Move To Cut In Industry Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—As a move to arrest the upward trend of industrial accidents, the Interstate…

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Man Accidentally Shot In Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—While spotlight shooting rabbits at Mallala last night, Donald Arthur McGair, of…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 7

David Renfrew, of Northcote St., Aberdare. a timber worker at Aberdare Extended Colliery, had his…

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Unusual Accidents At Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

A man received severe barns to the face and neck when a tractor burst into flames as it was being…

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