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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Six Injured In Road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

Six occupants of two cars were injured in an accident on the New England Highway near East Maitland last night…

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Man Believed Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

Ray Bailey, 54, of Sayman-street, Pelican, is believed to have drowned in Swansea channel at Pelican last night…

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Man Drowned Near Swansea

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 15

The body of a man who was drowned near Pelican last night was found on a sandbank in Swansea…

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Three Injured In Road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

Three people were injured and one suffered shock when a car and utility truck collided in Newcastle-road, Jesmond,…

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Two Injured in Wickham Crash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

A motor-cyclist and a pedestrian were injured when they collided in Hannell-street, Wickharn, last night…

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Driver To Pay £500 To Injured Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—A motorist was ordered to-day to pay £500 out of his own property to a girl seriously injured…

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3 Accidents In Rain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 15

Rain this morning caused two cars to overturn and another to crash into the Long Bridge at Maitland…

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Child Injured At Bellbird

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

Three - year - old Leslie Bradley, or Tuncurry, was struck by a utility truck when he was crossing…

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Car Accident Victim Dies

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

ORANGE.—A man died In Orange Hospital last night from injuries he received in a car accident on…

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Accident to Night Club Dancer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

THIRTY-YEAR-OLD dancer Inga Weire grimaces in pain as her fractured right arm is put in splints moments after it was broken while she was dancing in a California nightclub on Feb. 3. The mishap occurred while she was being twirled over the head of her partner. Igor Dega, who is holding her left hand…

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Casualty in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

Charles Collins, 57, of King-street, Adamstown, was injured yesterday when his motor-cycle and a car collided…

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Children, Father Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, Wednesday. —A farmer and his two children were drowned to-night when their car plunged into a…

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Woman Killed In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE.—Mrs. Stella Barth, of Abbotsford, Sydney, was killed when two cars collided at Haigslea…

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Accidents At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 6

Bert Foster (61), of Nulkaba, a laborer employed by Kearsley Shire Council, fell from the rear of a…

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Child Drowned in Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Stewart Tyson, 5, of Cabramatta Migrant Hostel, drowned in Prospect Creek, near…

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Man Drowned in Flooded Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—Brian Lincoln, 20, station hand, of Planet Downs Station, in the Rolleston district, was…

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Man Injured on Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

Sandre Gorsaff, 48, of Hannell-street. Wickham, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, injuries to the thigh,…

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Man Injured in Bus Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 4

Lance Stafford, 54, of Robb-street, Belmont, suffered cuts and bruises to the forehead and face, concussion and shock…

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10 Drowned When Launch Sank

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. (A.A.P.).—At least 10 people were drowned today when a launch sank while…

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Trainees Hurt In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY. — Three national service trainees were injured Last night, when an army truck skidded in…

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