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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Neck Injured by Wool Bale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Edward Brady, 24, of Scott-street, Carrington, waterside worker, suffered contusions and abrasions to his neck…

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Accidents at Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Robert Sullivan, 6, of Rawson-street, Aberdare, had his left thumb lacerated when it was caught in a lawnmower…

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Drowning in Yacht Capsize

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

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A man was drowned when a yacht capsized in Port Phillip Bay this afternoon…

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Mineworkers Injured

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

William Thompson, 24, of Church-street, Cessnock, miner at Aberdare colliery, suffered a probable fracture of the leg…

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Drowned Soldier Had Bags Packed For A Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 2

Corporal Noel Lawrence Moran, who was drowned when the amphibious tank he was commanding capsized in the army tragedy off Stockton Bight yesterday morning, had bought…

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Military Honours To Drowning Victims Burial To-day of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

Two soldiers drowned in the amphibious exercise in Stockton Bight on Monday will be buried with military honours to-day. They are Corporal Noel…

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Tug Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): The captain, mate and chief engineer of a tug were drowned in the…

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2 Mineworkers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 4

Cecily Thompson, 33, of Northcote-street, Kurri Kurri, a miner at Aberdare colliery, injured his right leg and ribs…

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Colliery Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 2

Henry Wilsos, 54, of Melbourne St., East Maitland, a machine operator at Rathluba Colliery,…

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Two Hurt in Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 11

Struck by a fall of coal at Rathluba Colliery yesterday, Henry Wilson, 54, of Melbourne-street, East Maitland,…

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Man Injured in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

Dan Creeley, 21, of Minmi, suffered lacerated wounds to his right ear and foot abrasions to his hands, shock and…

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Hurt In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

Ray Green (18) of Lintott Rd., Ash Island, suffered a fracture of the Tight collarbone when a…

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Injured Man Ignored Trueman In More Strife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 8

PORT OF SPAIN, March 14. A.A.P.—English fast bowler Freddie. Trueman, who has been much criticised for his actions during the M.C.C. team's tour of…

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3 Killed In Road Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A father and his three-year-old daughter were crushed to death when two cars collided…

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Drowning Report Sent on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—The report of the Army inquiry into the drowning of two soldiers at Stockton Bight has…

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Died In Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE: John Joseph Fogarty, a Darling Downs hotel licensee, was killed when his car and a truck…

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Horse Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 10

AUCKLAND, March 15. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The racehorse Mt. Denby was injured while galloping, and will not…

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Brother Praised At Double Drowning Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4

The heroic part played by two brothers in a double-drowning tragedy in the flood waters at Duckenfield on Feb. 22, was highly praised by the Maitland Deputy Coroner…

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Ex-Alderman Injured In Road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

Harold Scott-Daisley, 63, of Brown-street, Wallsend, a former alderman on Newcastle City Council, was seriously…

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Ex-Alderman In Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

The condition of Mr. Harold Scott-Dalsley. 63, of Brown St., Wallsend, who was injured in a…

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