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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Car Fatality Driver Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

John Holmrlck Meek, 59, a resident of Katoomba, while crossing the afreet, was knocked down and fatally, injured by a our alleged to have been…

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Four Drowned Holiday Tragedies Girl Victims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

Two girls, Maisie Fox, 9, and Joan Gadsby, 10, were drowned while bathing at Manudrah seaside resort, 60 miles south of Perth…

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One Drowned Three Others Escape Boat Overturned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

Joseph Baker, 28, of Albanyroad, Petersham, was drowned when a rowing boat capsized on the Woronora River last…

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Died in Bath Remarkable Fatality Cane Cutter's End Innisfail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

When the flying rope of a falling portable showers bath became locked around his neck, Doming Sunner,a Spanish cane farmer of South…

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Casino Accidents Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

Joyce Cook, 8, jumped off the verandah at her home at Casino on to an upturned rake, and suffered a nasty lacerated wound in the solo…

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DROWNED Seized with Cramp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 6

Eric Hedges aged 25 years, of Hedges-st, Fairfield, was drowned at the junction of Cloorge's River and Prospect Crock, where he had gone…

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CAPSIZED! Service Car Four Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 2

Four women were injured and seven other persons had narrow escapes when a service car capsized at the foot of Mount Victoria Pass, at…

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Injured in Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 2

Mr Gorden Spinks, a former resident of Singleton, received internal injuries and shock as a result of a motor car accident at Woolomin, near Tamworth,…

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Boy's Spine Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 6

'William Simpson, 13, of West-st North Sydney, injured his spine on Sunday afternoon , when he dived into shallow water at Balmoral, and…

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Two Drowned Victorian Fatalities MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 6

While bathing off the rocks near Lorne yesterday afternoon, Micheal Edward Dolan, 38, farmer, of Elliminytt, was drowned, Miss Kathleon…

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Toll of Motor One Man Drowned Two Others Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 1

When a motor car crashed through the railings of a bridge near Taupiri. (.New Zealand), four occupants were pinned under wafer. Three…

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Car in Flames Unusual Accident in Heavy, Storm Tamworth, .Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

While travelling on the lower Moonbl range during a heavy rain storm on Sunday afternoon, a car containing five passengers…

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Car Accidents Three Deaths in New Zealand. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 2

When a car crashed through the railings of a bridge near Taupiri (N.Z.) four occupants were pinned under water. Three escaped, but Robert…

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Colliery Worker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Malcolm Smith, 34, of Anstey-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the local hospital to-day with injuries to his back. Smith is employed…

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Boy's Bravery. Companion Saved From Drowning Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Ronald Blair was saved from drowning by a young companion, Frank Lynch, in the Burnett River at Branyan. With three companions, Lynch, Charles Peek,…

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Denman Motor Fatality. Inquest To-day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. R. M. Woodruff, J.P., conducted an inquest at Denman this afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of…

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Boy Drowned Swimming in Dam LITHCOW

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 6

While swimming yesterday at Kandos, In the presence of two hoy friends, Donald Rimmer 11 was drowned,…

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Fell Over Stairs Little Girl Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 4

June, the nine-year-old daughter of inspector Davis, in charge of the West Maitland police, had a painful accident several days age…

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Three Drowned. Swimming Tragedies. Long Trek with Body

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 3

While two girls, Alma Duggan and Aubrey Wilson, of Denman, were bathing in the river at Denman, late on Saturday week last, they got into…

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Weight Did Iti Cycle Overturns Two Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

Fred Faville, 48 who weighs 20 stone, was riding in the side-car of his son's motor-cycle at Camperdown this morning when the machine…

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