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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

997 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 50

Brothers Hurt Katoomba Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 7

Two brothers Fred and Dave Barnes, butchers, working for the same employer at Katoomba, met with serious accidents…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett) at the inquest held at the Newcastle Courthouse into the death…

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Injured by Electric Shock

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 4

James Jordan, aged 40, an electrical fitter's assistant, residing at Leichhardt, and employed at the electrical railway car sheds at Flemington, was…

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Four Injured Truck Capsizes Ran Off Road Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 4

When a motor truck left the road and overturned near Tester's Hollow, shortly before 6 o'clock last night, four persons…

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Gravely Injured By Hit-run Motorist Woman Victim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 2

A message from Melbourne says that when she was knocked down, near her home in Princess-terrace, St. Kilda, last night, Miss Rita de…

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Finger Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 5

John Mutton (4½), of Oakliampton; West Maitland, suntalned severe contusions to the middle [?] of his left hand this morning, when it was…

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Submarine in Collision Pleasure Steamer Holed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 1

While the submarine Rainbow was leaving Portsmouth Harbour to-day it came into collision with s.s. Premier, a small pleasure steamer…

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Accident at Level Crossing Car Stalls on Railway Tracks. Men Have Remarkable. Escapes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 3

An onrushing train, bearing down, on them, and their car stalled in the centre of the tracks, two men had only a fraction of a second in which to…

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Fall of Coal Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

William Shaw, 29, a miner, employed in Richmond Main Colliery, was caught by a fall of cool in his working-place, and had his left leg…

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Bolting Horse Youth Fatally Injured Desperate Chase Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 4

Thrown from a bolting horse in Pittwater Road, North Narrabeen, last night, Alexander Hudson, 17, of Collaroy, was fatally injured…

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Student Charged Sequel to Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 7

Ball of £80 was allowed William Adams (20), a law and arts student, when he was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of…

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Serious Smash Tram and Lorry Eight Injured Sydney

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

When a tram and a horse-drawn lorry came into collision at the corner of Botany-road and Gardiner's-road, Mascot, to-day eight passengers on…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Mr. Falconer, a well-known Muswellbrook resident, while engaged in slaughtering sheep at the Aberdeen Freezing Works to-day, met with a…

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Five Injured Head-on Collision Acid Burns Sydney

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

When two cars collided head-on at the corner of George and Market streets, City, five persons were injured, the spilling of acid from the…

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11 DEAD Collision at Sea Sailer Sinks London, July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 1

Eleven members of the Finnish crew of the sailing ship Melbourne were Browned when the vessel sank in a…

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Hit-run Driver Old Man Injured SYDNEY

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

The Metropolitan police to-day are starching for the driver of a motor car which knocked down William Keeser, 60, of Paddington, in…

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Fierce Attack Fatal Fire Ensues Woman Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 1

Serious head injuries were received late yesterday afternoon by an orchardist's wife, living near Wiseman's Ferry, when she…

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Where Is He? Girl Calls for Lover Victim of Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 4

With an arm and a log fractured and suffering from severe concussion, a girl lies dangerously ill in Newcastle Hospital…

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Three Injured Coalfields Accidents

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

Outford Ross, 24, of W[?], Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital on Saturday afternoon with injured to the right log…

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