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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

997 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 50

Collision Echo Small Debts Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 4

There was an ache in the West Maitland Court of Petty Sessions today of the collision which occurred on the night on the night of Friday, September…

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Riot so Convict Prison Thirteen Persons Injured Montreal

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 1

Nine guards were stabbed or burned, four convicts were injured, and a large workshop, valued at 50 0,000 dollars, was totally destroyed by fire, when a rebellion broke out in St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, on the Isle of Jesus, in the St. Lawrence river, nine miles from…

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Mobs Clash Two Men Injured Affray in Park Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 2

At Alexandria yesterday a clash between rival resulted in two men being taken to hospital and two others were arrested…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 3

While following his occupation as miner at Pelton Colliery yesterday, William Main, 45, residing in George-street, Cessnock, was struck by a fall…

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Painful Accident. MB. H. Cox Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 1

Mr. Harry Cox, of Brook-street, met with a painful accident while assisting at the social in aid of the Home for Incurables, held at the Masonic Hall…

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Three Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 8

Amessage from Adelaide states that when the dinghy from which they were fishing at Alowie Day, near Cape Sponeer, was swamped…

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Many Accidents Growing Menace "Safety First"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 8

The fact that there were in New South Wales last year over 1,000 fatal accidents is sufficient ground for a State-wide…

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Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 6

Mrs. Sylvia Frischy, 38, the daughter of Mr. Robert Henderson, a well-known Sydney silk retailer died in hospital yesterday as the…

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Girl Nearly Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 4

Peggy Whittacker, 13, of Oxford-street, Paddington, was saved from drowning in Narrabeon Lakes by Clifford Jackson, of Goodwin-street…

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Bridge Fatality Accidental Death Coroner Inquires Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland at the magisterial inquiry at the Gresford Courthouse…

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Thirteen Drowned. Trawler in Tempest. Oslo

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 4

Thirteen sailors were drowned when a tempest capsized the. trawler." Golden Deepes," which was. sheltering at Breiviksbotn…

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Cessnock Jockey Injured Sammy Unwin's Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 5

While riding work on the Cessnock racecourse yesterday morning Sam Unwin, a popular Cessnock jockey, sustained a fall and was found to have…

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Shocking Fatality. Boy Mangled by Truck When Mate Released Breakes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 1

Ray Gilbert aged 7, of Lidcombe, was run down by a runaway truck in Lidecombe railway goods yard on Tuesday night and killed instantly…

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Pierced by Chisel. Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 1

Kenneth Parkinson (15), son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Parkinson, met with a painful accident at his father's joinery worlts on Tuesday…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 2

The friends of Mrs. Pat. Tierney will regret to hear that she bad a nasty accident last Tuesday at Canowindra. She was being driven in a sulky by her…

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Cage Crashes Accident at Broke Three Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 1

While a flying fox was being tested yesterday afternoon over Wollombi Brook, at Broke, the cable parted and the cage roll 25ft, to sort…

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Fell From Tree Boy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 10

Ernest Eastwood, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Eastwood, of Furracabad, Glon lanes, was facility injured near the Furracabad…

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Fatality at Milbrodale

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 November 1932 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Milbrodale on Saturday afternoon, the victim being Mr. Georgo Leslie, a residens of the locality for 13½ years. He was…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1932 · page 4

Jack Paul, 18, of Smart-street, Carrington, and who is employed at Jorry's Plains, received injuries to his right ankle on Saturday night when a…

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Boys Drowned Tragedy at Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1932 · page 3

Kevin Mahomet (11), and Mervyn Body[?]tt (10), were drowned on Saturday afternoon in the river [?] the former's home, at Casino…

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