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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

997 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 50

Gun Exploded Young, Man's Death Accidental Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1932 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. Alex Morrison, held an inquest into the circumstances of the death of John William Brunner, aged 23, only son…

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ACCIDENTAL Timber Cutter's Death CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1932 · page 5

At the Cessnock Court yesterday the Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) held an inquest concerning the death of Alexander M[?] (24), an…

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Tragedy at Glendon Brook Verdict of Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 November 1932 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr Alex. Morrison) conducted an inquest at the Singleton Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the circumstances…

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River Fatality Eoy. Carried, Away INVERELL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 2

When he get out of his depth in the swollen Macintyre River at Inverell late yesterday, John Hilton Grey, 14, of Mullamanna, was carried away and…

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Over Bank Motor Car's Plunge Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 12

Mr. J. T. Styles and his wife and daughter were admitted to the Bowral Hospital following a motor accident at Paddy's River…

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Drowning Child Saved by Rubber Toy Fell in River Baan Baa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 10

When she was carried away by the current in the Namol River near here Eetty Hollingsworth (8) was saved by clinging to a small rubber…

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Milk Lorry Struck by Engine Shocking Fatality. Four Killed, One Internally Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred at Culwalla, near Bowral, this morning, when an engine drawing a van collided with a milk lorry on which three men and…

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Injured on Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 2

Mr. W. Peacock, railway inspector at Junce, received severe lacerations which necessitated his removal to hospital, when he was thrown from a…

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Boy Drowned in River Tragedy at Inverell

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 8

Geeting out of his depth in the rainswollen Macintyre river at Inverell late on Wednesday afternoon, John Hilton Grey, aged 14, of Uplands,…

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Woman's Death Injured in Cycle Smash SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 3

Mary Phoebe Merely, 13, of Castle Hill, was fatally injured when a motor-cycle and sidecar ridden by her husband, George Merely, 43, who…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 2

While playing at his home yesterday aftornoon, Jack Dueey, son of Mr. Dueey, of Kayuga, came in contact with a wire fence, resulting in the lid…

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Unusual Accident

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

A young son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hunt picked up near the railway line, a sparklet bulb of the type used in small soda cyphons. With the usual…

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Boy's Painful Accident Pitchfork Through Lung

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 3

A painful accident befell Eric McDonald, 13, of Kalingo-street, Bellbird yesterday. Young McDonald was vising the…

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Train Fatality SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1932 · page 1

The 12-year-old son of the Harris Park station master, Vincent Pearce, was run over by a train close to the station…

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DUNGOG Four Men Injured Car Capsize Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1932 · page 2

A car, owned and driven by Mr. Hargense, sawmill proprietor, of Salisbury. capsized at the turn on the north side of Myall…

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Boy's Curiosity Peculiar Accident Bulb Exploded Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1932 · page 1

A young son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt met with a peculiar accident. He picked up a sparklet bulb of the…

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Fewer Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1932 · page 3

A return of accidents reported by A.A. (Great Britain) patrols during three months of 1931 and 1932 show that by comparing 1932 with the…

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Two Injured Cycle—Car Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 2

Jack Richards of Brisbane, a University Student, who is having special training at the Government workshops, Cardiff, was admitted to…

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Plane Crash War Pilot Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 3

Squadron-Leader M. C. Mo[?]roger, a famous New Zealand war pilot, who was with the 85th Squadron and who figures in the book "War Birds,"…

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Out of Depth Saved From Drowning Boy and Mother

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 2

Phil Bulbert, a boy living at Eve lyn Estate, Cardiff, had a narrow escape from drowning, when he went out of his depth while bathing at…

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