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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Sensation at Lake Macquarie Boy and Mother Saved From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 2

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

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Surf Tragedy Bank Clerk Drowned Sudden Collapse Forester, Monday

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

A young man, named Ray Downer, employed on the staff of the E.S. and A. Dank at Taree, was drowned at Tuncurry Beach late on Saturday…

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Two Killed S. Australian Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 6

Kenneth Earnest Hunt, 18, of McLaron Vale (S.A.), was killed instantly when the motor cycle he was riding was struck by a railway car…

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Car Smash East Greta Accident Three Involved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 4

Last night, at the East Greta hill, three cars were involved in a collision, which fortunately did not prove serious in its…

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A Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 3

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

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Accident at East Greta Three Cars Involved

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 2

Three cars were involved in a collision at the East Greta hill last night. Mr. J. Rumford, of Maitland-rd., Cessnock, was returning home from the…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Sattler, the well-known carrier, of Hebden, met with a very painful and possibly serious accident at his home on Saturday. He was…

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Jockey Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 9

When D. Allen (23), a Kurri Kurri jockey, was unseated from Glengarry while doing his preliminary before the start of the Flying…

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Youth Drowned in Creek

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

Late yesterday afternoon Edward Strahan, 20, of Hillview, Liverpool, was found by his mother floating [?] downwards in a creek near the…

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Colliery Electrician Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 3

When a pit prop fell on him while working in Aberdare Extended Colliery yesterday afternoon Welter Phee electrician, living in Rawson-street…

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Echo of Motor Car Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 6

In the Maitland District Court case in which Albert Davies, miner, of Abardare, was given a verdict for £62 against Maud Emily Jones, of…

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Flying Fatality. General's Son Killed. Mechanic's Remarkable Es Cape. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 5

Flying-Officer Blarney, son of General Blarney, Commissioner of Police in Victoria, was killed accidentally at Richmond to-day,…

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Knocked Down by Lorry Four-year-old Boy Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

Knocked down by a motor lorry near his home last night, Charles Berry four-year-old son of Mr James Berry, of Allandale-road. Cessnock…

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Accidents. Knife Wounds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 5

While at work at the Aberdeen meat works on Friday, Mr. J. Faulkiner, of Cook's Hill, sustained a deep incised several stitches were inserted in the…

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"It Is Ghastly!" Fatal Motor Accident Coroner's Comment Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 1

Strong comment was made by the Parramatta District Coroner to-day when he held an Inquiry Into the death of William Lylie…

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Risk of Accident Necessity for Care Parents Duty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 10

All parents worthy of the name are deeply interested in all that concerns the welfare of their children, and many will, therefore,…

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Lorry Accident Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 3

Knocked down by a motor lorry, early last night near his home in Allandale-road, Cessnock, Charles P?rry, 14, was admitted to hospital…

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Pit Prop Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 3

Walter Phee, an electrician, living at Aberdare, received injuries to the head and ribs, when a pit prop fell on him while working in Aberdare…

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Unlucky Week-end Series of Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 8

A strang sequence of accidents occurred in the Lismore district ever the week-end. When he was thrown out of a cart…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon an accident occurred at the river in a peculiar way. A little child was throwing stones into the water when one of Mr. and…

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