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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 62

Horse Injured Skin Torn, Off SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 1

While training at Konsington this morning Starlike struck himself badly and tore a piece of skin about a foot in length from his cannon bone…

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Constable Shot Through Lung an Amazing Accident. Dying Depositions Taken. Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

While travelling in a motor car last night, Constable Walsh, of Waratah, was shot above the heart. Mystery surrounds the affair, but…

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Motor Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

News has come to hand of the death of Mr. Thomas Cummins, brother of Mrs. Ogilvie, of Dungog. It appears that whilst motoring on…

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Cyclist Injured. Admitted to Hospital

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 6

Severe injuries were received by Jack Kellman, of Baerami, when the fork of his motor cycle broke. The injured boy was found beside his…

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Thrown From Horse Youth Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

When he was thrown from a horse at Kurri Kurri on Monday, Mervyn Liggett received injuries which necessitated his removal to the Kurri…

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Fatality at Baerami. Young Married Man Killed While at Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 6

Stanley Wilson, a young married man, died at his home at Baerami Creek last night as a result of injuries received while felling…

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One Killed; Four Injured Car Crashes into Electric Light Pole

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 1

One man was killed and four others injured when a car in which they were travelling towards Maitland crashed into an electric light…

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Constable Shot Through Lung. an Amazing Accident Dying Depositions Taken. Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

"While travelling in a motor car last night, Constable Walsh, of Waratah, was shot above the-heart. Mystery surrounds the affair, but…

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Waratah Policeman's Condition Still Serious. Shot Through the Chest. Neath Hill, Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 3

The condition of Constable Calvin Walsh, the Waratah policeman, who was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital late on Sunday night…

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Collision with Car Motor Cyclist Killed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 1

When the motor-cycle which he was riding collided with a motor-car at Chatswood last night Jako Keith Pye, aged 28, of North Sydney, believed to…

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Accident to Jockey Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 2

Edward M'Menamin, aged 28, a jockey, received a fractured collarbone and concussion when he was thrown from his mount at Randwick…

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Girl Injured Fell from Balcony SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 8

Falling from the balcony of a hotel at North Sydney late last night, and crashing to the ground 25 feet below, Nancy Fotess, 17, who resides…

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Pigs and Wine Expensive Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 2

Sixty pigs in various stages of intexication were seen recently in the village of Bozen, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland…

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Trams Collide Four People Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 6

Four people were injured, two seriously, while several others suffered from the effects of, shock this morning, when two tranis collided at Milson's…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 8

Messrs. Bettington Bros, were returning from, the Maitland races when their car ran into a horse, one-and-a-half miles north of Gungal, on the…

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Obituary. Death of Alfred King. Following Injuries Received in Street Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 3

It is with deepest regret that the writer chronicles the sad death of Alfred King, the unfortunate victim of the shocking motor accident which…

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Head Injuries Cyclist in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 4

Mr. H. Warr, 56, of William-street, Homeville, received abrasions to his head, shock and slight concussion, in High-street, West maitland, this…

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Injured Constable Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 4

Constable C. Walsh who was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital on sunday night last, following a sheeting accident, was operated on last…

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Injured Hand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 8

Apprentice rider Jack McCarthy rode Clara Mary in the Maiden Handicap at Newcastle on Saturday, but an injury to his hand, which he…

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Boys Drowned Dived Into Dam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 6

Eric Gurney (7), of Renwick-street, Alexandria, and Robert Cavanagh (7), of Brandling-street, Alexandria, were drowned in a dam near…

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