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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 62

Local and General. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 2

Kelvin Riley, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley, of Carrabolla, sustained a broken thigh when he was kicked by a horse. He was…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 4

Whilst riding to work at the Crawford River, Mr. W. Godwin was the victim of an accident. His horse fell and rolled on him and injured his hip…

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Cycling Crashes Four Riders Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 6

Four rider were injured-as a result of fails at a cycling carnival at Federal Park, Wallsend, on Friday. Carl Fandeiras (28), of Cardiff, ran…

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Girl Injured Thrown from Sidecar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 6

Miss Dorothy Higginbottom, 18, of Cook's Hill, Newcastle, who was a passenger in a sidecar attached to a motor cycle being ridden by R. Tate,…

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Motors Collide Woman Badly Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 1

Mrs. Jessie Wheatley, of Bolmoro was soriously injured when the sidecar of a motor cycle and a motor car collided at Bolmore, She was taken…

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Sawbench Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 3

Granville William Norris (34), of Grazier's Bay, Cygnet, Tas., was working at a sawbench when a flying piece of wood struck him on the head,…

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Police Seek Relatives Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 4

Inquiries are being made by the West Maitland police in an endeavour to locate relatives of a man found drowned in Brisbane River,…

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Two Drowned Child Sees Tragedy Father and Son Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 6

At Tewantin a double drowning fatality occurred, the victims being a man and his little son. Frank Dunstan, 35, took his two…

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Fatal Wounds Hunting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 2

Cecil O'Hara, 19-year old son of Mr. Andrew O'Hara, of Glen Innes, received fatal injuries when a charge from a shot-gun, accidentally…

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One Accident Newcastle District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 3

Only one accident was reported yesterday by other the Newcastle or Lake Macquarie Ambulance Brigades. Sustaining concussion when he fell…

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Back Injured Fell From Stairs KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 4

Mr. C. McCohron, billiard proprietor, of Kurri, and a resident of Maitland-street, Kurri, met with a painful injury on Saturday night when he…

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Woman Killed Six Others Injured Car Overturns Bulahdelah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 4

When a car overturned after two blow-outs, five miles from Booral, seven residents of Stockton were injured, one woman…

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DECAPITATED Man Run Down Train Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 2

Struck by an electric train between Ponshurst and Meridale to-night, Joseph David Beverly, 50, of Pitt-street, Meridale, was…

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Accident Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Allan Clane, who was seriously injured by being run over by a motor car in Hunter-street, Newcastle, three weeks ago, has slightly…

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Child Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 5

Raymond Jones, 3, of Kurnell-street, Cronulla, was drowned in a creek at Cronulla to-day. When his body was discovered the…

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High-street Smash Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 4

A collision between a motor cycle and motor car, at the intersection of Bulwer and High streets, West Maitland, late yesterday afternoon,…

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Fatal Skid Victim of Car Smash Three Injured Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 6

When a car skidded on Home loose gravel and somersaulted, near Mount Gambler, a young woman was killed and a mother and her two daughters…

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Many Hurt Accidents in Vic. Three Dead Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 2

William Zelius, 50, of Box Hill, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a car at Deepdene. In other parts of the State many…

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Head Cut Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 7

Running in the playground at the East Maitland Boys' High School this afternoon. Trever Blackwell (19), a scholar, living in Telarch-street,…

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Struck Post Motor Cycle Crashes Two Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 7

Gilbert Carie, 41, and his son, Doughs, 12, of Kogarah, were both rendered unconscious when a motor cycle and sidecar, in which they…

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