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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 62

Back on Duty Injured Detective SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 1

After an absence of five months, during which time he was under treatment for injuries received while arresting a man who subsequently…

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Woman Injured. Struck by Golf Ball. a Remarkable Coincidence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 2

A remarkable coincidence was associated with an accident which occurred on the New South Wales golf links at La Perouse on Saturday afternoon,…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 3

Sustaining a lacerated nose and an injury to the right eye, while at work at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, Ernest Frost 43, miner, living at…

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Hit Car Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 7

Thomas Brooks (23) living in Cultivation-road, West Maitland, was riding a cycle near the railway bridge at Cross-street, when he…

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Bull-fight at Townsville Toreador Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 1

Australia's first bull-fight was staged in Townsville on Monday, at the May Day rodeo, when about 14,000 were present. The first toreador, a…

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Fatal Garage Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 3

When a motor car, weighing two tons, fell on him in a garage at Newtown on Monday night, William James Clayton, of South Ashfield, was fatally…

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Cycle Skidded Two Men Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 2

When a motor cycle skidded and fell at Sandgate last night, two men were injured. James Griffin, 22, a barber, of…

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Be Careful! When Accidents Occur

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 8

Motorists area advised by the N.R.M.A, to be particularly careful what they say on the snot when they are involved in a collision with…

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School Boy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

Arthur Mitchell 9, of Allandale-road, Cssnock, collided with another lad in the. Aberdare School grounds yesterday, and fell heavily to the…

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Shocking Fatality Drawn Into Netting Loom

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 7

Drawn into a netting loom when his fingers became entangled in the wire, John Henry Williams, aged 49, married, of De Vitre-road,…

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Man's Story After Car Fatality Remarkable Evidence at Inquest

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

John M. Snelling, a mechanic, was committed for triai on a charge of manslaughter, and George Sinclair Wadham, who had been similarly…

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Mudgee Mail Derailed Accident Due to Landslide. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 6

The mail train which left Mudgee at 7.46 last night for Sydney was derailed at Excelsior, 65 miles from Mudgee, at about 10.30…

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Bogie Wheels Off Line Accident to Dubbo Train Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 6

The bogie, wheels of the engine bringing the Dubbo train to Sydney came off the line yesterday afternoon on a high curving bank between Woodford and…

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HINTON Dreadful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 4

Early on Friday morning, the 10th Inst., a shocking accident occurred on the farm of George Hill, Esq., of Walalong, to a poor man named Thomas…

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Fell at School Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 5

A. Bickmore (16), living in Langest., Kurri, fell while playing in the playground at the East Maitland Boys' High School this afternoon,…

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Into River Motor Car's Plunge Three Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 2

While a motor car was travelling from Invercargill to White's Bush, it skidded on the bridge over the Makarowa River, broke through the…

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Woman Killed Daughter Injured Hit by Car Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 2

While Mrs. Edith Smith, 57, and her daughter, Evelyn, 27, of St. George's-road, Clifton Hill, were standing in the safety zone at Clifton…

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Farm Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

While operating a cultivator on his father's property, Thomas Knight, 27, of Bonalia, Vic., was killed. A young horse in the team bolted, and when…

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Motorist Fined Hamilton Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

On February 23, a motor car, driven by Reginald Vernald Banks, of Macquarie-street, Mayfield, and a sulky in which were three women…

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Mining Case Alleged Breach Injured by Shot Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 7

Walter Robertson was charged at the Cessnock Police Court before Mr. Atkinson, P.M., to-day with having committed a breach…

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