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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 62

Boy's Tragic Death Accidentally Hanged Himself

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 1

How a of 12 accidentally hanged himself was told on Monday when the Coroner held an inquest on Desmond Davies, of Gordon Vale,…

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Rail Collision in England Five Killed and Many Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 6

Two men and two women and a boy were killed on the southern railway this afternoon when the Southampton, express and a suburban steam train…

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Soccer Footballer Injured Wrist Broken

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 7

While playing football at Gopid Park with the Kurri State League Soccer team on Saturday, W. Moy fell and broke his wrist. After…

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Police Search Two Brothers Lost, May Be Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 2

A search is being conducted by police from, Milton for two brothers who are believed to have lost their lives while fishing during the…

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Motor Smash Adamstown Mishap Three, Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 2

When a motor-car, in which they were travelling, swerved on to the pavement in Brunker Road, Adamstown, last night, three people were…

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Woman Dies Sequel to Accident Werris Creek Resident Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 7

Following injuries received in a motor smash between Worris Creek and Gunnedah on Tuesday, Mes Thomas Dolaney (28) of Worris…

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Mine Accidents Two in Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 10

Robert Prescott, 26, a miner, residing at Sixth-street, Weston, and employed at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, received abrasions on the back…

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Cause of Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 3

Reporting on the increased roads accidents in Manchester (Eng.) the Chief Constable says these are chiefly due to people leaving the…

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Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 2

A man who resides 36 miles the other side of Gloucester and who was driving alone towards Dungog, on his way to Scone, met with an accident…

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Local and General ACCIDENT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 4

Mr. Dolph Engel met with an accident while loading the "Coweambah" last Wednesday night. He slipped and hurt his knee and is now walking…

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Pensioner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 2

John Walsh, a pensioner, who lives in a camp at Coniston, was found lylag beneath the Coniston railway bridge, near Wollongong, on Friday…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 3

Cyrill Woods, 18, living at Bellbird,and employed as a flatter at Pelton Colliery, was admitted to Cessneck Hospital yesterday afternoon, with…

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Seriously Injured in Motor Smash

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 May 1933 · page 2

Whilst travelling from Werris Crook to gunnedah last week to attend ball a motor car containing a number of passengers met with a serious…

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Motor Smashes Week-end Accidents Man Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1933 · page 2

In a head-on collision with a motor car in Liverpool-road yesterday afternoon a motor cyclist was killed and a woman…

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Killed by Train Tragic Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1933 · page 1

Charles Victor Derbyshire (41), of Forest Lodge, was killed instantly when struck by a train at the Central Railway Station to-day. His…

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Seriously Injured in Motor Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 May 1933 · page 5

Whilst travelling from Wenris Greek to Gunnedali last week to attend a ball a motor ear containing a number of passengers met with a serious mishap…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 May 1933 · page 3

Stanley Howard, 28. a plasterer, fell from a scaffold yesterday morning behind W. H. Lett's premises in Vincent Street and was admitted to…

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Two Injured Detonator Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 2

Two employees of the N.S.W. Slate Co., were injured at the Chatsbury quarries, 15 miles from Goulburn, by a detonator explosion in the…

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Hit by Car Boy Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 12

Struck by a motor car while crossing the [?] road, near his home at Toralba, last evening, Maxwell Lassells (3) was taken by the…

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Car Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 3

Mr. John Corlis and his son Wally, of 'Laurel Vale,' Dolgelly a well known grazier of Moree district were returning to their home from Moree, on Tuesday…

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