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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 62

Two Scalded Accident at Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 3

Two persons were scaled at a function held at Toronto on Saturday night in aid of the Wallsend Hospital drive…

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Albury Mail Accident Employees Held To Blame Drastic Reduction in Status

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 1

The Railway Commission has decided to drastically reduce in status the employees held to be responsible for the accident to the Albury mail train on July 11 at Bowning. This announcement was made on behalf of the Commission last…

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Eye Injured

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

Harold yates (31), Huesman, employed by the Postal Department, received severe eye injuries while working at Honkingtown, near…

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Severed Artery Saughterman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 4

Herbert H. Longbottom (28), living in Aberglasslyn-road, Rutherford, and employed as a slaughterman by Balley Bros., inflicted an incised wound in…

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Albury Mail Accident. Board's Finding. Cakelessness Alleged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 3

The finding of the Railway Board, of Inquiry into the accident to the. Albury Mail train at Bownirig on July 11 were handed to the Acting-Premier and…

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Late Mrs. Hilton Doyle. Cause of Accident. Was Driver of Chevrolet Car to Blame?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 3

In returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Hilton Doyle who was fatally injured in a motor car…

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Racing Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 2

During the running of the Open Handicap at Coopernook races on Saturday, the horse Bayboy galloped on the heels of another horse, Purdy…

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Struck on Knee Jardine Injured LONDON. August 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 1

While fielding in the gully, D. R. Jardine received the full force of a hard-bit ball from Ashdown on the left knee in a match at the Oval…

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Albury Mail Accident Legal Steps to Protect Men

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 3

"It was announced on behalf of the Railways and Tramways Salaried Officers' Association that the association had decided to take legal steps to…

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More Railwaymen Regressed. Outcome of Lithgow Accident Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 2

It was announced to-day that three more railway employees have been regressed following an inquiry into the derailment of the Western Mail at…

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Mine Worker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 2

Caught between two skips, while at work in Cessnock No. 2 Colliery to-day, Reginald Leighton, 20, of Main-road, Neath, suffered injuries…

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"A Bad Corner" Echo of Kitchener-road Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 6

Cessnock Municipal Council had before it on Tuesday night a report from its solicitor (Mr. A. E. Westcott) relating to the recent motor…

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Man's Sad Fate Drowned in Hunter Came From Wyong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 6

The body of the man, found in the Hunter River last evening has been identified as Frederick Horner, aged about 40, a resident…

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Bondi Fatality Ex-Maitland Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 4

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Moxen, who was inspector of the Child Welfare Department at West Maitland for some years until 1020, will regret…

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Infants Killed Accidentally Tragic Waste of Precious Lives

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 6

It seems scarcely believable that over 120 infants and toddlers are killed accidentally in New South Wales each year. Yet this is the tragic…

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Local and General ACCIDENTS

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

Mr. Aaron Yates, whose accident was reported in last issue, is still in Newcastle Hospital, arid his condition is reported to be still serious…

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Girl Injured Flesh Torn From Leg Crushed by Lorry Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 1

Mollie Smith (14), of Yaralla-street, Newtown, sustained a painful, although not serious injury to the leg this morning when she was crushed…

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Baby Drowned in Gutter

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 4

A baby was drowned in peculiar circumstances at Christchureh (N.Z.). The mother, Mrs Annie Cecilia Pearce, was carrying the child in her…

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Girl Injured Thrown From Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 4

Isabol Martin (15), of Oakhamptonroad, West, Maitland, received a probable fracture of the skull and suffered severely from shock when she was…

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Two Injured Cycle-Sidecar Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 3

Mrs. R. Williams, 33, of Teralba, had her right eye out, her nose fractured and she suffered from shock and slight concussion, when a motor-cycle…

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