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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 62

Accident to Mr S. Keppie

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 6

Mr Stewart Keppie, proprietor of the White Way motor garage, Johnstreet, met with a painful accident yesterday. It appears that he was…

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Fatally Hurt Wallsend Collision Street Mishap Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 8

Last night an Italian was fatally injured when a motor-cycle outfit and a bicycle collided on the Lake-road, Wallsend, near…

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Four Injured Car Accident Tighe's Hill. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 2

Injuries were sustained by four people last night when the motor-car in which they were returning towards Newcastle, crashed through…

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Man Drowned Washed Off Rocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 3

While fishing at Wooll on Sunday afternoon, says a Grafton message, an elderly man, Ernest Hammond Ever Ingham, was swept off the rocks by…

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Two Injured Cessnock Residents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 2

Frank Lowis, 12, residing Margaret-street, Cessnock, was admitted to hospital on Saturday night with a fractured left arm and an injured right…

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Struck by Car Man-Wife Injured Driver, Surprised Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 5

Mr. Reginald Thomas, King, 41, and his wife, Mrs, Florence King, 41, of Eighthrst., Weston, word returning home from the pictures at Kurri…

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Claim Fails Sequel to Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 1

The action in which Nurse Berdeena Drammond claimed £500 for alleged negligence from Stanley Paul, concluded to-day when the jury found…

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Nurse Killed Shocking Accident Heart, Pierced Burrowa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 6

Involved in an accident here on Saturday night, Miss Edgerton, 18, a nurse, met a shocking death. The motor car in which she was…

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Accident to Coursing Dog Portion of Tail Kicked Off

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 3

A remarkable accident befel the coursing dog, Broadway Lass, owned by W. James, of Dubbo. The dog was chasing a galloping…

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ACCIDENTAL Abermain Fatality Coroner Inquires Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 7

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse to-day by the District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns), into the death of Charles…

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Boy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

Frank Lewis, 12, residing in Margaret-street, Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital on Sunday night with a fractured left arm and…

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Motor Fatality Inquest Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 4

At the Cessnock Courthouse the district Coroner, Mr. W. S. Johnson, further adjourned the inquiry into the death of Alexander Horne, of…

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Inquest Further Adjourned Keinbah Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Alexander Horne, of Main-road, Neath, who was killed when a car capsized on the Greta-Cessnock road,…

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Fall of Goal Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 8

Richard Jones 48, a miner, living in Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, was struck by a fall of coal while working in Richmond Main colliery…

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Driver Enveloped in Flames. Accident at Service Station. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 2

While the nozzle of a hose was being inserted into the petrol tank of a lorry at Norman's service station at Young this morning it…

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Painful Accident. Child's Misfortune

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 5

Pauline, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kilroy, of Turanville-avenue, met with a painful accident a few days ago. The…

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Car Accident Manslaughter Charge E. R. Abigail Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 2

Nowra police have arrested Ernest Robert Abigail, 30, on a charged of the manslaughter of Clydo Boxell, 30. He wasadmitted to ball, and will appear…

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Postal Lorry Overturns Line Foreman Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 1

A lorry driven by W. Doyle, of the Postal Department, overturned hear Castle Mountain. W. J. Thomas, line foreman, was seriously injured. Three…

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Children Struck by Lorry One Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 1

Two children were injured—one fatally—when they were struck by a motor-lorry which was backing from one street itno another at North…

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Two Miners Injured Falls of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 6

Struck by a fall of coal while following h[?] occupation as a miner at the Hebburn No. 1 Colliery on Tuesday, George Cowin (56) was admitted to…

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