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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 62

Van Overturns Three Men Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 2

When a van crashed into the gutter in Brown-street, Paddington, late last night it overturned, and the driver (Peter Eckersley), Ernest Fleming,…

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Accident at a Culvert Action Against Council Fails

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 1

Judge Curlewis, in the Sydney District Court on Monday, held that the Bankstown Council was not responsible for damage caused…

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Football a Sad Fatality

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 4

While playing for Norths in the reserve game on Saturday a young player named George Huff sustained concussion, and died soon after. His brother was playing…

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Dreadfully Burned Man's Agonising Trip Crawled Through Bush Kurri Fatality Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 7

With his clothes and boots practically burned off him, and burned flesh chafing the ground while he was crawling…

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Burning Fatality MRS. P. DEARMAN

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 1

Early on Thursday morning, the burning accident, at Wyangala Dam on Sunday, September 3, had a tragic sequel, with the death in the District…

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Gored by Bull Dairyman Critically Injured. Rescued by Brother

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 4

Harry Samways, 36, attacked and critically injured by a bull on his dairy farm in Prince's Highway, Sylvania, on Sunday morning…

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Car Accident Farmer Acquitted SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 8

At Sydney Quarter Sessions Frederick Charles Lawrence, 36, farmer, was last night, found not guilty of a charge of having by misconduct…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 4

Master Bill Fletcher, whose accident was reported in last issue, is an inmate of Newcastle Hospital, and his case is more serious than appeared at…

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Worker's Compensation Claim Accident to Mr Leo Cafe

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 6

An accident in the workshops of Gould Bros. and Co., Ltd., Singleton, when Leo Cafe, of Bourke-street, Singleton, received considerable injuries to…

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Freed on Bond Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 8

Herbert Spencer Gamble, 30, indent agent and interstate cricketer, who was convicted on a charge of unlawfully killing Mary Dowloy on July…

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Bomb Outrage Four Men Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 10

At about 8 o'clock last night, a bomb apparently consisting of gelignite, was exploded under the floor of a roar room in a building at Tally…

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Down at Sea German Balloon Flight Veteran Injured London, September 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 1

A German balloon, one of six participating in long distance flights, which left Dusseldorf at 5 p.m. on Saturday, drifted North Sea, where…

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North Beaten in Semi-final After Rough and Poor Game inai h- Any Players Injured Referee's Leniency Maitland Reserve Win

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 7

North and Waratah proved themselves throughout the season to have legitimate claims for inclusion in the semi-finals, but a stranger witnessing the exhibition handed out to the bored crowd at the Sports Ground on Saturday would have…

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Badly Hurt Accidents in City SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 2

Three people involved in traffic accidents were seriously injured in Sydney during the week-end. When a motor-cycle they were riding…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 3

As a result of a fall from a bicycle, in Mount View-road, Cessnock on Saturday, John Walton, 38, admitted to hospital with a…

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Abermain Woman Injured Hit-run Motorist

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 3

Knocked down by a hit-run motorist at Abermain on Saturday night, Rosa Hall (38), of John-street, Abermain, was admitted to…

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Armidale Mishap Sewer Worker Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 3

William Sweeney (34), a sewerage worker, sustain ed injuries necessitating his admission to hopeful as the result of being caught by a fall…

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Attacked Woman Injured when Escaping

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 8

Evidence was given in a case at the Central Police Court, Sydney,that a man, after attacking a woman, sprang over a church fence to fall 30…

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Plane Crash Near Taree Youthful Pilot Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

A Gipsy Moth aeroplane, owned by the Queensland Aoro Club, crashed in J. Hogg's paddock at Mitchell's Island, about 12 miles from Taree, about noon…

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Disastrous Hurricane 5000 Killed and Injured in Mexico. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Mexico City

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

The "Secretary" for the Interior (Signor Edouard Vasconcelos) said the number of dead resulting from a hurricane cannot be stated exactly. From…

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