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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 62

Four Men Drowned. Fishing Launch Capsized

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 1

As a result of a fishing launch capsizing on Sunday morning near Cronulla, from men were drowned. One man is believed to be missing. There…

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Thirteen Drowned. Religious Bathers' Perish. CALCUTTA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 2

Thirteen of a party of 31 religious bathers were drowned in the flooded Courtallum Waterfalls in Southern India…

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Boy's Death Struck by Motor Cycle Abermain Accident Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 5

Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Nicholas Harding, nine years of age, of Harie-street, Abermain, was knocked down on the…

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Fatal Accident at Abermain Boy Knocked Down by Motor Cycle. Dies in Hospital

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

Nicholas Harding, an 8-year-old lad, Who was knocked down by a motor cycle at plain Road, Abermain, yesterday afternoon,…

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Three Fatal Accidents at Abermain

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

In the past few months there have been three fatal accidents on the main road at Abermain, all happening within half a mile…

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Accident at Railway Yards

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 2

Mr Charles Richards, a signal section man, of 30 Castlereagh-street, Singlefun, was eugaged unloading rail poles on the way to Padulla on Monday…

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Keinbah Motor Fatality Inquest, October 16th

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 3

The Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) will conduct an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse on Monday, 16th inst., into the…

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Horse Drowned Crossing Mishap WINGHAM

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 5

Mr. Al. Mullens, of Brown's Creek, Wallamba, had an unpleasant experience when he drove his sulky into the "Washpool" Crossing. The…

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DROWNED Fell Into Waterhole, Child's Death Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 8

When playing with a plank in a waterhole at Kahibah. William Hardie, aged six, steeped into deep water and was drowned…

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"Young" Stribling Dead Victim of Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 3

The accident which befell "Young" Stribling, the well-known American boxer, on Sunday last, proved fatal. Stribling died on Monday,…

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"Safety-first Methods Should Be Taught in Schools." Kurri Coroner's Suggestion Abermain Fatal Road Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 2

"I" have had before me at this inquest to-day the story of a very sad and regrettable accident on the main road Abermain. A little boy, not yet…

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Boat Sinks River Tragedy Four Drowned Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

In the Murray River a man, a woman, and two children were drowned near Redcliffe, when the rowing boat in which they were…

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Tragic Bush Fire 33 Men Burned to Death. Survivors Injured Los Angeles. Tues

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 6

Thirty-three men were burned to death this afternoon in the hills above Hollywood, where a fire started suddenly in tinderlike underbush,…

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Cyclists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 8

When their motor cycle collided with a motor car at the intersection of Ingall and Crebert Streets, Mayfield, G. Gentleman, 16, of Waratah,…

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Sheep Drowned Chased Into Sea MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 7

Two hundred sheep belonging to Mrs. A. C. Davis, of Heathfield, were drowned when they were swept out to sea after they had been driven into…

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Horse Collapses Rider Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 1

F. Bingham, while exercising a five-year-old golding by Rizzio from Power Point, sustained a broken collarbone and other injuries to the face and…

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Six Injured May field Accident Car Turns Over Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 6

When a motor car in which they were travelling turned over six persons fortunately escaped serious injury…

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Five Dead Submarine Explosion Many Injured London, Oct. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 1

Three ratings were fatally injured and 14 seriously, while five were gauged, as the result of an explosion in the…

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Two Injured in Car Smash Turned Over Twice. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 3

Two people were critically injured when a single-senter motor car skidded and turnd over twice at Narrabeen late last night…

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Explosion on Submarine Three Killed, Many Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message) London

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 1

Three were killed when an explosion occurred in the buttery room of a submarine in campbelltpwn Harbour, and many were injured…

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