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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 62

Boys Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 7

Two little boys were drowned in about two feet of water in the Avon River, Northam (W.A.). They were Eric Skally, 5, and Lesile Heffernan,…

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Ran Into Car Little Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 2

Running across the footpath into High-street shortly afternoon to-day, Albert Jenner (5), of High-street, hada narrow escape from death or…

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Brutal Attack Old Man Injured Callous Thieves. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 7

An elderly resident of Huristone Park was brutally assaulted by two housebreakers when he returned home unexpectedly and surprised them in…

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Drowned in Well

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 3

Wandering from his home on Sunday morning, the 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Thomas, of Bagetville, near Broadwater, was later…

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Road Accidents Killed and Injured Week-end Toll Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 6

During the week-end there were numerous motoring accidents, and many people were injured. Harry Ford, 37, of Annandale, was…

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Youth Drowned Canoe Capsizes MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 6

Leonard Sweet, of King-street, St. Kilda, was drowned in the River Yarra when a canoe which had been hired by him and another youth, capsized…

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Gored by Cow Saleyards Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 5

While yarding cattle at the Campbell's Hill saleyards to-day a youth, Albert Wood, aged about 19 years, and living in Cruickschank-street,…

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Shocking Motor Accident Three Persons Killed

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 3

Three persons were killed, and another seriously injured, when a car crushed into a fence on the Hume Highway, near Broadford (Vic.), late…

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Pelam Man Accident. Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 2

George Harrey (62), a miner, living on the Sawyer's Gully road, was caught by a fall of coal while working in Pelaw Main colliery on…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 8

Whilst working in the Pelaw Main Colliery, George Harrey, 62, a miner, living on the Sawyer's Gully-road, was caught by a fall of coal. He was…

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Constable Struck with Iron Bar Critically Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 1

Constable Warburton was admitted to Dunedoo Hospital on Saturday in a critical condition. It is alleged that he was battered…

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Hit by Gar Three Persons Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 4

Three people, a mother and her two children, were injured when they were struck by a motor car in a funeral cortege…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 1

On Saturday morning Mr. Frank Joans, mail contractor in the Blair-more-Kayuga route had a very unpleasant experience. While crossing…

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Injured Racehorse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 November 1933 · page 5

It is reported that the racehorse Christian, which hurt a shoulder in the maiden handicap at the last Gosford meeting, is making a good…

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Child Drowned Mother Deranged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 4

When Annie Belcanger appeared at the Ipswich (Q.) Police Court, charged with having wilfully murdered her six-year-old daughter by…

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Lorry and Coax Train Collision at Elrington

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 1

When his engine stalled on the coal line at Ellington colliery, George Clifton, of Cessnock, had to jump clear of his lorry as a coal…

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Two Schoolgirls Drowned

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 5

Two schoolgirls were drowned at Boronia, about 20 miles from Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon. The girls, Eileen Jones, 5, and her sister,…

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Fatality at Stewart's Brook

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 1

Miss Alice Campbell, aged 23, daughter of Mr M. J. Campbell, of Marlee, Wingham, was shot dead on Wednesday evening. Miss Campbell,…

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Distressing Fatality at Stewarts Brook Young Woman Accidentally Shot

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 2

There was a distressing fatality near Stewarts Brook on Wednesday evening last, the victim being a young woman, Miss Alice Campbell, daughter of Mr…

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Distressing Fatality. Wingham Visitor Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 6

A distressing fatality occurred at Stewart's Brook yesterday, when Miss Alice Campbell (23) lost her life as a result of a gunshot wound…

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