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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 62

Boy Drowned Yacht Swamped PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 8

The same day that he bought a yacht, Alfred York, 45, was returning home with his two sons, Mervyn and William, when the dinghy trailing…

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Shocking Motor Accident Three Persons Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 3

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

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Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 10

When his motor car overturned in an attempt to avoid a lorry at Marickville yesterday afternoon, District Officer George Cox, of the Parramatta…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 8

John Toundrow, 25, a printer, [?] in a serious condition in Newcastle Hospital, the result of an accident when his motor cycle…

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Three Injured Lorry Overturned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 2

Swerving to avoid a car in Pacific Highway, Chatswood, a lorry capsized, and three of its occupants were injured…

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Hall Mark Lame but Will Start in Cup ame in Owner Decides Gallop at Mentone Injured Foot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 5

In a statement he made to-day Mr. C. B. Kellow, the owner of Hall Mark, favourite for the Melbourne Cup,…

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Struck by Car Newsboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 6

When he slipped on the wet roadway in Gerge-street, Sydney, last night during the height of a storm, a newsboy, Edward Talbot, 19, of…

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Boy Killed Kurri Accident Coroner's Comment Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. A. W. Johns, to-day held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse into the death of John Daniel…

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Verdict of Accidental Death '•"' '?' Lad Who Was Knocked Down By Motor Cycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 2

Knocked down. by a motor cycle while riding a bicycle along Lang, St; Kurri Kurri, on 16th October, John Daniel Nicholas Northey, a 11-year-old…

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Man Injured by Detonator

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 2

Mr Jack Morphett, a railway employee, residing at Dunolly, met with a serious accident on Monday evening. It appears that he picked up a…

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Shocking Accident on Railway Line in Vic. Two Dead Nineteen Injured Trolley Over Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred on the railway line at Mandalay, in the Mallee, this morning when two men were…

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Driving Charge Motor Cycle Accident Case Dismissed Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 7

Ronald Rupert Greaves appeared before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Kurri Kurri Court to-day on a charge of having driven a motor cycle in a manner…

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Man Killed M. Cycle-Lorry Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1933 · page 2

When a motor lorry and a motor cycle and sidecar collided last night near Curlewis, Robert Francis Thompson, 22, was fatally injured. He was…

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Sequel to Fatal Accident Dangerous Driving Charge Information Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 November 1933 · page 4

There was a sequel to a fatal motor accident it Kurri on [?] ber 16th with Ronald Rupert Greaves was enlarged at the Kurri Police Court…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 3

John Williams Davis, miner, 52 employed at Bellbird Colliery, had a leg and arm broken, and [?]lso received body injuries from a fall of coa…

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Man Injured by Detonator

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 4

Mr. Jack Morphett, a railway employee, residng at Dunolly, near Singleton, met with a serious accident on Monday evening. It appears that he…

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Three Cars in Collision. BOWEAL

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 2

Three cars were damaged in a collision at the corner of Bong Bong and Banyette-streets. As Miss Stamm, Burradoo, was turning round a traffic dome…

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Falls of Coal Two Miners Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 3

John William Davin, miner, 52, employed at Bellbird Colliery, had a leg and arm broken, and also received body injuries from a fall pf coal…

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Dog Injured Fall Down Hold SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 1

One of the Great Danes which arrived from England yesterday on the steamer Pakeha, last night crashed down the hold of the vessel and…

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Accidents and Illness

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 5

Whilst at his employment at the freezing works on Monday, Alfred Scriven sustained a nasty cut to the hand. Scone Ambulance attended, and…

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