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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 62

Accident Filmed Camera Kept On

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

During the filming of a beach scone near Vige (Spain), a great wave swept away the directopr, the camera-man, and the leading actor, Senor Vabeirra…

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Accidents and Illness

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 2

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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Accident to Mill Employee

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 6

Mr Los Bruderlin, aged 34 years, of Park-street, met with an accident on Monday afternoon while employed at Messrs Gould Bros, and Co.'s sawmill…

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Kurri Man Found Drowned Had Been Missing Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1933 · page 7

The body of James Bamforth, 57, of Barton-street, Kurri Kurri, a married man with a family, who left his home on Tuesday and…

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Carpenter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 3

Thomas Cook, 31, carpenter, employed at Millfield colliery, and residing in Greta-street, Aberdare, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital…

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Motorist Fined Accident Sequel NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 1

Falling to observe the rule of the road whon driving his motor car at Waratah, Joseph Rich collided with another car…

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Head Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 November 1933 · page 10

When a tree rolled down the side of a quarry at Teralba late yesterday afternoon one of its roots struck Jack Burns 28, of Beolaroo, on the head…

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DROWNED? Wreckage Found Missing Youth Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 5

Consequent to the finding of two life bolts and a petrol tin on the beach half way between Cronulla and Boat Harbour, the police are convinced that…

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Two Inquiries Coroner's Busy Morning Man Drowned Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 7

Two inquiries were held at the Kurri Courthouse, this morning by Mr. A. W. Johns, the District Coroner. The first was concerning the death…

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Strange Accident Caused by Fly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 10

A fly was responsible for an accident to a pit cage in which 25 men were injured at the Bedwas Navigation colliery, in Wales. The fly flew…

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Fatal Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 3

At about 11 am. yesterday at Lemon Tree Passage quarry a fall of stone and earth fatally injured Harry McMullen aged 30. The stone came away without…

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Child Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

On Thursday Leslie Herbert Broughton Griffith, aged 6, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. T. Griffith, was drowned in the Myall river at Ripolin…

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Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

At about 4 o'clock this afternoon two cars came into collision at the corner of John and Campbell streets, the famous corner so well known to…

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Dense Fog Sydney Enveloped Man Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 5

A very heavy fog descended on Sydney Harbour this morning, and resulted in one man being seriously injured, while there were many other…

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Knocked Down by Car Cyclist Critically Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 5

While Jack Conners, aged 23, a labourer was riding along Parraihattaroad, Auburn, this morning during a dense fog he was run down by a sedan…

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Run Down in Fog. Workman Injured. Search for Car. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 2

While Jack Conners (23), laborer, was riding along the Parramatta road, Auburn, this morning during a dense fog, he was…

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In Critical Condition. School Teacher Accidentally Shoots Himself. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 2

John Cox (34), a school teacher, of Rose Bay, accidentally shot himself through the chest to-day, when the charge in a gun he was handling…

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Stroud. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

Mr. Roy Bogle, of The Branch, chopped his foot with an axe, when out cutting sleepers one day last week. He was admitted to St. David's private…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 8

When his motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at New Lambton, William Syme, 32, of Kotara, a turner, sustained concussion, a compound…

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SLEEP-WALKER Injured in Fall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 8

Crashing head-first through a window of his bedroom on the upper floor, of the Hotel Bathurst, Joseph Coffey, 42, a Sydney wool buyer,…

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