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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 62

Motor Car Accident Child Awarded £400 Damages

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 3

A verdict for £400 damages, the full amount claimed, was given by a jury in the Grafton District Court, before Judge Clancy, in the case in which, a…

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Death From Simple Accident Young Man Killed While Crossing Stream. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 2

A simple accident resulted in the death of Thomas Gordon Stewart, aged 24, of Prahran, in a wild part of the Mount Horsfall district on…

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Accident to Boy Rider

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 2

John Moxham, aged 10 years, a son of Mr and Mrs C. K. B. Moxharn, of Aylie's Flat, met with an accident between 1.30 and 2 p.m. to-day. The…

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Damages Claim Cessnock Collision Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 5

A collision between a bicycle and motor car on the Wollombl-road, Cessnock, on the night of July 14, was the subject of a…

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Youth Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 6

While chopping out a bees' nest, Hector Folpp (19), of Baerami, had a painful accident when the axe he was using glanced from the tree and…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 3

Abolan Ward (47) miner employed at Aberdare Extended Colliery, and reading in Chariton Street Cessnock, was admitted to Cesnock Hospital…

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Fall From Window. Sleep-walker Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 2

Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., got up from his bed at the, railway refreshment-rooms at Wellington, and walked in his sleep. Falling from a window 30…

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Man Drowned. Gives Life for Sonstruggle in River. Adelaide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 5

Victor Benson, 31, a tinsmith, rescued his son from drowning in the Port River on Saturday afternoon, but was drowned himself…

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Horse Struck Boy Injured on Bridge SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 2

An accident before John Moxham, aged 16 years, a son of Mr. nd Mrs, Cyril Moxham, of Wylie's Flat, yesterday…

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Leg Broken Remarkable Accident. Violent Wrench

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 2

Percy Foley, aged 46, an invalid, residing on the Armidaie-road, near South Grafton, broke his leg in extraordinary circumstances…

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Cyclist Injured Damages Awarded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 6

A jury in the Maitland District Court yesterday awarded a verdict for £7 to William Thomas Green, of Weston…

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Loss of Arm Motor Collision Claim for £400

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 7

The hearing was commenced in the Maitland District Court yesterday afternoon before Judge Sheridan and a Jury of a case in…

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Hospital Fees Case at Grafton Injured Man Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 5

An important matter concerning public hospital administration was ventilated at a special meeting of the Grafton Hospital Board,…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 4

Bruce Ford, 53, miner, residing at Kearsley, and employed at Eirington, Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital with an injury to his right…

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Boy Injured While Bird-nesting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 2

While bird nesting at Kearsley to-day Robert Storer aged [?]fell from tree and had both arms fractured. The lad was admitted to Cessnock…

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Woman Injured Thrown from Sulky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 4

When a rein broke and the horse started to bolt at Grafton, Mr. Daly, of Bacon-street, attempted to recover the rein, but was thrown out of the…

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Elrington Miner Injured. FAlL of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 3

Bruce Ford (53) miner, residing at Kearsley and employed at Elrington Collisry, was admitted to hospital was admitted to hospital yesterday with on injured to his…

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Value of Photos Road Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 6

During the hearing at the Maitland District Court to-day of claims for damages, the result of a motor collision, Judge Sheridan referred to the…

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Claim for Damages Echo of Motoring Accident Verdict for £7

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 30 November 1933 · page 1

In the Maitland District Court on Tuesday before Judge Sheridan and a jury of four, William Thomas Green, by his next friend, Walter…

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Hospital Fees Case at Grafton. Injured Man

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 1

An important matter concerning public hospital administration was ventilated at a special meeting of Grafton Hospital Board, which found that it…

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