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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 62

Youth Injured Admitted to Hospital

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 December 1933 · page 3

George Dempsey, aged 12 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dempsey of Allandale Street, Spion Kop, fell while climbing Mount Tumblebee on…

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Ward's River. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1933 · page 2

An accident occurred last week at Messrs. G. and D. Mackay's mill, at Ward's River. Mr. James Relf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reif was…

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Hebburn No. 1 Wheeler Iniured. Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 December 1933 · page 3

While following his occupation as a wheeler at the Hebburn No. 1 mine on Monday, Edward Aubin Jnr. had the thumb on his right hand crushed…

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Hand Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1933 · page 7

William, Rebluson, line, operator at the "Mercury" Office had his left hand injured through being jammed in a machine at work early this mornings…

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Lorry Over Three Men Injured NEWCASTLE, Wed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1933 · page 4

Three men were flung to the roadway and injured when a motor lorry overturned on the Newcastle-West MAitland-road last evening…

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Head Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 7

Frederick Howard (13), living in Sempill-street, West Maitland, slipped on the footpath near Poulton's shop to-day and knocked his head…

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Boys Injured Result of Falls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 5

Two boys were conveyed to surgeries by the Maitland Ambulance to-day for the insertion of stitches in injuries caused by falls…

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Boy Drowned Tamworth Tragedy TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 2

Trevor Keith Dwyer, aged 6 years, son of Mr. Oswald Dwyer, night officer at the West Tamworth railway station, slipped on the bank of…

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Train Crash Fourteen Killed Many Injured Warsaw, Dec. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 1

Fourteen were killed and 80 injured, mostly children, when a train leaving Cosen station crashed into a stationary train…

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ACCIDENT! Fatal Collision To-day's Inquest Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

When a motor car and a motor cycle, to which a sidecar was attached, collided at Hamilton on December 10,…

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Feared Collision Farm Hand's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 4

Gerald Richardson, 38, farm hand, was riding on a motor truck at Morawa (W.A.), when another truck approached, and, fearing a collision,…

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Riding Fatality Inquest Concerning Death of Reginald Allen

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr A. Morrison held an inquest at Singleton Courthouse on Friday afternoon concerning the death of Reginald Robert Roy Allen,…

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Scalding Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last the 18-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Musgrave, of. Myles Street, was badly scalded about the hands and legs…

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Leg Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 3

John Roach, a wheeler, employed at Hebburn No. 1 colliery, and residing at Hall-st., Woston, received a punctured wound on the left leg…

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Girl Injured Hit by Mayor's Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 4

Vera Cracknell, aged 21, living with Mrs. Hodgos, at Tenambit, was struck by a car driven by the Mayor of East Maitland, Ald. A. J. Baker…

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Smash on Maitlandroad Four Doctors Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 2

A large sedan motor-car and a motor van were severely damaged when they came into collision on the Maitlandroad, Mayfield, near the Newcastle…

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OVERBOARD Fisherman Drowned Caught in Rope Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 8

In Botany Bay, Robert Valentine Rowles, 48 of Redfern, was drowned in peculiar circumstances. About midday Rowies hired a boat…

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Woman's Death Accident Theory SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 5

The police believe that Miss Mar-joric hawdon, of North Sydney, whose body was found in the railway tunnel near the Town Hall station…

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Accidental Death Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 3

Detectives are now of the opinion that the death of Marjorio Hawdon, whose body was found in an underground tunnel between Wynyard-street…

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Unusual Riding Accident Boy Suffocated

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 1

John Montgomery Currie, aged 13, of South Kyogle, was killed while riding a horse on Sunday. Early in the afternoon he set out on horseback to…

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