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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 62

Explosion in Colliery Two Miners Critically Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

Two miners were critically injured when an explosion occurred in the Old Balmain colliery late on Monday afternoon…

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Farm Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

Mr. R. W. Treasure, of East Maitland, writing with reference to an accident to Mr. A. Morris while working on farm on Mornoth road, states…

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Shocking Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

Frederick White, aged 47 years, a relief worker, met with a shocking accident at Coraki on Monday night. After leasing work he was riding home…

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Woman Drowned Inverell Tragedy INVERELL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

While bathing in a disused mining dam Miss Lucy Ellees Grant, 34, of Tingha, was drowned. Miss Grant, who was bathing with…

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Girl Drowned Holiday Tragedy Body Missing Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

Joan Parry, of Wirrigai-street, Tarramurra, was drowned at Epping early this afternoon at the junction of Develan and Terry…

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Rector Drowned Body Discovered Was Worried Nyngan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

Following an extensive search the police were informed that a drover, named J. Forbes, had found the made body of Rev. E. S. Wooley, Rector of…

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Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 6

Three residents of Arncliffe were injured yesterday when their motor cycle mounted a footpath at the corner of Forest-road and…

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Storm Tragedy. Family Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Camped near the beach lagoon at Stanwell Park, South Coast, Vincent Kempton Davis, 40, of Leichhardt, with his wife Rosa Gladys Davis, 35…

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Bathing Tragedy Young Woman Drowned in Dam

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

Miss Lucy Eileen Grant, the 24-yearold daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant, of Tingha, was drowned when bathing in an old disused mining dam on…

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Was Man Drowned Clothing on Beach No Report to Police Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Although no one has been reported to the police as missing, it is believed that a man was drowned while surfing at Tamarama Beach yesterday…

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Fettler's Death. Accidental, Says Coroner

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

The Scone District Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) on Friday last conducted an inquest touching the circumstances surrounding the death of Joseph…

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An Accident Cottage Fire Neighbour Cleared Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

A verdict that a fire which destroyed a shed and damaged a weatherboard cottage at East Hills on December 8 had been accidentally…

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Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

In attempting to avoid a collision with a cart driven by Harold Oswald Price in High-street, West Maitland, this morning, a lorry driven by…

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Unusual Accident at Tennis

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Mr R. Patterson was severely burned as a result of an unusual accident on a tennis court at Glen Innes. Before beginning a set, he…

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Fell Into Canal Young Man Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

John Turner (28) was drowned in the main canal at Griffith on Friday night. Reports indicate that the young…

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Boy Drowned Fell Into Quarry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

When he was playing on some logs in a disused quarry at Randwick, John Pinkerton, 11, of Millhill-road, Waverely, slipped into water 30 feet…

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Canoe Capsizes Boy Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 8

On the Wononora River, when a canoe which he was padding capsized, Harry Loos, 17, of Edgehill-street, Kogarah, was drowned…

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More Effective Warnings Over Air Less Accidents London, Jan. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 1

The manager of a South Wales coalmine, after hearing a wireless broadcast of an S.O.S., said he was convinced that the warnings were…

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Girl Drowned Three People Missing Surf Fatality Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

A message from Adelaide states that a girl was drowned and three other people have been reported missing as the result of surfing…

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Clipper Injured

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

Horace Olive, 27, a clipper, of Sargent-street Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with an injury to the right knee, sustained…

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