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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 62

Over Balcony Dancers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 2

Rupert Gunn (45) and Alfred Stevens (24) were welcoming Christmas in at a party at the first floor of the Luxor Flats, in Beaufort-st., Porty…

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Fall From Horse Young Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 4

A full from a horse yesterday afternoon moan[?] medical attention for Ernest Maylan, aged six, of Steam street, Weat Maitland. He turned the…

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Woman Killed When Car Overturns Near Gosford 4 INJURED Pinned Underneath Sad Accident Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 1

When travelling along the Pacific Highway, near Gosford, early this morning, a motor car got out of control,…

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Woman Killed Car Smash at Holbrook Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 6

Mrs. Minnie Blanche Fisher, 53, of 9 Wilson-avenue, Belmore, Sydney, was killed on Saturday afternoon as the result of a car accident near…

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Car Turns Over Woy Woy Accident Man Charged Woy Woy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 1

A remarkable escape from death or serious injury was had by three men when a motor car, alleged to have been stolen, got out of…

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Child Struck Fatal Accident NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 2

Struck by a motor vehicle at the corner of Maud-street and Maitland-road, Mayfield, Ken Francis, 4, of Basil-street, Mayfield Was badly…

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Nitschke Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 7

At the conclusion of the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Queensland at Adelaide, it was revealed that the South Australian…

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Child Drowned Fell Into Water MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 1

Overbalan[?]ing while walking along the top of the Yarra Bank at Abbotsford to-day, alexander Green (10), of the same suburb, fell 80 feet into the…

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Child Drowned Mother a Witness West Wyalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 6

When a bout overturned in crossing a creek. Ralph Burden, 3[?] was drowned. Other children who had been in the boat were saved…

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Car Overturns Swagman Injured Thieves Decamp Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 6

A swagman named Harry Taylor, who was severely Injured when a motor our in which he was riding, overturned near Wamberal, was loft…

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Bullet Wounds Half-caste Injured Sequel to Brawl Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 3

A brawl on Christmas night among the blacks and half-castes in Baryuigil, about 60 miles from Grafton, had a sequel when a half-caste…

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In Bad Way Man in Street Accident Theory Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 1

William D'Arcy Mason, 22, of Lane Cove, was found in a dazed condition at the corner of…

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Road Accidents Holiday Mishaps Head-on Smash Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 2

With a deep and extreme cut In his neck, which severed an artery, and suffering from a wound over the left eye,…

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Picnic Fatality Youth Drowned WARIALDA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1933 · page 2

Leonard Wells, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wells, of Warialda, was drowned in the Gwydir River, near Gravesend, yesterday afternoon. He…

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Cyclist Injured Highway Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1933 · page 6

Hound from Sydney to Mayfield, Leonard Clark, 19, of Haberfield was severely injured on the No Northern Highway, four miles on the Sydney…

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Slipped Off Rock Bather Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1933 · page 8

When he slipped from a rock. James King, 60, of Nelson's Bay-road. Bronte, fell into the surf and was drowaed. For some time King had been…

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Car Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1933 · page 3

With a deep and extensive cut in his neck, which severed un artery, and suffering from a wound over the left eye, abrasions to the nose and shock, Arthur…

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Two Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 8

Mr. H. Yeend and his baby were drowned in the Rai Greek (S.A.) while on a visit to some relatives. It is believed that the baby fell into the…

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Man Drowned Collapsed After Swim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 2

Herbert Vidier, 17, a visitor from Blacktown, was drowned while bathing in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor, He swam the river,…

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Lead Fell Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 4

While unloading a roll of lead at the Town Hall to-day, William Osborne (48), a labourer, of Louth Park-road, West Maitland, had his finger…

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