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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 75

Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

An accident occurred at Alderly Bridge on the 17th January when two cars attempted to pass each other. The bridge…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

Douglas Bromhead, well-known young horseman, and son of Mr. Ern. Bromhead, of Wingen, met with a serious accident some few days ago…

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Inquest on Albert Lindsley Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner Johnston after inquiring into the cause of the death of Albert Lindsley,…

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Foot Injured Tomago Accident Cutting Wood Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 2

A young man named Williams Hayes employed by Mr. H. Cleary at Tomage out his foot while cutting wood at Tomago. He was brought to a…

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14 Feet of Water Ex-Soldier Drowned Cook's River Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

Edward Berry Purcell, 46, a returned soldier, of Canterbury was drowned while swimming in the Cook's River late yesterday afternoon…

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Girl Drowned Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

While bathing at Colmslie Beach a popular resort on the Brisbane River, yesterday, Doreen Ellen O'Connor, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M…

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Spine Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Diving into shallow water in a swimming hole close to the Bondi baths on Sunday, Cecil McCook, 40, of Believne Hill, suffered a fractured spine and…

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Girl Drowned Brother and Sister Rescued

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

The Brisbane River was the scene of a drowning tragedy yesterday, when a little girl, Doreen Eileen O'Connor, aged seven, of Cannon Hill, lost her…

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Girl Drowned Two Others Rescued BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

The death by drowning of Doreen Ellen O'Connor, 7, of Camoe Hill, was witnessed by a large crowd of people, Vincent O' Connor, 11, and…

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Fatal Accident Thrown Out of Car WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

After he had received cuts, bruises and a severe shock Richard Franklin, inr., who with Alwan Jones, 27, was thrown out of a motor car near…

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Accident Sequel Unlicensed Driver Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

At the West Maitland Court to-day Robert Evan Green, of Main-street, Lochinvar, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' gaol, on a…

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Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

Leslie Minch, a local cyclist, met with a nasty accident near Aberdeen on Thursday evening. While cycling down a hill near Aberdeen the lamp…

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Wheeler Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

[?] in the Aberdare Central Colliery to-day, William Trubody (41) a wheeler, residing in Villis-street, Cesscock, had…

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Motoring Fatality Young Muswellbrook Resident the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred on the State Highway, four miles from Scone, shortly after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning last, as a result of which…

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£400 VERDICT Woman's Eye Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

Jean Frances Jenkins, of Camden, [?] damages from Stanley R. Speedy for injuries to her right eye, which she received in the overturning…

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Motor Fatality on Scone Road. Muswellbrook Resident. Motor Cyclist's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Bertram Lloyd Thompson (20), of Muswellbrook, suffered shocking injuries in a motor accident which occurred about 3½ miles on…

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Two Dead Motor Collision 18 Injured Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 1

When a motor lorry skidded after a collision with a motor cycle, and overturned at the corner of Derby and…

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Four Injured Accident Near Belmont NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 2

Two men and two women were injured when a motor car crashed into a heavily laden motor lorry while overtaking it on the Belmont road near the…

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Collision at Darling Harbour Shunting Mishap

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 2

Five vans which were being shunted collided with the brake van of the southern fruit train at Darling Harbour this morning. but fortunately no one…

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Youth Killed Brother Injured ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 2

Norman Stanley Johnson, 18, miner, was killed by a fall of earth at Puddledock, and his brother Frederick Johnson 26, was badly bruised…

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