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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 75

RUNAWAY Singleton Sensation Girl Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

As the result of a sensational runaway yesterday afternoon, near the Railway Station, Mr. V. Murnane's…

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Knocked From Lorry Man Injured Near Booral

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

An ambulance attached to Newcastle Ambulance Brigade averaged more than 40 miles an hour on Tuesday afternoon to reach a man who…

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Man in Motor Accident Tells of Mate's Death MURDER? Amazing Case Body Found Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

The story of a murder at Mooreebee Station, Limbri, 20 miles north of Tamworth, was told this morning, after a motor car…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

A collision occurred at Booral bridge over the Karuah river on Sunday last when a car which was coming from Newcastle direction…

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$200 Damages for Tram Accident Jury's Rider

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

The hearing was concluded before Judge Sheridan in the District Court in Sydney on Wednesday of a case in which Thomas Mercery of Randwick,…

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Accident at Factory

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

There was an accident at the factory of Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., yesterday. Mr George Nelson, of Bathurst-street, was…

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ACCIDENTAL Collision Fatality the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 10

Although he said he had since tried to remember what had happened after he had fixed the foot-rest of his motor cycle in…

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Man Killed Chimney Collapsed Kurri Fatality Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

Weakened when the wall of a house, which was being demolished in Barton-street, Kurri Kurri was removed a chimney collapsed and fell on a…

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Under Tram Man Seriously Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 6

Leonard Hume, 40, of Hannell-street, Wickham, fell under a tram in Hunter-street West, Newcastle, last night, and, after considerable…

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Man Injured Found on Hotel Steps a Kurri Mystery Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

John Hindman, 53, of Coronation-street, Kurri Kurri, was found injured at the rear of the Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri, at about 12.45 o'clock…

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Woman Critically Injured When Struck by Train Arm Lost Pelvis Fractured Dizzy Fit Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

While standing on the railway station at Campsie this morning, a woman was overcome by dizziness and fell in…

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Sawmill Accident Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 3

Ernest Dunkley was working a sa[?]bench when a load of limber on a lorry become dislodged, and heavy pieces of timber struck Dunkley,…

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Fatal Collision at Maitland Verdict of Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 3

An inquest on John Brittliffe, who was killed in a collision between a motor-cycle. and a motor-car at West Maitland on November24, 1935, was…

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Schoolboy Drowned Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 4

When three members of a picnic party from Croydon State School got into difficulties in a choppy sea at Seaford, Gordon Simmonds, 14, was…

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Man Killed Car Collision MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 1

Henry Pye (30), of Geelong, was killed and his wife Alice Pye (30), seriously injured, when two motor cars collided outside Geciong on…

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Collision on Punt Bridge Motor Cyclists Thrown Into Water

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 2

When a motor cycle ridden by Albert Singleton, of Newtown, and Daniel Dowling, of Rozelle, came into collision with a horse and sulky on the Punt…

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Car Capsized Four Persons Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 2

When a motor car capsized on the Belmont-road on Sunday morning, four persons were injured. While Edwin McNamara, 35, of…

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Woman Fatally Injured Run Over by Train

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 1

Mrs Ilma Mabel Foskett, aged 37, of Ashbury, who died in hospital on Saturday, had a hand severed when she fell…

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Two Injured Thrown Over Bridge GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 2

Albert Singleton, of Newtown, and Daniel Dowling, of Rozelle, had a remarkable experience when a motor cycle they were riding came into…

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Man Killed in Car Smash Wife Critically Injured. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 2

In a collision between two motor cars to-day Harry Pye was killed, and his wife, Alice Pye, was critically injured…

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