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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Woman Scalped Taxi—Tram Collision City Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 1

Shocking injuries were received by Nellie Ray (17) of Bellevue Hill, to-day when a taxi in which she was travelling to the city, collided head…

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Cyclist Injured Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle at Camden Motordrome on Saturday night, Arthur Poynor crashed in the third lap of the Kallin Handicap and…

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Collision Sequel Driver Not Licensed Fine Imposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 4

A sequel to a collision in Parallel-street, West Maitland, on the night of January 16, was the listing of three charges at the West Maitland Court…

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Motor Smash. Wedding Party Involved Four Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Four members of a wedding party, including the bridegroom, were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling…

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Messenger's Claim Sequel to Accident Case Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 5

Injuries sustained by a telegraph messenger and damage occasioned to his bicycle and clothing when a motor car allegedly driven by John…

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Jockeys Hurt Training Accidents SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 1

Two jockeys were hurt, one seriously, during training operations at Randwick this morning. Bill Abrahams was schooling After…

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Struck Horse Motor Cycle Accident KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 5

The danger of straying stook to the public was shown late on Saturday night, when two young Newcastle men were injured as a result of the…

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Motor Accidents on New England Highway

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Two accidents to motor cars occurred within a few hours of each other, and only a fow miles apart, on the New England Highway on Saturday. The…

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Cars in Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 5

A collision between two cars occurred on Saturday evening at the corner of Ogilvie and Paxton-streets. The driver of one car, Mr. S A…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. Harold Jones sustained a nasty cut over the right eye, an abrasion on the side of the head, and an injury to the leg when the horse he was riding…

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Coroner Retorts Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse last Thursday by the district Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) into the ci[?]…

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Three Dead Drowned in Shaft Gold Miners Kalgoorlie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 8

Three men lost their lives on the Golden West mine, at Kunnalling, 25 miles north of Coolgardle. It is believed tha they…

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Cars Collide Youth Severely Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 5

Stanley Norton, 18, of Gibson avenue, Cook's Hill, was critically injured shortly after 11 o'clock last night, when two motor cars collided…

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Nose Dive at Practice New Zealand Pilot Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 2

When a Bristol Fighter aeroplane failed to come out of a dive from 1000 foot and crashed on the shore of Lake Ellesmore, Christchurch, the only…

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Victims to Assassin's Bullets Five Killed and Many Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) COLOMBO

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 1

The "Times" correspondent hore reports that five were killed and 13 injured, three seriously, by shots fired at Bernard Aluvhiro, who was elected to…

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Sequel to Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) committed Robert John Ellison, 54, a turncook, for trial on a charge of man. slaughter arising our of the death of…

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Fatality at Tile Works One Killed, Another Seriously Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 6

Robert Boden, aged 25, was killed and Leslie Croft was seriously injured to-day owing to a fall of earth at the tile works at Merrylands…

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Brother and Sister Rescued From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 5

Fred Knox, six, and Joyee Knox, eight, children of Mr and Mrs E. Knox, Tucabia, were rescued from drowning in Coldstream River, near Ulmarra…

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Motor Fatality. Sergeant Adami Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

Sergeant Leonard Noel Conrad ("Con.") Adami, a member of the Denman troop of Light Horse now in camp at Dungog, died in the Kurri…

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Four Injured Car Strikes Standard SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 5

When a motor car collided with an electric light standard in Botany-road, Botany, four persons were injured. Alma Murray, 20, of Wilson-street,…

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