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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Shot in Leg Niangala Man Injured TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Stated to have been shot on n property near Nlaingala, Milton Simpson, 30, resident of Niangala was treated by a doctor at Waicha for wounds in…

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Man Dies Mine Accident Sequel Another Critical Kalgoorlie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

R.Ian Marshall, 26, draughtsman, employed by Gold Mines of Kalgoorlle, Ltd.;, "who, with three other persons, was,Injured on Monday night when a…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. Max Burdekin of Boolambayte met with a painful accident on Friday afternoon last. While working at Dee's mill at Boolambayte, moving…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 7

Charles Wakeman, 37, of Edgeworth-street, South Cessnock, employed as a wheeler at Aberdare Central colliery, was…

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Peculiar Mishap Racehorse : Somersaults Jockey Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 1

Appearing to shy at one of the bamboo fiagposts which kept guard at the outside of the B grass track at Randwick this morning, Saffron, the…

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Free From Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 10

Perth, was the only town In Great Britain which was completely free from accidents during 1935, despite the fact that the east, west, north…

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Girl Dies Wallsend Accident NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

The 13-year - old girl of Close - street, Wailsend, who was injured in a road accident at Main - road, Young Wailsend, on January 12, died in the…

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Injured in Collision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 8

William Davies. 46, of Moore Park, received head injuries and a fracture of the. left collarbone, and his wife, Maude Davies, received concussion and…

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Four Injured Clash With Royalists ATHENS. March 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

Royalists, objecting to the ceremonial funeral of M, Venizclos, conducted a demonstration to- dat, and attempted to march to the palace…

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Road Accidents Two Men Killed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

At the week - end two men died of injuries received in motor accidents. Howard Watson, 20, of Haigh -avenue Ryde, died iu St.' Joseph 's Hospital,…

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Miner Injured Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

William shakespeare, of Victoria-street Kurri Kurri a miner employed in Richmond Main colliery, was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital…

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Sleep-walker Injured Parkes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Believed to have fallen while walking in his sleep, John Hawke, of the staff of the commercial bank of Australia, was found in a room in…

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Accident Sequel Garage Man's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 7

The death occurred in the Maitland hospital late last night of Percy .Theodore Hatfield (45),a garage proprietor, of Collarenebri who was admitted…

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Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Five persons were killed and many others injured in road traffic accidents at the week-end. The list of casualties was the heaviest for months…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

At the buckjumping circus on Friday night a young man named Hollingsworth was thrown by a bullock and the animal tramped on him,…

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Local and General. Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Last week a car containing three women went over the cutting on O'Sullivan's Gap hill, about 40 yards down from the top on the Wootton…

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Fell Down Pit Labourer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 2

Falling nearly 20 feet down a clay pit at Turton 's brickyards at East Maitland this morning a labourer received severe injuries and was…

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Two Girls Injured at South Wambo

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 2

Cecilia Cashin, aged 12 years, a daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Cashin, of South Wambo, Bulga, and Joan Frost, aged 13 years, a daughter of Mr and…

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Horses Collide Girl Seriously Injured BULGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 2

A serious, and somewhat extraordinary accident happened at Bulga on Monday afternoon when two horses met in a head- on, collision…

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Woman Killed in Motor Accident Driver Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 3

Allegations that a motorist had driven on after he had knocked down a woman, and that he had been driving while under the influence of liquor,…

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