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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 75

Man Drowned When Canoe Capsizes Woman Saved After Seven Hours in Water

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 2

When a canoe capsized four miles off Wellington Point (Q.) early yesterday morning, Frederick Burnett, aged 27, of Coorparoo, was drowned…

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Four Killed Road Accidents HEAD - on Smash Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

As, a result of a head - on collision of two cars at the Calder Highway, near Bendigo, a young married woman and her…

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Cessnock Accident Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

Owen Murray, 7, and Walter Murray, 14, of North - avenue, Cessnock, were injured when the bicycle they were riding on Wollombl - road West…

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Woman Drowned Husband Injured Motor Accident Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

Mr. R. Sparke (25), was drowned, and her [?]usband Sparke, seriously Injured when their car failed to negotiate r turn on the Yarra…

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Footballer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

While playing for Kurri against Cessnock in the trial Rugby League match, at the Cessnock Sports Ground on Sunday,…

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Youth Drowned Fell Into River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

Raymond Waldron (10), of Goulburn, was drowned last night when he fell from a bridge into the Mulwaree River at Brisbane Grove He…

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Youth Drowned. Fall From Bridge. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

Raymond Waldron (19) fell from a bridge into the Mulwaree River at Brisbane Grove, Goulburn, last night and was drowned. He had climbed…

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Car and Cycle Collide Two Boys Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

Two brothers, Walter Murray, 14, and Owen Murray, 7, of North Avenue Cessnock, were injured on Sunday when the…

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Car Accident. Occupants Escape

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

When a heavy Chrysler car ran off the road at Bandon Grove on Sunday afternoon, it snapped off a telegraph pole and knocked down two panels of…

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Woman Drowned in Surf Niece's Effort to Save

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

Mrs Clara Elizabeth Woodroffe, aged 55, of Sandgato (Q) was drowned in the surf at Mooloolaba on Monday. Accompanied by her niece, Hazel…

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Roof Collapsed Steelworks Accident Three Hurt Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

Three men employed in No. 4 open hearth furnace at the Newcastle Stool Works were Injured when the massive brick roof of the furnace collapsed…

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£1362 Damages As Sequel to Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

A jury in the Banco Causes Court, Sydney, yesterday awarded Alfred Fell £1362/9/ against Thomas Hodge Kilvert and Norman Kilvert, trading as…

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Fatality at Cricket Ground. Workman Killed. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

Charles Johnson was killed at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, when a jib-crane on top of the new stand fell, hurtling a dog-box about 60 feet…

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Child Killed; Mother Injured. Motor Smash. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 7

Enid Wright (10) was killed, and her mother, Mrs. A. S. Wright (40) was injured to-day in a motor car smash at Lakemba…

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Balcony Collapses at Dubbo Nearly 50 Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

Nearly 50 persons, men, women, and children, were injured when an hotel balcony collapsed at Dubbo yesterday afternoon…

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Injured Man Guarded in Hospital Condition Improves Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 7

Police are guarding in hospital Robert Spark (37), who was found in a dazed condition on the Boulevarde overlooking the Yarra at Studleigh…

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Thrown in Air Strange Accident Boy Killed London, April 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

Two hundred Carshalton school children on the first day of their holidays were horrified to-day when, while watching tree-fellers work, they saw…

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R.A.C. OF A. Reducing Accidents the Only Way"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

In practically all countries in the world today where automobiles are extensively used, efforts are constantly being made to…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

William Cramp, 39, of Love Street, Cessnock, employed as a road layer at Aberdare Central Colliery, was cutting a sleeper yesterday when he…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

Two minor accidents only occurred during the course ot the show, Miss Peggy McDermid of Lismore being concerned in each. On the first…

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