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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Accident to Mr Charles Freeman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

Two girls who were walking down Market-street at noon on Easier Monday found Mr Chas. Freeman, a newsrunner at the Singleton Newsagency,…

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Four Drowned in Car

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 2

Four persons were drowned, three of them without a chance of escape, when a sedan car left the main road at a point served by a vehicular ferry and plunged…

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Car Fatality Driver Exonerated Coroner's Verdict Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 7

An inquiry into the death of Her-" bert Lomas, 59, of Cessnock, Who died from injuries received when he was struck, by a car in Main-street,…

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Woman Killed Lorry Overturned. Seven Injured Mildgee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 2

A woman her husband their [?] children, and another man were involved in a lorry crash which resulted in the death of the woman and…

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Motor Cycle and Car in Collision Young Man Seriously Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 1

As the outcome of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at the intersection of Liverpool and Guerney Streets, Scone, on Monday…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

William Porter, 38, of Subiaco Avenue, Cessnock, employed at Aberdare Central colliery, was struck by a fall of coal…

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Deputy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

Herbert Anderson, 53, a deputy of Aberdare, employed at Elrington colliery, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday with injuries to his ankle,…

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Cyclist's Death Collision with Car Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday the Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnson) field an inquiry into…

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Accident on Pacific Highway Orange Journalist Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

When a motor-lorry laden with, oranges came into collision with a car driven by E. S. Corner, of Orange, on the Pacific Highway, three miles on the…

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Colliery Employee Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

Edward Edwards, 29 of Mount View-road, Cessnock, employed at Elrington Colliery, was struck with a piece of timber during the week…

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Injured in Street Cbssnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 5

Bennis Fitzpatrick, 5, of Kearsley was found in a street at Kearsley suffering. with concussion. He was admitted to hospital The police are…

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Four Drowned. Car Plunges Into Manning River

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

Two men and two women were drowned on Saturday night last, when the sedan car in which they were driving to Taree overran the approach…

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Car Plunges Into Manning River Four Occupants Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 5

The four occupants of a sedan" motor, including an entire family of three members, were drowned on Saturday night when the car plunged…

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Falls of Coal Miners Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

Thomas Hurst, 53, a miner, living at 76 Norhcote -street, Aberdare was struck on the head by a fall of coal in Abermain No. 2 Colliery this…

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Man 'S Death Sequel to Accident the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

The circumstances surrounding the death of Percy Theodore Hatfield a Collarenebri man, formed the subject of an inquest…

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MONDAY Most Accidents SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

Monday is the most dangerous day of the week for workers, according to an analysis prepared by the Workers' Compensation Commission…

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Recent Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

The recent regrettable accidents at Davistown and Tinonee, in which motor cars plunged into the water and the occupants were…

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Eight Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 12

A German passenger 'plane from Stutttgort crashed at Orvin aerodrome yesterday when making a forced landing, Eight passengers all badly…

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Culvert Collision Stroud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 7

When the mail car, driven by J. Delforce, of stroud, came into collision with a timber lorry, driven by Roy Johnson, of Mayer's Flat, on a…

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Launch Swamped One Man Drowned Mate's Great Fight Uranga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 7

Swamped by heavy seas, the motor launch in which James Rowe and William Passmore were proceeding to Goff's Harbour, sank to-day. Rowe…

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