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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 75

Japanese Poachers Released Injured Aviators Recovering

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 1

A message from Noumea states that the Japanese vessel which came into Hienghene, bringing two injured French aviators, who had flown out to…

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Four Injured Truck Out of Control MERRIWA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

Four persons were injured when a utility truck by F. Neville left the road and crashed through a fence a few miles from Merriwa, on the…

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Car Crashes Into Tree Elderly Man Critically Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

A man was critically injured on Monday afternoon, about nine miles north of Wyqng, when a motor-car in which he was a passenger ran off the…

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Car Accident Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 5

A Terraplane sedan car, owned by Mr. W. J. Smith, of Landon Grove, capsized on the Wangat Road on…

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Thrown From Horse While Mustering Dog Brings Men to Scene of Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

Mr Dennis O'Hara Burke, aged 59, farmer, of Mount Cotton (Q.), died, in hospital on Monday from a fractured skull as the result of being thrown from…

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Youth Killed Brisbane Accident Three Injured Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 4

A young man was killed and three others were gravely injured last night when the ear in which they were travelling along…

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Man Killed On Honeymoon Wife Injured Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 3

Fatal injuries were sustained by Percy Fault, 28, of Newcastle and his wife, Eva, 25, was injured when the motor car in which they were…

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Fatality at Bundook

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 2

Leslie William Barlin of Lansdowne was loading timber on a lorry and trailer near Bundook, for Walter's Mill, when a log broke away. The…

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Motor Driver Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Hogan, of Muswellbrook, met with an accident in an unusual manner recently. While on his rounds amongst the farmers at Wybong…

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Youth Killed in Car Accident Three Gravely Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 8

One young man was killed and three others were gravely injured on Wednesday night when the car in which they were travelling along Logan-road, near…

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Train Fatality. Railwayman Killed Warned Too Late Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 5

John Robert Porthouse, 60, was struck by an incoming train and killed instantly while working with a number of other men repairing the…

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Bomb Explodes in Laneway Lad Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 5

When a home-made bomb exploded in a laneway at Kensington on Wednesday afternoon Robert Watson, aged 13, of Kensington, was severely injured…

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Two Injured Motor Car Overturns Seaham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 6

When a motor-cycle run off road and overland at Scaham into yesterday afternoon two persons were injured, and another suffered from…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 3rd JULY, 1936. Late Jack Gilholme. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 3

Mr. A. E. Sluman, J.F., District Coroner, held an inquiry at the Court House on Wednesday last into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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WILLIAMTOWN. Chaffcutter Accident Tennis Tourney. Williamtown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 4

While working a chaffcutter on Mr. sandeman's farm, at Salt Ash, Mr.T. Graham, had his elbow caught in the cutting wheel, and sustained…

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Thrown From Horse While Mustering Dog Brings Men to Scene of Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. Dennis O'Hara Burke, aged 59, farmer, of Mount Cotton (Q.), died in hospital on Monday from a fractured skull as the result of being thrown…

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Knocked Down Man Badly Injured Street Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 6

The Repent-street police are attempting to identify an elderly man, who was seriously injured when he was knocked down by a motor car in…

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Listened in Injured Footballer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 7

Before Rugby League Officials went to the Sports Ground to-day to see the local Rugby League matches they called at the private hospital where…

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Two Men Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 2

William Hodge, 18, of Mayfield, sustained a lacerated wound to the forehead, probable fracture of the skull and shock; and John Allen, 20,…

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Struck by Car Footballers Injured PERTH

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

Three members of the Perth Association football team were injured yesterday afternoon outside Subiaco Oval…

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