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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 75

Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

Muster John Flood, 8 years of age of Dungog, had an unpleasant experience when the pony he was riding along Dowling Street slipped and fell…

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Boy Injured Head-on Collision Stolen Car Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 4

When a motor car alleged to have been stolen, collided when travelling, at high speed with another car in Rose Bay, the two occupants of the…

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Motor Collision Sequel Driver Charged

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 2

Shortly after his discharge yesterday, afternoon from the General Hospital, where he was admitted, following a collision between a utility…

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Car Smash Young Woman Injured Lucky Escapes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 7

Only one person was injured when two motor cars and a motor lorry were involved in a collision on the Newcastle Road, near Thornton, early this…

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Fewer Accidents Safety Campaign SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 4

Since the Police Campaign was inaugurated by the Commissioner of Police in April last, there has been an appreciable reduction in…

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Car Accident Ex-Maitlander Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 6

From further particulars received it would appear that the accident which recently happened to Mr. Jack Maguire, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Maguire,…

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Car Fatality Grazier Killed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 8

Mr. GIldea, a Queensland grazier, was killed instantly and his son was injured when the car in which they were traveling from Young to their…

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Football. Injured Players

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 10

The injuries received by several players in the Aberdeen match, in which the locals suffered their first defeat, have robbed next Sunday's…

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Gave Up His Seat Man Dreadfully Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 1

A man's courtesy in giving up his scut in a crowded tram led to his being dreadfully injured on Wednesday night. The man, John Heury Roberts,…

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Fatal Accident Car Driver for Trial ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 4

Finding that he had driven in a culpable and reckless manner the Mr. Barker Coroner (Mr. F. W. Smith) committed Charles Wright, a…

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Stroud. Accident

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

Last Thursday Mr. C. Gorton was unfortunate enough to suffer a very nasty wound on the knee with an axe. Both the tibia and fenur bones were…

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Motor Car Accidents Mishaps on the Sugarloaf

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 1

Two Quirindi motor cars met with accidents about 7 p.m. while travelling down the Sugarloaf from Tamworth to Quirindi…

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Shocking Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 6

A labourer was shockingly injured at the Dubbo locomotive sheds when he was dragged through an air compressor machine and wedged against an iron…

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Unusual Accident Near Leeton Narrow Escape From Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 6

An unusual accident is reported from Leeton, in which a man, his wife, and two children had a narrow escape from death…

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ACCIDENT! Police Opinion Man's Death Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1936 · page 1

After the police had inquired throughout last night into the death of Edward Wells, of the Adelaide…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday. Jack Scobie, 48, a painter, of Mayfield, had his right leg fractured when his motor-cycle collided with a car at…

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Race Fatality DEAUVILLE, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 1

The famous racing driver, Marcel Leroux, was killed to-day when he collided with another competitor in the…

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Singleton News Cycle—Car Collision SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 2

About ten minutes to six yesterday afternoon a collision occurred on the Whittingham-road, between a motor car driven by Mr. G. Cosstick,…

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Swept Over Falls and Drowned Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 2

Falling into a river above the Huka Falls (N.Z.) while getting water for a motor car radiator, Arthur Hodgson, aged 27, was swept over the falls and…

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Two Injured "Hit-Run" Driver SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 3

Two pedestrians were knocked down end injured in the metropolitan area at the week-end by motorists who are alleged to have failed to stop…

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