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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 3

Leslie Ninness (20), of Allandale-road, Cessnock, employed as a top hand at Bellbird colliery, was crushed by a skip yesterday, and was…

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Cessnock Youth Killed Accident at Taree

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 3

Injuries from widen, be died at 5.40 a.m. last sunday morning were received by Lionel Roberts, 20, in a motor accident at Taree on Saturday…

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Drowned While Crossing Creek Floods in Riverina

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 1

Arthur Syrett was drowned on Monday when crossing Bong Bong Creek, near Koorawatha, in a sulky. The creek was in flood, owing to the heavy…

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Finger Gashed Circular Saw Accident Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 7

Whilst attending to a circular saw at his home at Miller's Forest, Mr. Mathew Smith, jar, had the, misfortune to have the third finger on his…

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Worker Killed Shocking Accident Limbs Torn Off Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 5

Leslie Walter Eyles, 24, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when he was caught in a revolving shaft at the Colonial Sugar Refinery Company's…

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Thought Letter Was Bad Omen Drowned Man's Fear

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

Reference to a superstition that it is unlucky to receive a letter offering to buy a house was made at an Amersham (Eng.) inquest…

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Blandford Shooting Accident. Death of Victim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

David Pinkerton (53) died in the Scott Memorial Hospital on Wednesday night from the effects of a bullet wound, accidentally received while out…

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Mr. Dave Pinkerton Passes on Victim of Rifle Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 1

Many and sincere were the expressions of sympathy throughout the district on Wednesday evening last when the news spread that Mr. David…

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Railway Fettler's Shocking Accident Run Over by Train. Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

William Hammond, of West Tnmworth, employed as a railway fettler, was run over by a train between Ardglen and Tangela, near Murrurundi, last…

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Plane Accidentally Out of Control Coroner's Verdict Concerning Deaths of Melrose and Campbell. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquest today concerning the deaths of James Melrose and Colonel Campbell, who were killed when their plane crashed shorty…

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Mount Fell Murrell Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 8

H. Murrell, rider of Remote, received severe head injuries at Canter bury Park to-day when his mount fell, bringing down Wollun at the first…

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Motor Accidents N.R.M.A. Advice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 10

At a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Council to-day, the Association v solicitors called attention to the practice of the police obtaining statements from…

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Glen Innes Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

Much sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Partridge, of Gas-st., on the tragic death of their son Eric, which occurred at Glen Innes, He was only 23 years…

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Street Corner Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

Two motor cars were, involved in a collision outside the Presbyterian Manse, at the intersection of William and Church streets this morning. Mr…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 4

Harry Brittilffe, 21, of Hexham, a storeman employed at the Newcastle Steel Works, who was rinding the motor-cycle on the Maitland-road at Tarro…

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Brown Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 7

D. Brown, who captained Australia against England, had a bone fractured in his hand while playing for Eastern Suburbs against St. George on…

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Drowned in Tank Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 5

While on his way home from Mass in, Rostrovor Collage chapel, Magill, shortly after 9 a.m. on Sunday, George Ronald Gregory, aged 8, of…

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Terrified Horse Kills Itself Bolts After Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

A terrified horse which had been involved in a collision with a motor car, bolted for nearly a mile along Botanyroad, Mascot, last night, and finally…

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Brisbane Brawl Frank Green Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 8

As a sequel to a brawl in a South Brisbane, hotel, Frank Green, 46, described by the police as a well-known member of the underworld, was…

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Girl Injured Hit-run Driver Police Search. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

Josephine Clark, 12, of Undercuge, was knocked down and injured at Matraville by a motor car, the driver of which, according to the police,…

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