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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

1,485 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 75

Priest Injured Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 4

The Rev, Father Doherty suffered a broken collarbone when a car in which he was driving left the read at Long Plain. Owing to the failure of the…

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Horse Killed Smash at Kensington Jockey Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 1

Jack Stewart, 19, a jockey, was severely injured to-day when two race-horses, Frassadale and Dover Patrol, collided at Kensington Racecourse, the…

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'Bus Crash Charlestown Fatality Toll Unchanged Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 1

The casualty list in last night's motor 'bus accident near Charlestown, in which Miss Elizabeth McGavin, 19,…

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Road Toll Head-on Collision Week-end Smashes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 3

During the week-end numerous road accidents occurred, resulting in several fatalities. When the motor-cycle which he was…

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Two Injured Cars Over Embankment Fifteen Feet Drop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 4

Both occupants of a Morris single-seater motor car wore injured when the car came into collision with a tourer and plunged over a fifteen feet…

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Motor 'Bus Crashes Over Embankment Girl Killed and 18 Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 1

Miss Elizabeth Hope M'Cavin, aged 19, of Dullingstreet, Waratah, and 18 of the 38 passengers were injured about 9 o'clock last night when a Swansea bus returning to Newcastle crashed over an embankment…

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Fell Six Feet Two Women Injured Railing Collapsed Spiders Point

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 8

Falling six feet to the ground when the ralling of the verandah of her house in Alley-st., Speers Point, collapsed, Mrs. E. Gorden, 81, and her…

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Accident Averted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 1

The consequences which accompanied the detachment of the steering red on the car as Mr. and Mrs. Harper were returning form a day's…

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Accident While Alighting From Tram

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 2

Mrs Kathleen Purdy, wife of Mr John Purdy, of Wollstonecroft, North Sydney, and daughter of Mrs M. O'Donnell, of Bourke-street, Singleton,…

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Eye Injured Serious Motor Smash GLOUCESTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 4

A serious motor accident occurred on Saturday evening, when a motor car, owned by Mr. J. S. Germen of Gloucester, came into collision with…

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Peculiar Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 1

Ken Hindmarsh, who narrowly escaped choking when he swallowed his chewing gu[?] in the Manly-Go[?]don Rugby Union game on Saturday, has made an excellent…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 6

Mr. C. Perris, of Hebburn, Weston, employed at the Hebburn No. 1 Colliery as a minor, met with a painful accident yesterday when he was struck…

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Show Fatality at Brisbane Woman's Collapse in Crush

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 3

A fatality occurred at the Royal National Show in Brisbane on Wednesday, the victim being Myrtle May Grant, of Wilston, who collapsed at the side of…

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Cottage Ablaze Three People Injured COOLAMON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 3

Two women and a boy were injured when a four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. D. B. McLelland, about a mile out of Collamon, was…

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Miss Muriel Bowman Admitted to Hospital As Result of Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 6

As a result of a collision, shortly before noon yesterday, between a car she was driving and a lorry, driven by Mr Claude Ireland, of York-street, Miss…

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Bullahdelah Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 4

While cutting firewood at his home at Rosenthal last week, John Coleman, 14, sustained a severe gash to his left foot. He was admitted to…

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Serious Motor Accident Near Stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 5

Returning to Gloucester from Stroud on Saturday evening last the motor car owned by Mr. Jack Germon, of Beattie's Island, and driven…

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Accident to Mr F. J. Pankhurst

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 6

Mr F. J. Pankhurst, president of the Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, was unable to preside at the quarterly meeting at…

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Car Overturns Two Men Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1936 · page 8

When a car overturned at Black smiths, near Swansea, last night, two Newcastle residents, T. Blake, 28, of Skelton-st., Hamilton, and T. Coote,…

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Jockey Injured Smash at Canterbury SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1936 · page 1

Charles Ikin, a jockey, was thrown heavily to-day when two horses collided on the track at Canterbury Park. By a coincidence two horses collided…

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