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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

When the wheel came off the cart he was driving Master Albert Engel had one of his fingers jammed. He was attended to by the doctor and is…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Alderly on Saturday, January 4th, when a motor lorry which was driven by Mr. Crouch, Junr. capsized. Mr. Crouch…

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Motoring Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

While Mr W. R. Schofield, of Sydney, accompanied by a lady, was driving a Willys "77" ear from Tamworth to Sydney yesterday, about 1.30 p.m., a…

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Girl Dies Injured in Collision BARRABA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

Internal Injuries sustained when she collided with another cyclist while riding a bicycle late on Wednesday afternoon, led to the death of Betty Dalton,…

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Two Killed Alexandria Collision Two Others Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 3

When it collided with a lorry a car skidded on the wet road and hit a tramway polo at Alexandria. A man and woman were killed and two…

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C.W.A. President Injured Bega

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

Mrs. Reg Johnston, president of the South Coast Group of the C.W.A., fell off Tathra wharf last night while fishing. She struck her head, was…

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Car—tram Smash Two Men Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

Reginald Cowel and Leonard Gardiner, electricians, were seriously injured when a motor car driven by Cowel collided with a tram in…

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Miner Killed Struck by Stone Rothbury Fatality Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 7

Albert Lindsley, about 44, minor, was killed almost instantly at Maitland Extended No. 4 Colliery on the Rothbury Estate this morning by a fall…

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Boys Drowned Rescue Attempts Fail Fell Into River Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 4

Richard Dennis, 12, a school boy, of Mill Hill-road, Waverley, Sydney, was drowned on Sunday morning in the Molonglo River at Duntroon, where…

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Two Killed Car Accidents Man Charged Sydney

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

At the week-end two men were killed in motor accidents in Sydney Anthony Creighton, 36, of Cabramatta, was fatally injured when struck by a…

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Fatal Smash Pillion Rider Killed Road Accident Hobart

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

Mary Nelson, 16½, of Hobart, who was riding on the pillion eat of a motor cycle travelling from Forcett to Sorrell, was…

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Hiking Accident Katoomba

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

About a mile from the Hydro, Medlow Bath, on Saturday, Miss Florence Shakelton, 28, one of a hiking party, fell over an embankment and broke…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

While following his occupation as miner yesterday, at Aberdare Colliery, William Duffin, 34, residing at Gallagher-street, Cessnock, had his…

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Drowned in Dam Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

James Balley, 17, was drowned when he sought to receiver a tennis ball from a dam at Hendon Park Station, near Roma. His brother…

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Car Fatality Double Somersault WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 8

Sydney Benlow, of Alpha-road, Prospect, South Australia, was fatally injured in a motor accident on the Sydney. Melbourne highway, east of…

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Two Men Injured Katoomba, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

Keith Hamilton, 23, of Thirroul, and Robert Hamilton, 51, of Concord, both suffered from fractured legs when the motor cycle and sidecar they were…

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Miller's Forest Canberra Fatality District Natives Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

When the news came to hand reporting the sad ending of Jack and Bill Phillip at Wallenbeen, near Canberra, deep was the…

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Fatality at Rothbury Col. Miner Killed by Fall of Stone

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

While engaged at work in Maitland Extended No. 4 colliery, North Rothbury, yesterday, Albert Lindsay, 44, a…

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Tragic Accident Taxi-cab—Car Smash Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

When a taxi-cab collided with small car at a street intersection at Lower Hutt, near Wellington, Mrs. Lillian Ellen Lowery, 64, the driver of…

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Teeth Knocked Out Cessnock Man in Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

When his car ran into a post at the side of the road between Teralba and Boolaroo on Sunday, T. Gibson, 28, of Cessnock, had his lip cut…

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