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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Safety Week Accidents Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 9

Accident calls received by Central ambulance from the city area, including North Sydney, during Natinal Read safety Week numbered 132,…

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Serious Accident Log Rolls on Man at Craven

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

Mervyn Drew, of Gloucester, was seriously injured when a log rolled on him, whilst he was unloading his motor-truck at Viggers' Mill, Craven,…

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Car Turned Over in Collision at Intersection

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 2

When the sports model roadster in which they were travelling yesterday was overturned us the result of a collision with another car at the corner…

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10 Killed and 100 Injured in Religious Riots (Australian Press Assn. Message.) BOMBAY

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 1

Ten were killed and 100 injured in further Hindu-Moslem riots in the Bazaar area. As organised reprisals are expected the Hindu trading…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 5

Struck by a fall of [?] at Aberdare Extended Colliery yesterday, Robert L[?] 64, miner, of Jef[?]rey-street, South Cossnock, received…

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Near Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 2

It is reported that a lady had a narrow escape from serious injury when the car she was cranking crashed through the rear wall of the garage…

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Cyclist Injured Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 2

Crashing on the roadway while riding a motor cycle from Sydney to The Entrance, Alexander Gee, 36, of Balmain Fire Station, received a…

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Miner Injured Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 6

While working in the pillar section of Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, B. Evans, a miner and a member of Hebburn No, 1 management committee, met with a…

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Hand Gashed Detective Injured Bondi Incident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 6

Detectives last night fired two shots at, Bondi after one detective had been injured. The bullets of the detectives, however, did not take effect…

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Woman Hurt Singleton Accident SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 6

As a result of a occasion between a motor car and lorry in John-street, Mrs. Thelma Morrissey, of Camber well, was admitted to Dangar…

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Saw-mill Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 3

Martin Turner, of Johnston-street, North Tamworth, was admitted to Tamworth Base Hospital, with injuries to the hand which he sustained…

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Boy Drowned Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 2

Diving into deep water in the Maribyrnong River, Footscray, Edward Robert Crowl 14, an engineer's apprentice, got into difficulties, and was…

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Lady Passenger Hurt in Collision at Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 2

When a motor car and light lorry came into collision at the junction of John and Campbell streets at mid-day on Saturday, a passenger in the lorry,…

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Brothers Drowned Thrown Into River Wellington' (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 2

Two brothers, James Arthur Jacobs, 22, and Ritchie Jacobs, 9, were drowned in the Grey River, near Grey-mouth, on Sunday…

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Saw-mill Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 1

Martin Turner, of Johnston-street, North Tamworth, was admitted to Tamworth Base Hospital with injuries to the hand which ho sustained when…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 7

A splinter from an old piece of wood became embedded in the back of his left thigh, when Tony Cahill, 11½, of Aberglasslyn road, Rutherford,…

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Lost Fisherman Believed Drowned MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 4

Two fisherman, V. Hazelwood, 82, and C. Andrews, 26, both of San Reno, are believed to have lost their lives in a storm in the Bass Strait…

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30 KILLED Powder Works Explode 200 Injured Marseilles Nov. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 1

Thirty were killed and at least 200 injured to-day as the result of a terrific explosion in the Government…

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Stroud. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

Last week was marked by the number of accidents that occurred in connection with timber workers. Mr. Renwick of Girvan was struck…

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Serious Car Accident Near Stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

An accident which might have been attended with fatal results happened on Saturday evening last on the Dungog-Stroud road about four miles…

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