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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Spanish Submarine Sunk 47 of Crew Drowned (Australian Press Assn. Message.) VALENCIA

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 1

A communique issued by the Minister for Marine to-day announces that the Spanish Government's submarine C3 was torpedoed, supposedly by a…

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Struck Tree Gresford Car Accident GUYRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 8

Mr. Roy Chesworth was fortunate to escape serious injury when his ear turned over on Saturday night. He apparently dozed at the wheel, and the…

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Thrown to Road Unusual Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 5

Mr. P. Jory, of Wallalong, was involved in an unusual accident which may have had more serious results, at the corner near. Morpeth bridge on…

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Farmer Fined Negligent Driving Collision Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 4

A fine of £3, with costs amounting to £1/16/8, In default imprisonment for ten days, was Imposed by. Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the West…

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'Plane Crash Pilot Seriously Injured BRISBANE, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 3

John Charies Dyson, who only recently secured his licence, was seriously injured at Archerfield yesterday, when his Moth 'Plane stalled at…

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Hook in Eye Painful Accident DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 1

Mr, Jack Watts, an old resident of Dungog, met with a painful accident during the week-end. He was crawling under his residence in…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 2

While working on Hutchison's bridge on Thursday last, Mr. W. Bromley of Dungog had the big toe of one of his feet badly injured by the fall of a…

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Utility Truck Overturns Accident on Dungog-Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 2

What may have been a fatal accident occurred on the Dungog-Stroud road at about 11.30 p.m. on Sunday night. On its way to Gloucester as…

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Blind Spots Caused 'Plane Smash Collision Inquiry. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 5

Blind spots, obscuring view of the other was the explanation tendered to the Coroner (Mr, Tingate, P.M.), by Squadron-leader Bladin for the…

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Car Overturns Scone Residents Injured MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 1

Returning from Newcastle, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Bell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thorley, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mould, (Scene residents) luckily escaped…

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Electric Train Hits Motor Car Three Killed and Two Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 4

When an electric train hit a car on Dry Creek crossing, between Newport and Laverton (Vic.), on Monday, three people were killed…

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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 5

It is becoming increasingly apparent that 1936 will be the first year in which America's road accidents have not increased under the pressure of…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 1

Mr Jack Watts, an old resident of Dungog, met with a painful accident during the week-end. He was crawling under his residence in Lawes-street…

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Elderly Man Killed by Train Children Witness Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 1

Thomas Joseph Rawson, aed 65, was struck by a train and killed at Genemalla railway station, near Bathurst, on Sunday night…

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Surf Tragedy Two People Drowned BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 December 1936 · page 6

Two people were drowned while surfing at Ocean Beach, Southport, John Mccrae, 37, a farmer, of Emu Greek, via Grow's Nest, and May…

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Mine Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 7

Walter Bircham, 38, miner, living in Victoria Street, Kurri Kurri, was injured by a fail of coal in Richmond Main…

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Injured Pilot Shows Great Fortitude

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 3

Pilot-officer Vernon Read, who was rescued on Tuesday after having been trapped for 31 hours in his crashed plane in the Brisbane Ranges, near…

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Man and Woman Drowned Surf Tragedy at Southport

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 8

Mr John M'Rae, aged 30, grazier, of Raeburn, Emu Creek, and Miss Mary Margaret Handy, aged 22, of Colebank, near Toowoomba, were drowned…

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Man Injured Wires Across Road Near Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 6

Two wires draw across a little used road in Morpeth caused an Accident as a result of which Oswald Hemsley, 58, of Abbott-street, West maitland…

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Fell From Top of Stairs. Accident That Brought on Neuritis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 1

This old lady survived a fall downstairs from top to bottom, only to become a victim of neuritis and rheumatism. But in Kruschen she…

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