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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Cycle Accident Kurri Boys Injured Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 5

Two Kurri Kurri boys, Gordon Milgate, 14, of Victoria-street, and Ernest Perry, 9, of Stanford-street, finding the weather oppressive yesterday…

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Cyclist Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 3

Jack Robinson, 20, of Campsie, was injured when riding his motor cycle to Newcastle. The cycle skidded and crashed over an embarkment…

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Cyclist Injured Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

When he swerved his motor cycle in Lower Crown-street to avoid a dog, Clifford Thirlby, of Kembla-street, Port Kembla, was involved in a collision…

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Injured in Fall Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 5

Falling 10 teat down the rocks at Parsley Bay, Paul Johnson, 4, of Brodcrick-sreet, Balmain, suffered a compound fracture of the skull and…

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Drowned in Waterhole Boy Tangled in Weeds

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

John Marshall aged 12, of Botanyroad, Waterloo, became caught in some reeds and was drowned when he dived into the weeds on the Eastlakes golf…

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Four Drowned at Weekend Tragedy in Baths

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

Four persons wore drowned in New South Wales.at the week-end. A visitor from New Zealand lost his life in Sans Sauci baths, and an aged man…

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Struck Snag Bather Injured KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

Ronnie Pearce, 12, of Kurri Kurri, had a narrow escape from being seriously injured while swimming in a creek at North Kurri, known as…

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Driver Dazed Car Crashed Into Pole Farmer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

Carbon monoxide fumes in a closed car caused an accident which may have had more serious consequences yesterday afternoon…

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Six Injured Motors Collide Car and Cycle Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

When a motor car and a motor cycle with sidecar attached, collided in Liverpool road, between Bankstown and Lidcombe to-day, six persons were…

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Explosion of Petrol Tank Lorry Driver Terribly Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

A remarkable fire destroyed an ice lorry and seriously injured the driver at Leeton Park to-day. The lorry was standing outside a…

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Broken Neck Series of Accidents Unlucky Family Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

The third of a tragic series of accidents to the one family occurred on Sunday. When his motor cycle collided with…

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Painful Wound Accident at Sports PATERSON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 6

A bond in a wire, to which was attached a flag caused a severe injury to the hand of one of the competitors in a flag race at the Peterson Sports…

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Child Burned to Death Fatal Accident at Maison Dieu

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

At about 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon a fatal accident occurred at the home of Mr C. Groves, at Maison Dieu, as the result of which his little…

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Youth Drowned Fell Into Reservoir ALBURY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 7

Hughie Ritchie, 16, of Macauley-st., Albury, was drowned in the Hume Reservoir, near the old Hawkesview Bridge…

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Youth Drowned a Picnic Tragedy TOWNSVILE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

Albert Henry James, aged 17, was drowned while attempting to cross Ross River. He was one of a picnic party, and…

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Lorry Crashes Near Bullahdelah Two Men Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

Two men were seriously hurt and the driver and another passenger had remarkable escapes from injury, in a lorry accident near…

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Four Injured Motor Car Somersaults GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 5

At Pierce's corner last night a sedan car overturned three times and was badly smashed. Four of the five occupants were injured. The corner is a…

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Five Drowned New Zealand Tragedy Boat Capsizes Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 5

Five people were drowned when a flat-bottomed boat capsized at Weymouth, on the upper reaches of Manakau Harbour…

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Cycle Accident Three in Hospital TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

Harold Henderson, of North-street, Tamworth, and William Fisher, of Church-street, West Tamworth, were admitted to Tamworth Base Hospital…

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Minor Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

On Sunday evening last, a car driven by Mr. Vince Curran came into collision with another on the Clarence Town Road. It is reported no serious…

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