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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 2

Mr E. Limon, of Marrickville, was fatally injured on Monday when his motor cycle, in taking the turn at the overhead bridge at skidded…

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Car Somersaults Four Injured at Gosford

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

When a sedan car failed to negotiate the turn at Pierce's corner, Gosford, on Monday night, the scene of many recent-accidents, the vehicle turned…

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Died From Shock Five Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

Although ho was the only one of six persons who escaped injury following a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle at Bankstown on Monday,…

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Fatal Dive Spinal Cord Injured ORANGE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 7

Diving into a pool at Blayney, Allan Peterson, 14, a few moments later rose to the surface, powerless. He was taken from the water by…

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Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 3

Mr. H. D. ("Mick") Fairfax, of "Tarnuk," Merriwa, was the victim of a motor accident whilst returning from Sydney last Wednesday. The…

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Two Hurt Accident at Quarry KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 4

Two quarry-workers wore injured near Pelaw Main yesterday afternoon, when a shot blew out and they were strick by flying stone. They were…

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Nail in Foot Workman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

While he was engaged on the demolition of the old "Mercury" building yesterday afternoon, a slab fell and forced a nail into the foot of Claude…

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Over Cliff Youth Badly Injured BOWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

A seventeen year old youth, Geoffrey Curthoys, of Mosman, slipped while viewing the Fitzroy Falls and fell 70 feet over a cliff. He was…

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Unusual Accident Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 8

Gordon Todkil, 6, of Goulburn, play fully spun a wheel on a car which had been jacked up. While the wheel was still revolving he made an effort…

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Youth Killed Accidental Shooting Farley Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 6

In tragic circumstances, Stanley Clement Green, 20, only son of Mr. Walter Green, of Owipen Lane, Farley, met his death near his home…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

George Anderson, of Merewether, a miner at Glenrock colliery, was seriously injured by a fall of stone at the mine…

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Arm Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

A. Ritchie, 35, of Pell-street, Merewether, injured his right arm while he was cranking a motor lorry. He rode a bicycle to the ambulance…

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Shooting Fatality Near Stratford

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

While shooting in the hills around Dog Trap, some five or six miles from Stratford on Sunday, a man named Clyde Dumbrell was accidentally shot…

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Feu Down Steep Cliff Youth Critically Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

Geoffrey Curthoys, aged 17, of Mosman, who was spending a holiday at Bowral with his father, was critically injured on Monday, when he fell about…

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"Will Not Start" Vice Royal Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

Vice Royal is an unlikely starter in the Anniversary Handicap at Randwick to-morrow. It appear that the horse, who has…

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Into Culvert Motor Truck Overturns Two Injured Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

Pinned beneath the cab of their truck when it capsized after crashing into a culvert on the Nundleroad, 17½ miles from Tamworth,…

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Motor Accident. Denman Car Involved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Whilst returning from Palm Beach to Sydney on Monday last a car driven by Mr. Len Carter, of Denman, was involved in an accident when it came…

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Man and Woman Wounded when Rifle Exploded at Dudley Story to Police Accidental Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

A man and a woman were slightly injured when a rifle was accidentally discharged at Dudley early this…

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Accident at Wingham Punt

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

M. Williams, of Tinonee, was driving a lorry loaded with 24 pigs to the Wingham bacon factory on Monday, and while the lorry was on the…

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Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

The Devil's Elbow, a dangerous hairpin bend on the Bullahdelah Hill, was the scene of a serious accident on Sunday last about 6 p.m. when a…

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