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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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MR. G. B. WALLER Drowned In Creek Swept From Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 7

Mr. George B. Waller, grazier of Wallarobba who is well known throughout the northern part of New South Wales was drowned…

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Boy Hurt Strange Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 7

Robert Clarke, 18, of High-street, East Maitland was injured in an unusual manner late yesterday afternoon. He was standing near a fence…

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Shooting Accident Near Wingham

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

A remarkable coincidence was associated with a shooting accident which occurred near Wingham on Sunday. Leaving a boat from which…

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Peculiar Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

While Mr. C. M. Orwin, of the local Forestry Office, was driving his car down Dowling street on Monday afternoon, the near side front wheel…

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Fatal Blasting Accident Sydney Accountant Struck by Rock

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Mr. William Halberg, Managing Director of Messrs. Halberg, Parsons and' Anderson, Sidney chartered. accountants, and a director of many…

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Two Killed Motor Car Tragedy Four Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 1

Mavis Bruce, 12, of Arthursleigh-street Burwood and Leslie Bruce [?] of the same address were killed to-day when a car…

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Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 6

Catherine Hodge, 48 of Paxton fell from the platform at the Western end of the Cessnock railway station after alighting from the 8.30 p.m. train last…

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Three Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 8

Neel Schneider 7 of Walcha was drowned when he was washed from the rocks by a huge wave at Ben Buckler North Bondi. Heavy seas…

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Runaway Skips a Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 1

Athol Bourke a top hand at the Muswellbrook mine was lucky to escape serious injury when he was struck by skips. A pin came out of…

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Four Hurt Paterson Accident Search for Driver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 1

When residents of Paterson rushed in the scene of a car [?]dent about a quarter of a mile on the Dungog side of the township at 8.30 last night they found…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

Three drowning fatalities, in which the victims were boys, occurred in Sydney on Sunday. Noel Johns, 7, of Walcha, was…

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Accident at Colliery. Screen-Hand Injured. Leap From Skips

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

Athol Bourke, a popular member of the top-hands at the colliery, was the victim of an accident shortly after commencing' work on…

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Car Overturns Cessnock Party Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 2

A party from Cessnock had an unfortunate exerience on Saturday morning when the car in which they were travelling overturned at…

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Car Crash. Two Children Killed. Four People Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

Two children, Mavis Bruce (12), and Leslie Bruce (5), sister and brother, of Burwood, were killed and four people injured early on Saturday…

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Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 2

A car travelling from Paterson towards Vacy collided with a telegraph pole close to Paterson railway gales and was badly smashed. Three…

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Face Injured Beyond Restoration £500 Damages Awarded

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

In the Supreme Court at Christchurch on Monday Marie Weldon Hall, aged 11 years, was awarded £500 damages against Peter Daysh Davey, motor…

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"An Accident" Britishers Wounded LONDON, Feb, 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

It is officially announced from Valocia that the commander of the British battleship Royal Oak, a first Reutonant, a warrant officer, and a…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

George Smith, 47, miner, residing at Castlemaine-street, Cessnock was struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended Colliery this morning, and…

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Car Overturned Passenger Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

While endeavoring to pass another car on the Raymond Terrace-road, near Raymond Terrace, this morning, a car driven by Mr. Fairley, of Eagleton,…

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Painful Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 4

Whilst engaged doing brushwork in scrub country at Eastern Dorrigo, Mr. A. A. Andorson, of Timmsvale, had one ear chopped off. The book he was…

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