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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Man Injured. by Hit-run Motorist

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

Charles McIntosh (40), of Aberdeen, sustained a fractured leg when knocked down by a car in Bridge-street, Muswellbrook, on Tuesday evening…

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Explosion at Aerodrome Engineer and Youth Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

Sidney Smith, aged 47, aircraft engineer, of Leichhardt, and James Allen, aged 18, of Duhwich Hill, are in a serious condition in hospital They were…

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Fierce Riots in Paris Six Killed and Many Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 8

Six persons were killed and about 200 injured, some seriously, during a fierce battle between Fascists and members of the…

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Widow Claims £800 for Death of Husband Echo of Fatality at Elringtin

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

The Workers' Compensation Commission had before it, at Newcastle on Wednesday, a case in which Margaret Grace…

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Mr. Perce Wheeler. Narrow Escape in Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

Mr. Perce Wheeler, formerly of Muswellbrook, and now acting postmaster at Bathurst, escaped injury when two cars collided on the…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

Whilst crossing a street in Muswellbrook, Mr. C. McIntosh, of Aberdeen, was knocked down by a motorist and sustained a broken leg…

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Youth's Death Fell From His Bicycle Kurri Fatality Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Corner (Mr. A. W. Johns), when he conducted an…

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Man Missing Probably Drowned BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2

William Howarth, 40, a clerk, employed at Somerset Dam, in the Brisbane Valley, is believed to have been drowned in the Stanley River…

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Float Burned Another In Accident Two' Incidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

Two floats arranged for St. patrick's Day celebrations in West Maitland on saturday were involved in unfortunate accidents. As a result, one was…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 5

While playing in the grounds of the Abermain Public School yesterday, William Daniels, 12, of Old School Hill, Abermain…

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Fatal Collision Mascot Pierced Heart GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 5

George Albert Ducrou, 26, a single man, of 76 Vlctorla-road, Drummoyne, was killed Instantly when his motorcycle and a car collided on the Pacific…

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School Disaster Latest Death-roll, 425. Many Injured May Die. New York, March 19

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

The death-roll in the disaster when the New London High School, near Overton (Texas), was shattered by an explosion is now stated to total…

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Mr. T. B. Macfarlane. Figures in Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 6

Mr. T. B. Macfarlane, of "Cullingral," Merriwa, Mr. K. Arnottt, of "Glenalvon," Murrurundi, and three other gentlemen friends, had a fortunate…

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Accidentally Shot Boorawa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 8

While on a shooting expedition charles Bults was accidentally shot He was endeavoring to extract a bullet which had jammed in the magazine…

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Painful Accident

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

While cracking a whip on Friday, evening last Mr. Norman Robson sustained a painful injury to an eye owing to being struck by the lash…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 5

While working at Paxton colliery yesterday. Archibald Vernon, 18, of Main-road, Paxton fell and injured his right knee. He was admitted to…

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Rubber Kerbs Reducing Accident Risk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 10

Attention has been drawn on many oceasions to the danger of high kerbs in cases whore the road surfaces is slippery and a violent skid causes a…

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Dog on Road Causes Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 1

An Alsatian dog caused an accident in which four persons wore injured on the Great Western-road, at Mount Victoria. A motor car, driven by Mr…

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When the Beer Bottle Burst Unusual Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 2

Nellie O'Sullivan, aged 19, of Darlington, was injured in an unusual way on Monday. She ound a bottle of beer in a fuel…

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Late Drowning Fatality at Bandon Grove Coronial Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

On Monday afternoon last the District Coroner, Mr. J. T. Williams, conducted an inquiry at Dungog Court House into the drowning of the young…

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