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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Car Overturns Driver Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 4

Albert Lowe Nicall Wilson 41 a broker of summer Hill was injured when a social motor are which he was driving to Tonterfold on Sunday…

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Struck Car Man Wife Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 3

When the [?] they were riding stock a oar on the Multhland road nare Sandgate into on Sunday Afternoon, Edward Harvey, 34 of Mayflod went…

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in Guest House Narrow Escape One Man Badly Injured Blue Mountains Drama Springwood, Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 1

Spreading with alarming rapidity a fire which broke out at 5 a.m. today, completely destroyed the Bon Accord Country Club, a wellknown guesthouse at Springwood. So…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

While cycling along Wollombiroad on Friday night Walter Power, 45, of Wollombi-road, was struck by a car. He was attended by the…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

While cycling along Wollombiroad on Friday night Walter Power. 45, of Wollombi-road, was struck by a car. He was attended by the…

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Shiftman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

White erecting Umber at Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day, William Roberts. 63, a shiftman, residing in Harris-street, Cessnock, fell 15 feet…

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Shiftman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

While erecting timber at Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day, William Roberts, 63, a shiftman, residing in Harris-street, Cessnock, fell 15 feet…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

Frazen 'Wilson, 14, of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, fell while riding a bicycle on the Showground yesterday, and…

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Patient Flown to Sydney. Motor Accident Victim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 4

Tamworth District Ambulance and Adastra Airways played a part in rushing an injured man to Sydney on Saturday for special treatment…

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Three Hurt Cessnock Accidents GESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 1

William Roberts 09), of Harris-street, Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, fell 15 feet from a sealfold while creating timber at work…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

Frazen 'Wilson, 14 of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, fell while riding a bicycle on the Showground yesterday, and…

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Injured Worker Compensation Claim CESSNOCK, Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 7

The attention of the cessnock Muncipal council was last night directed Alder J.Brown to the treatment given by an insurance…

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Two Hurt Mine Accidents CESSNOCK ,Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 2

Struck on the hand by a piece of stone which foll from the paxton collery to-day Froderick Hallam 50,of…

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Car and Wallaby Collision

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 1

A wallaby was the cause of an accident on the Pacific Highway, near Allworth, late on Sunday night, which could easily have proved fatal. Mr. W. G. Higginbottom…

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Youth Drowned Tragedy at Merriwa MERRIWA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

William Saundorn 17, of Murrurundi a visitor to Merriwa for the show was drowned in Morriwa Creek when he slipped from a rock…

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Effect of Street Lighting on Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2

The executive committee of the Road Safety conference decided yesterday to recommend that the provision of adequate and uniform lighting…

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Sad Fatality. Murrurundi Lad Drowned in Merriwa Creek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Wednesday evening owing to the drowning in Merriwa Creek near the bridge of a lad named William…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5

Caught by a fall of coal at Aberdore Colliery to-day, William McEwan miner, 60, residing an…

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Jockeys Injured Accidents at Randwick SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 1

Two jookeys were injured during training operations at Rand wick this morning while riding Trochille C.Trick was…

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Injured in Mine Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 7

Struck by a fall of coal in Aberdare colliary to day william McEwan 60,a minor of Northecto-street Aberdare suffered an extenelve [?]wound…

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