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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Bush Fatality Hit by Falling; Tree LISMORE, Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

A fatal mishap occurred In tho rugged country at tho foot of tho Macpherson Range; when Alfred John Phillips, 88, Bomb feller, died In the…

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Mail 'Plane Crashes Four Persons Injured Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

Four persons were injured when a mail 'plane, owned by North Queensland Airways Ltd., crashed at Cairns aerodrome to-day…

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Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

A sedan car driven by Mr. J. McCarthy of Taree turned over at Ratley's cutting 7½ miles north of Stroud. On Wednesday week. The accident was…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

A pedestrian, Mr. C. A. Spence, manager at Aberdeen for the Hardy Contracting Co., at present engaged on extensive work at the FitzGerald…

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Inadequate Street Lighting Its Part in Traffic Accidents

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 8

The part which inadequate street lighting plays in night traffic accidents was disclosed to the executive committee of the Road Safety…

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Colliery Accidents

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

Jack Wallace, 17, of Doylestreet, Bellbird, employed as a winch driver at Bellbird colliery, suffered from contusions to the…

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Still Unconscious Injured Motor Cyclist Collision at Lorn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

Admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon with a frac-tured skull, the result of a collision between his motor cycle…

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Crash Near Nord's Wharf Woman Killed, Two Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

A woman was killed and her husband and another woman seriously injured yesterday, afternoon when a car skidded off the Pacific Highway about half…

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Accidents on Prince's Highway Two Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 2

In motor accidents on Prince's Highway at the week-end two men were killed. William Michael Edes, 34, of…

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Critically Injured Motor-cyclist in Collision with Taxi

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 2

A motor-cyclist was critically injured in a collision with a taxi on Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Belmore and Glenarvon Roads, near…

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Pea Rifle Fatality Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 8

Accidentally shot on his father's properly, at Orangeville, near Camden, Neville Greentree, 17, died in a few minutes. His companion was…

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Car Overturned Three Women Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 2

Three women were injured and two others suffered from shock when the car in which they were travelling overturned three times near Ward's…

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Hindenburg Disaster Thirty-two Lives Lost. Reports of Sabotage Discounted Fifty of Survivors Injured. New York

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

It has now been established that 32 lost their lives or are still unaccounted for in the wreck of the giant airship Hindenburg, which was…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

James Hamilton. 7. fell at his home in Eden-street. Bellbird on Sunday, and fractured his left leg…

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Elderslie Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 7

The driver of a [?] which was involved in an accident near [?] this afternoon, was killed. The body which was that of a Glenden Brook…

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Singleton Hotel Proprietor Killed in Car Accident Six Other Passengers Injured All Local Residents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

Mr P. J. M'Manus, proprietor of the Terminus Hotel, Singleton, was killed when the car which he was driving left the road and rolled…

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Five Injured Singleton Residents Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

Five Singleton residents were injured when the car in which they were returning to Singleton from Maitland went down an embankment…

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'Plane in Flames Four Persons Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

A narrow escape from death was experienced by four people to-day an aeroplane about to leave the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome for Brisbane…

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News of the Day Accident Victim Dead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 6

JOHN BRISLANE, the middle-aged victim of a motor collision at Lorn on, Sunday last, died in the Maitland hospital this morning. He had been…

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Claim in Connection with Motor Accident Widow Awarded £153

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 3

Claiming £300 damages, Nora Reed, widow, of Church-street, Newcastle, was awarded £153 against Arthur James Reynolds, of Elgin-street, West…

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