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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

1,300 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 65

Verdict for £300 Sequel to Car Collision ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 2

A verdict for £300 for plaintiff was given by Judge Claney in the Armidale District Court in the case in which Adam Park Maciean sued Cocil John…

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Struck by Car Girl Badly Injured TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 6

wilga Lane, 9, of North-street, North Tamworth, was struck by a motor car yesterday afternoon and was rushed to the Base Hospital where an operation was…

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Miner Injured Finger Joint Severed CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 7

When he slipped while carrying a place of limber in bellbird Collery to-day, William Saxby, 58, a miner living at East Cessnock unemployed settlement…

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Shocking Fatality Part of Man's Head Blown Away Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 2

Alfred Foley, head rivetter, employed by Jacobson and Dalton, structural engineers, of Brunswick, was killed instantly to-day, when a cylinder of…

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Inquest Over Death of Mr P. J. M'manus Sequel to Maitland Fatality

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 3

An inquest into the death of the late Mr P. J. M'Manus, formerly licensee of the Terminus Hotel, John-street, was held at the West…

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Bine Accidents Cessnock Men Hurt CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 1

John Apps, 33, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, a wheeler, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-day…

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Injured Jockey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 8

The condition of apprentice jockey D. Ashmore who was seriously injured when his mount, Munition, was killed at…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 5

William Saxby. 53, miner, employed at Bellbird Colliery, and living at East Cessnock, had the top of the fourth finger of…

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Rider Injured Struck by Limb of Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 2

The popular townsman, Mr. Dick Abbott, of "Violet Hill" Dungog, had a narrow escape from serious & probably fatal injuries on Tuesday last…

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Lorry Out of Control One Man Killed, Two Others Injured Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 7

When a motor lorry got out of control near Appin this morning it crashed into three trees in succession. David Meehan. aged 25. although…

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Mine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 7

Allan nlniinvd Milloi',' 28, of tho Oront Noi'lhorjj. Roiid) ttutlioi'fordi n wlioolci1, omnluyod at Ayi'flold, No, 1 oolllory, l'noolyod ? abi'tisloiiK? to llio right nlilo of the olioat. in'olmblo lntor-…

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Horses Fall Accidents at Richmond

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 9

Jockeys S. Ncale and S. Weiss were injured when their mounts fell during the running of the Maiden Handicap at Richmond yesterday…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 2
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

Mr. and Mrs. A. T. White, of Lone Pine, Point Clare, accompanied by a young man, Mr. D. Reid, travelling through to Rockhampton, had their…

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Miner Injured Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 5

John Mateer, a miner, of Armidale st. Abermain, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri Hospital to-day suffering from injuries to the bond and…

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News of the Day Footballer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 4

When playing football yesterday afternoon, William George, 19, of Herbburn Estate, Weston, received a probably fracture of the right leg. He…

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Verdict for £41 Sequel to Motor Collision CESSNOCK, Mondny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

A verdict for the full amount claimed £41/18/, was awarded Lee C. Kelly, a school teacher, by Mr.C.G. carr-Hoyd, P.M. in the Cessnock…

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Five Dead Accidents on the Road Hit by Tram Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 7

A man was fatally injured when hit by a train and four other persons were killed in road accidents at the week-end…

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Aberdare Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 2

Richard Sneddon, 30, wheeler, residing at 15 Greta-street, had the first joint of the little finger on his left Land severed…

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General News Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 3

Thomas Roddom, of Sawyer-street, Paxton, miner, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had the fingers of his left hand…

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