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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

1,300 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 65

Six Injured Service Car Smash NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

Six people were Injured and the Bulahdelah service car was almost wrecked when it collided with a motor lorry on the wet road near…

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Six Injured in Collision Bullahdelah Service Car Involved

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

In a collision between a service car from Bullahdelah and a motor-lorry near Sandgate Cemetery on Saturday morning, six men were injured, three…

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Third Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 3

The horror of the recent level crossing smash on the Kitchener-road last Friday morning was accentuated by the death of…

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Baby Drowned Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 4

At Cooktown, Remove Boyle, to [?] fell through the covering of a 40ft well, into the water below. Later the mother noticed the broken covering. She…

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Saturday's Football Muswellbrook Suffers Defeat. Morpeth-East Maitland Win. Locals Without Brennan, Moffat and Cunneen. Spence Injured. the 'Brook's Bad Afternoon

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 1

The "Brook were unfortunate on Sunday when they met Morpeth-East Maitland with a team that was the weakest which had taken…

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Fire and Accident. Revision of Premium Rates

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 6

Companies who are members of the Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association have decided to revise their premium rates as from August 1. The…

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Painful Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

An eye injury was sustained by Mr. T Hicks, Jnr., of Fosterton, last week whilst at work at Gam's mill, Main Creek. A wire rope with which…

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Another Accident at Central Three Men Hurt by Fali of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 3

Misfortune has followed misfortune among the employees of Aberdare Central Colliery…

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DOWN 25-ft. BANK N.S. Visitor Injured Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. M. B. Anderson, a New Zealand visitor, is a patient in Glen Innes Hospital, suffering from shock, abrasions, and in[?]erated wound following a car…

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Strike Riots Clashes in America 24-Men Injured New York, June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 3

Twenty-four persons were injured in clashes between unionists and non-unionists yesterday. A riot was precipitated when a…

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Motor Collision

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 3

Going down the slight hill just about opposite where the lower Ash Island punt used to run, the Bullahdelah service car, on Saturday morning last, collided with a…

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"Life Sacrificed" Fatality on Railway Coroner's Comment Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 7

Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest to-day on Nelson Johnson 41, a fettler who was run down by an engine while riding on…

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Mine Accidents Utmost Care Urged 'CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 7

"This is one of a series of distressing accidents it appears to me that no matter how thoroughly the deputies do thier work these falls will…

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Accidentally Shot Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 12

When a rifle, which he had resting between his knees accidently exploded Bernard Charles Carnio 18, a station hand at Plucally Station…

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Bellbird Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 5

Charles Millward, 31, of Blackwood-avenue, Cessnock, a miner employed at Bellbird colliery, injured his right ankle…

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Strike Riots in United States Many Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 3

Twenty men were injured at Cambridge (Pennsylvania) on Tuesday in a fight between members of the two rival trade union organisations, the…

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Car Fatality Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 8

Colin McPhee, who was injured when struck by a motor-car in King William-st. on May 20, died in Adelaide Hospital…

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Man Killed Week End Accidents Six Others Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 2

One man was killed and six Injured In motor accidents Newcastle on Saturday night. David Coloman, 54, a wharf labourer…

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Drowning Tragedy Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

Thomas Campbell (22), labourer, of Albury, was drowned in Wodenga Creek, Campbell and William Wornes (16) were in a boat fishing for…

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Injured by Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 5

Louisa Keith, an elderly woman, residing in Melbourne-street, Aberdare, fell at her home on Sunday. She was…

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