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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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General News Miner Injured

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

David Hampton, 54, a miner, living at East Greta, was struck by a fall of stone while working in Pelaw Main Colliery…

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French Air Fatality BEAUVAIS (France) June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 1

A British tourist plane crashed 18 miles to the south-east of Beauvals to-day. The Hon. T. S. Former Hesketh…

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Tram Smash Twenty Persons Injured Bondi Sensation Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 2

Twenty persons were injured, three seriously, when three tram cars collided at Bondi last night. The conductor of one of the trams…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 5

With a finger almost severed, Mr. J. Buchanan, of Sandy Hollow, was brought to Denman for medical treatment. The accident occurred while he…

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Rugby League Maitland Club Notes Injured Players

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 8

The wave of Ill-luck seems to be well with us, yet there is a silver lining to every cloud, and, as previously mentioned, the…

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Three Trams Collide at Bondi Twelve Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 2

Twelve persons were injured, three seriously, when three tram cars collided at Bondi on Monday night. The driver of one of the trams, who was seriously…

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Fatality at Moree Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 10

While working at Murgo station yesterday, Frederick Burroughs, 67, collapsed and died. He was engaged in corn-pulling and complained of…

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Salvationist Injured Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 9

Liontenant Colonel Francis [?] of the Salvation Army, received a gashed neck and abrasions when his [?]arstruck an electric light standard and…

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Road Accidents EfFect of Fatigue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 2

"Having had many years' driving experience I am convinced from my own reactions that many road accidents could be avoided if motorists…

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Accidental Death Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

At the conclusion of the adjourned inquest into the death of Mr. Malcoin Campbell Great, 54, who died from injuries received following a head-on…

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Reducing Road Accidents Tenterfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 8

The Tenterfield Shire Council, in an endeavour to reduce the number of road accidents within the shire, adopted a report by the engineer (Mr. Andrews)…

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Collision at Level Crossing Man Killed Instantly Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 6

When a collision Occurred between a train and a truck South Pine level crossing, Harold Granville, aged 32, a woodcutter, driver of the truck, was…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

Whilst playing football at the Aberdeen Public School on Wednesday, Geoffrey, the eight-year-old son of Mr T. W. Hudson, sustained a broken arm…

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Cyclist Killed Accident Near Denman SCONE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 3

Gordon Benson, 33, of Denman, a workman employed on the construction of the Sandy Hollow to Maryvale railway line, was killed while returning from work late…

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Pedestrians Injured Hexham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 7

William Smith, 19. of Sandgats, and Eric Wortel, of Birmingham Gardens, 21, were knocked down while walking along Maitland-road, Hexham, by a motor car…

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Fatal Collision. Death of Motor Cyclist. Companion Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 1

When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a utility truck, three miles from Denman on the Merriwa road late on Friday afternoon, Gordon…

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Train Crash Near Midnight. 4 KILLED: 12 Injured. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 6

A train from Ashford (Kent) to London crashed into a dead-end siding at Swanley. Four people are believed to have been killed, and 12…

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Hit by Car Accidental Death the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 4

At an inquest at Newcastle, the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, found that David Coleman was accidentally killed…

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Too Many Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 6

The figures we publish on this page to-day, relating to the increased number of road accidents and fatalities during the past 12…

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Burning Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. Sid. Davey suffered burns to the face and hands on Saturday, when a slight explosion occurred in a gasometer which he was filling. A lighted…

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