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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

Ivan Hicks, 28, a miner, of Millfield-road, Millfield, while using a boring machine, at Millfield colliery yesterday, had the…

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Train Crash Into Dead End Four Killed and 12 Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 2

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 injured…

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£1500 AWARDED Accident to Mala SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 7

Henry Edgar Russell was awarded £1500 to-day in the case in which he claimed damages from the Commissioner of Road Transport and…

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Jockey Injured Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 11

Jockey E. J. Watt, 36, was dangerously injured when a car he was driving crashed into the awning of a building at the corner of Commercial Road and Ann-at…

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Tourists Injured Smash Near Armidale ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 10

Two Victorian tourists, Mr. Edward Caddy Treloar, 66, an engineer of Ballarat-road, Deer Park, Melbourne, and his wife, Elizabeth Treloar, 60, were…

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Girl Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 2

John McDonald, 18, of Wickham, was riding a bicycle across the intersection of Hunter-street and Railway-street, Wickham, when she came into…

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Teeth Knocked Out in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 7

Several teeth were knocked out of her mouth, which was lacerated inside, when Jean M'Donald (18), of Robert-street, Wickham, who was…

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Miner Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 7

Struck by a fall of coal in Eirington colliery to-day, Alan Baker, 38, a miner of Kearsley-read. Aberdare, received abrasions to the scalp and back…

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Woman Awarded £140 Hurt in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 8

At the Wollongong District Court, Mrs M. G. Roberts was awarded £140 damages in her action against Daniel Hamblyn…

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Cars Collide Two People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 8

In a collision between two cars at the intersection of Steam and Regent Streets, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, two people were injured…

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Desperate Fighting Between Rival Unions Many Injured in United States

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

Many casualties are reported as the result of desperate fighting between members of rival unions in Ohio (U.S.A.). At Cleveland 120 persons were injured, 20 of them seriously, when non-strikers,…

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Car Accident

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

Mr. E. Avery, the mail contractor from Bullahdelah to Warrah, had a mishap during the week. The rear wheel of his car became dislodged…

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Injured Players South African Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 11

The wing-three-quarter of the South African Rugby Union team, J.A. Broodryk, who was injured in Newcastle on Wednesday, has a chipped collarbone…

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Fatal Collision Minister Declines to File Bill. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 2

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill in the case of John Kasik, whom the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, committed for trial on a charge of the manslaughter…

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Pinned Down by Tree Help for Injured Bushman

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 2

When a tree fell on George Webster, aged 38, a timber worker, and broke his pelvis, an arm, and kneecap, a train of difficulties began for his mates, the…

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Fatal Tram Accident Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 6

George Holden, 40, a baker, of s[?]-sou-street, Mayfield, died in Newcastle Hospital on Sunday afternoon from the effects of injuries received when…

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Walkers and Road Accidents British Controversy

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 2

Who is chiefly to blame for the alarming number of accidents which occur every year on British roads? It has been suggested that it is largely…

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Farmer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 6

Falling from a load of hay, John Clark, of Baerami Creek, was admitted to hospital. Two wheels of the waggon passed over his body,…

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Struck by Tram Cessnock Identity Fatally Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 3

Struck by a tram in Maitland-road, Mayfield, on Saturday night, George Holden, 40, a baker employed at…

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Horses Mad Bolt Driver Badly Injured LEETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 8

Dab Hughes, aged 72, of Gogeldrie, was driving a three-horse lorry down Pine Avenue Hill, when the animals bolted…

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