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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Speedway Fatality London, August 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

Stanley Hart, captain of the provincial team of speedway riders which raced against the Australian team, was killed in the presence of 9000…

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Injured by Saw Corowa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

Wh[?] working a circular saw on the property of Mr. O'Halloran at Balldale, A. J. Anderson, propricter of a small wood mill, fell on the saw and one of his…

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Car Fatality. On Cassilis-Mudgee Road. Mudgee Woman the Victim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

When a car was being driven along Cassilis-Mudgee road on Wednesday morning one door flew open. Mrs. Bert Lord, the driver, and wife…

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Cessnock to Win Replay of Semi-Final Teams Improved Return of Injured Players Brilliant Reserve Game

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 10

A fortnight ago Central and Cessnock played a draw in the first semi-final. It was a game which left nothing' alive in the memory. Cessnock commenced with weakened ranks, and rarely gave the slightest indication of the class its splendid…

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Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Casslils "News.") the Late W. P. EGAN. The Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

At the local Court House on Wednesday of last week the Coroner (Mr. H. G. Dee) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Shooting of Boy Accident Theory' Accepted LITHGOW

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

The police belleve that Donald Bunhimself with an old pistol in the garage at the rear of his parents' home…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

Mr. Barney Mackaway severely gashed the fingers of his right hand last Friday afternoon. While cranking the engine of a timber truck…

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Echoes of Millfield Miners' Death. Fall of Coal That Proved Fafat Coroner)returns Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) conducted an inquest…

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Car Collision Accident Near Sandgate NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 10

Two people were injured in a collision between two cars on Maitland-road, Sandgate, last night. The victims were Mr. A. Taylor, 30, of…

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Motor WORLD Surprising Result of Accident Probe United States Survey Old Cars Not Worst Offenders Illuminating Facts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 8

The result of a small scale survey conducted in U.S.A. last year covering 494 motor accidents suggested that the relationship between the age of cars and accidents was exactly opposite to what it was assumed to be. In other words, that…

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Struck by Car . Two Persons Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 5

The condition of James Freebairn, 24, of Old Maitland-road, Cessnock, who was admitted to Cessnock Hospital in a criitcal condition on Saturday…

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Circus Accident Roma

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 7

While taking part in an aerial motorcycle act on Saturday night, Nollie Connolly, 18, a member of " Four Dare Davil Onotos" troupe of Wirth's Olrous,…

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General News Carpenter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

When a chisel slipped while be was working on a house in Ferguson-street, Cessnock, yesterday, Victor Gegetta, 32…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

Terry Dickford, 7. of Northavenue, Cessnock, fell at his home on Sunday, and broke his left forearm. He was admitted…

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Waitress Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 10

Bonnie Cayiryiys, 17, who lives in Jersey-road, Woollahra, and is a waltress exployed at the works of the Auatralian Glass Manufacturors Co.,…

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News of the Day Mrs. Bradshaw Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 6

VEWS has been received that Mrs. A. A. Bradshaw, late of West Maltlaud, is in hospital in London. Mrs. Bradshaw was attending the…

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Plane Crashes From 1000 Feet R.a.a.f. Cadet Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

An Avre training 'plane from Point Cook (Vic.) crashed from a height of about 1000ft. into a paddock about a mile and a half from Point Cook on…

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No Accumulation Miners' Accident Relief Fund SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 9

Mr, R. S, Vincent, Minister for Mines, in the Logislative Assembly, replying to Mr, M. A, Davidson (Labour. Cober), denied that there was an…

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Injured at Work Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 7

W[?]am Wakinson, 2[?] or Old Maitland Road, Cossnock, suffered injuries to his left foot and ankle while at work at the berdare Control Colliery…

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Injured in Circus Act

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 2

While taking part in an aerial motor-cycle act on Saturday night, Nellie Connelly, 18, a member of "Four Dare Devil Onotos" troupe of…

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