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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Road Accidents Speed Limit Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 8

The cabled news from London that road accidents in Great Britain for the twelve mouths ended September 30 were three times heavier on roads…

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Swimmer Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 2

Clifford Fuge a wood cutter, of Dubbo was paralysed when, in diving into the Macquarie River, near Dubbo, he struck his head on the bottom, and injured his…

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Summons Issued to the Governor-general Sequel to Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 1

Two summonses were served on Friday on Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie, of Canberra, and of Dirleton, on behalf of…

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Miners Hurt Colliery Accidents CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 4

Robert McCarthy, of McDonald Avenue, Paxton, a minor, employed at Stanford Main, No. 2 Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-day…

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Four Killed Motor Car Accidents SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 5

Four people were killed in motor car accidents at the week-end. Mrs. Butters and Mrs. Harewood, of Artarmon, were killed when the motor…

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Sequel to Death of Young Man Accidentally Killed by Falling Tree

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 2

An inquest into the circumstances of she death of Walter Flack, aged 19, who died, as a result of injuries received when a…

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Motor Fatality Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 3

The Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston), at Cessnock Courthouse to-morrow morning, will conduct an…

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Driver Fined Sequel to Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 4

In the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Mr, C, G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., imposed a fine of £3, with 8/ costs, on Edgar Hartley Thomas Ballard, of…

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Hit-run Driver Aged Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 8

A car driver who knocked a man down in Redfern last night is alleged by the police to have circled round the spot stopped, and then driven away…

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One Killed Quarry Explosion Five Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 1

Kenneth Butcher, 19, of Castle Hill, was killed to-day, and five others, who were injured, had remarkable escapes from death,…

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Thumb Torn Off Train Guard Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 5

Leslie Jones, 40, a railway guard, of Hornsby, had his left thumb torn off whon his hand was struck by a passing train…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 3

Robert McCarthy, of McDonald-avenue, Paxton, who is employed as a miner at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, was struck…

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Coroner Probes Motor Cyclist's Death Accident Sequel Collision in Darkness at Neath Inquest Is Adjourned Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 7

The collision on the Neath Road on October 3, between a car driven by Roy Reginald Fogg and a motor cycle ridden by Paul Alan Cook, who died a few days subsequent to the accident, was investigated by the Cessnock District Coroner Mr. W…

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Found Drowned Young Motor Driver Fell Into Channel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 1

Believed to have fallen and stunned himself, Thomas Alfred Preston, 20, a motor driver, of Peakhurst, was found drowned in six inches of water to-day…

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Drowned in Six Inches of Water Conjecture As to How Death Occurred Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 2

When a car broke down on the Stoney Creek-road, Peakhurst, to-day, Thomas Alfred Preston, 20, motor driver, volunteered to secure a car to tow the…

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Car Accident Driver Goes to Police NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 7

Mendel Rubinstein (24), commercial traveller, was charged in the Police Court to-day that on October 26, by wanton driving he caused grievous bodily harm…

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Fall of Coal Miner Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 7

William Davies, 31, of Catharine-street, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Cessnock No. 2 colliery, was struck by a fall of coal at work to-day and…

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Fatal Scuffle Death of Schoolboy Due to Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 1

Police revealed to-day that they do not contemplate taking any action as a result of the death of Robert Stanley Adamson, 13, of Gorden, who died…

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Chinese General's Wife Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 6

Madam Chiang-Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese generalissimo, broke a rib when her car overturned while travelling along the Nanking-Shanghai road…

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Singleton and District Hand Injured Sawmilling Accident Court Claim Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 2

Before His Honor Judge Perdriau and Mr. Commissioner Halliday in the Workers' Compensation Court at Singleton, Stanley Stuart…

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