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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Injured in Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 5

James Jack (33), of Gordon Avenue, Ceccnock, a miner at Aberdare Central Colliery, suffered an injury to his right shoulder when he slipped and…

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Linesman Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 1

Bert O'Brien suffered a fracture of the pelvis and other injuries, and Leslie Cox received severe burns and lacerations when a telephone pole,…

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Car Fatality Victims Identified MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 4

The two young men who were killed, instantly when a car crashed into a tree on the Hume Highway, near Kilmore, have been identified as John…

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Man Killed Head on Collision MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 9

When a racing car and a sedan collided head-on at Cowes, F. Frewin, of Malvern, was killed, and four others were injured…

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Pole Snapped Linesmen Injured LEETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 4

Bert O'Brien suffered a fracture of the pelvis and other injuries and Leslie Cox received severe burns and lacerations when a telephone pole, on…

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Car Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 1

Mrs. F. W. Walden, of Nabiac, was admitted to the Bullahdelah hospital suffering from severe injuries sustained in a car accident some six miles from…

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Bread-carter Injured

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

Edward Stubberfield, 47, of McGrane-street, Cessnock, a bread-carter, employed by Nattrass' Bakery, sustained a…

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Cars in Collision Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

Only minor damages were caused to both vehicles when cars driven by Mr. A. Bartrop and Dr. R. D. Dalton, collided at the intersection of John…

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Island Tragedy. Six Natives Drowned. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

Mr. D. M. Lazurus, a well-Known planter and trader in the Solomons, who arrived in Sydney this morning, brought news of the deaths of six…

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Horse Bolted Breadcarter Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

Edward Stubberfield, 47 41 bread carter of McGrane-street, Cessnock, suffered a probable fracture of the left wrist when he was thrown from his…

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Motorists's Escape. Collision at Level Crossing Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

While Charles Lei[?]ton, a resident of Back Yamma, was driving home from Parkes last night in a sedan car[?] the vehicle was struck by a goods…

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Man's Shocking Accident. Impaired on Picket Fence. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

Nonman Webb (55), met with a shocking accident this morning, when while sleep-walking he fell from a balcony at his home is Vaddington,…

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Signalman Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 7

A naval cutter, being sailed in a stiff breeze in Wellington Harbour by five Royal Naval Volunteer Reservists, capsized Signalman J. W. Jarvis, 17, was…

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Girl Terribly Injured Thrown From Bicycle Through Car Window

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 2

Kathleen Breen, aged 18, of Glebe, was terribly injured when she was thrown from her bicycle through the glass side window of a motor car,…

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Timber-cutter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 3

Ernest Tonka, 28, timber-cutter, living at Brunkerville, was felling a tree yesterday, when the axe slipped, causing a badly…

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General News Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 3

Edwin Rees, 18, sidler, of Cessnock-street, Aberdare, employed at Aberdare colliery, had his left hand crushed on…

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Badly Injured Girl Cyclist in Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 6

Kathleen Breen, 18, of Glebe, was terribly injured when she was hurled from her bicycle through the glass side window of a motor car, with which her…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 3

While walking down the travelling road at Pelton Colliery yesterday, Samuel Fraser, 36, roadlayer, fell and fractured…

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Boy Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 3

Struck by a motor car on the Maitland-road at Sandgate yesterday afternoon. Trevor Oaten, 7, of Sandgate, was seriously injured…

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Drowning Fatality

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 3

A little girl, 9 years of age, named Violet Kelly daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kelly, of Raymond Terrace, fell off the cream wharf on Monday afternoon…

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