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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

1,300 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 65

Child Drowned In Stormwater Drain SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1937 · page 5

A five-year-old child, Maureen Lamprell, was drowned in a stormwater drain alongside Pittwater-road, Brook vale. The tragedy occurred within 50…

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Finger Injured Cessmpck

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

Peter Olive, 50, of Sargent-street, Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, was admitted to Cessnack Hospital to-day with an extensive…

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Injured Porter Dies Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 5

Eric Sanderson (27), porter, who fell between the platform and a moving goods train at Gosford, died in Newcastle Hospital. He was handing a shunting docket…

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£2500 DAMAGES Sequel to Fatality SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 10

A verdict for £2500 was awarded by the jury in the District Court before Mr. Justice Stephen, to Elizabeth Johnson, who sued James patrick and…

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Baby Saved Was Nearly Drowned GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 10

Mr. nnd Mrs. W. Beard, of The Entrance, left their 15-months-old daughter on the sand white they gathered prawns. She was missing when they…

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'Plane Crashes Three Men Injured Engines Fail Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 1

Carrying three passengers and £5000 worth of gold, from the Peninsula goldfield at Batavia, a North Queensland Airways plane crashed in…

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Shiftman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 3

Peter Olive, 59, of Sargent-street, Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, was admitted to…

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Found Drowned. Tweed Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 8

James WIlliams, a fisherman and native of Colombo, about 70, was found drowned in the river at Tweed Heads, He was last seen alive on Saturday…

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Boy Injured Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 9

When crossing Fitzmaurice Street, Patrick Coyne, eight, was struck by a motor van, The driver, John Athol Mitchell, unsuccessfully tried to avoid…

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Aged Cyclist Drowned in Creek ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 9

Christopher Hawkins, 73, whoso wife and two daughters are deaf and dumb, a collector for the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Institution, was found drowned between…

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Three Killed D.H. 'Plane Crashes Woman Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 8

Two men and a woman wera killed and another woman Was critically Injured when a D.H.50 'piano nosedived and crashed at…

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Nine Men Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 7

The breaking of a steel rope holding a 7-ton ladle suspended from a travelling crane, resulted in nine men…

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FALL & of Stone Miner Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 7

When he was caught by a fall of stone while working at the Maitland Extended Coiliery No. 1 to-day, Charies Chrislian, a miner, employed and living at…

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Lucky Escape Boy Pinned in Bus Collision with Lorry Newcastle, Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 4

A schoolboy had a lucky escape from serious injury in a collision between a motor-lorry and an omnibus travelling from Newcastle to Speers Point…

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Two Maori Boys Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 3

In an heroic attempt to rescue a Maori boy from drowning, another boy Pawa Sullivan, was drowned at Taranaki (N.Z.) on Saturday. The…

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Injured Bridegroom Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 3

With his head swathed in bandages, Andrew Aanenson, of Hunter-street, Newcastle, was married at the Wesley Church on Saturday night. With Peter Morse, he…

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Eye Injured Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 7

On his way to Kiama with a lorry-load of Boy Scouts to participate in a big jamboree, Kenneth coleman, of Corrimal, was struck in the eye with a piece…

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Two Brothers Drowned Cook's River Tragedy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 3

Two brothers, David Edward Dunk, 28, and Albert Dunk, 18, of Canterbury, were drowned when a canoe capsized In Cook's…

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Two Killed Flying Boat Crashes Ten Injured London, December 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 1

The disaster to the Imperial Airways Flying Boat, Cygnus, was apparently caused by striking a shoal while taking off in Brindisl harbour,…

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Road Smash Horse Killed by Car Four Injured Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 7

A sulky, driven by Charles Habenley, of Fairy Meadow, collided on Prince's Highway, near Corrimal, with a motor car, driven by Frank Elliott,…

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