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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

1,300 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 65

River Fatality Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 8

On Saturday night, Mr. Ray Coleman, a well-known resident of Inverell, was drowned in the Severn River, 25 miles north-west of Ashford. He was fishing…

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Collision in Mary-street

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

Painful injuries, but, fortunately, not very serious, were received by two children when a car and a light lorry collided in Mary-street about 11…

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Sequel to Car Collision Defendant Convicted

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

Following on a collision between two cars, one driven by Mr T. Ernst, of Clydesdale, and the other by Mr L. C. Ford, Belmont, on the…

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Boys Drowned Tragedies at Picnics Bathing in Creeks Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

While bathing in creeks two boys, aged 7 and 11 respectively, were drowned. James Dighton, 11, of George-street,…

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Four Injured Remarkable Mishap Motors Somersaulted Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 1

Four men, residents of Dungog, were Injured; and two cars badly damaged in a peculiar accident on the Maitland-road five miles from Dungog shortly…

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Railway Disaster in Scotland 35 Dead, Nearly 100 Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

Thirty-five people lost their lives in the collision between a Scottish express and a stationary passenger train at…

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Six Killed Week-end Accidents Toll of Road Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

A heavy toll was exacted by road accidents during the week-end. Five people were killed in Sydney and one at Canberra…

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Swagman's Death Result of Accident Coroner's Verdict Narrandera

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death by drowning was recorded by the District Coroner (Mr. John Dickson) at an inquest on Saturday into the death of Michael…

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Swagman's Death Accidental

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 2

A finding of accidental death while in a drunken stupor was returned by the Narrandera District Coroner on Saturday at the conclusion of his…

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Motor Accidents Four Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

Four local young men were injured in two motor accidents on the Dungog Paterson road on Sunday night. They were Hedley Shearman, who is…

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Three Injured Motor Car Overturned BOWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 3

Three persons were injured when a motor car, driven by Miss Butley, of Mosman, got out of control when descending a stoop hill at Kangaloon and overturned…

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Scaffolding Collapses. Local Builder Injured. 4 p.m

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

Mr. H. A, Rixon, of the firm of Messrs. Rixon, Hastie and Baker, Pty., Ltd., received injuries as the result of a fall when a scaffolding…

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Pilot Blamed. for D.h. 50 Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 6

The Air Accidents Investigation Committee, in a report to the Minister for Defence (Mr. Thorby) on the crash of a D.H. 50 aeroplane at…

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Narrandera Tragedy. Death Probably an Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

Detectives on Friday came to the conclusion that William Barry, or Matthew Reidy, 47, whose body was found caught under a snag in the…

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Mining Mechanics Accidents at Bellbird

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

The General Secretary of the Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) stated during the week-end that a…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 3

William Taggart, 47, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, who is employed as a shiftman at Bellbird colliery, was struck by a prop…

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Three Injured Motor Cars Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 3

When two cars collided on the Pacifie Highway about four miles on the Sydney side of Chariestown last night, three men were Injured…

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Hit Light Pole Two Injured in Smash NEWCASTLE, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 14

Roy Leach, 25, of Cooranbong, a carrier, and Henry Thomsen, 20, of Main-road, Cooranbong, his assistant, Buffered Concussion and incised…

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APOLOGY Accidental Attacks Note From Japan London, Dec. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 1

The Foreign Minister, Mr. Anthony Eden, announced in the House of Commons that the 'British Government had…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 10

Robert Hayes, 14, of Grose vale, was drowned while bathing in the Grose River, near Navvua stud farm. Its companion, Norman Cox, noticed that he was in…

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