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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Hebburn Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 5

At Hebburn Collery on Tuesday, Frank Bell aged 70, a miner. was struck in the eye by a place of coal coming away…

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Hand Injured Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 7

Robert Parkinson, 20, of tho Soldiers Settlement, Weston, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital to-day with Injuries to tho tight hand…

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Off the Line Rail Car Accident HOBART

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 3

1 While on the evening service from Launceston to Hobart,, a train motor jumped the rails a mile and a quarter on the northern side of Colebrook,…

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Stratosphere Express (Published by Special Arrangement) (Copyright) It Was a Deliberately Planned Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 11

"The very night that received news of this change in my position Dickin called on me. He showed me some letters which, at first, I could not credit…

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Head Injured Colliery Accidents KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 5

albert Robert, of Long-street, Kurri Kurri, a miner at Pclaw Main colliery, received injuries to his head while at work to-day…

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Knee Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 2

Miss Trixie Goadsby, aged 14, guttered injuries to tho left knes when a bone which she was riding fell on her at Mt, Thorley. She was convoyed to the…

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Missing Man Thought to be Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 3

Redfern police are searching for Jack Stewart, 23, who has been missing from his home in Lawson Square, Rodfern, since Friday…

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Week-end Accidents Many Mishaps Reported Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 8

Many persons were hurt and a motor cyclist was killed in road accidents during the week-end…

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Heel Cut Accident to Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 4

Whilst playing at his home at Miller's Forest, Muster Frank Monkley, oldest son of, Mr. and Mrs. Herble Monkley, had the misfortune to…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 4

Ernest Brown, 33, a wheeler sustained an injury to his left elbow when his arm was jammed between skips at Aberdare…

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Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 5

John Palmer (56) and Bert Bryan employed at Hebburn No Colliery were injured whillet working on Monday…

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Boy Drowned Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 10

The body of Keith Douglas Armitt, 14, son of H. Armitt, was recovered from the Mulwaree River, near. Thornes Bridge, in about eight feet…

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Girl Drowned Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 4

A few hours after her arrival at Southport, where she was to have spent a camping holiday with her parents, Valma Jean Welk, 8, of Ipswich,…

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£3750 Awarded to Woman Injured in Accident. Action Against Roads Commissioner

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 3

A jury in the Supreme Court last week awarded a woman £3760 damages against the Commissioner for Main Roads in an action arising from…

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Two Injured Van and Car Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 10

When a motor car and a bread delivery van collided at Hamilton yesterday afternoon two persons were injured. The van overturned…

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Injured Jockey Death in Hospital Sequel to Smash Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 8

Max Papworth, considered to be one of the most, promising apprentice riders in the State, died in hospital late last night…

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Car Falls Over Cliff. Lands on House. Three Persons Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 1

When a motor car, in which seven persons were seated, fell over a cliff at Seaforth yesterday, it crashed on the rear portion of a fibro-cement…

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Failed to Stop Sequel to Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 6

While driving in High-street early on the night of November 14, William Nichola Aitchison, of Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, collided with a car…

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Burning Accident Benzine Ignites

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 2

Miss Dorothy Windred of Mackay Street, Dungog, was severely burned on the right arm and shoulder on Saturday afternoon when benzine…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 5

When a bicycle which he was riding yesterday collided with a lorry, Allan Stokes, 16, of McGrane - street, Cessnock…

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