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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 70

Two Hurt Head-On Collision WYONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 9

When a baby car and a motor cycle erashed head-on on the Pacific Highway, north of Wyong, George Boardman, 26, of Bourke-street, East…

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Earl Beatty Injured London, February 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 5

The second Earl Beatty, who is 31 years of age, was critically injured while hunting with the Quorn hounds. He was thrown when taking a high…

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Workman Injured at Scone Arm Torn Off

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

William Cramond, a returned soldier, had his arm torn off at the elbow when assisting operating the power trench-digging machine…

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Fell From Lorry Man Severely Injured Woy Woy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 5

Believed to have fallen from a motor truck, which was some distance away. Victor Leonard Cook, 38, of Woy Woy, was picked up on the side…

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Launch Disaster Deathroll Increased 3 More Bodies Thirty Believed Drowned Craft in Deep Water Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 7

Although six of the 23 persons reported missing last night have been located by the police and friends, it is now feared that more than 30 persons lost their lives when the…

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News of the Day Sunday's Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 6

DAVID ISAACSON, 13, of Albion-st., West Maitland, received an incised wound to his forehead when be fell and struck his head on a brick…

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Eye Pierced Painful Accident ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

Mr. Cyril Becker, a costing accountant, of Semaphore, has lost the sight of his right eye by a remarkable accident…

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Week-end Accidents Man Killed in Smash Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 3

Herbert Jones, 22, was killed, and Reginald Jones, 20, and William Clark seriously injured when the motor truck in which they…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

James Allen, a miner residing at Gilgarn Avenue, Cessnock, had his left forearm fractured, and also received lacerations to…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

Allan Cottin, 7, of Mount View-road, Cessnock, received a deep lacerated wound between the eyes yesterday, when he…

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Duck Hunter Drowned Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 4

Elliott Dansie, 25, of Cobdogla, was drowned in a foot of water in Lake Bonney when he waded out without removing his clothes to get a duck he…

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Schoolboy Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

Charlie Wilson, aged 11, of 4 York-street, Singleton, suffered lacerated wounds to the side of his head when he was knocked down by a horse on…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

Mr. K. Budden, brother of Mr. M. G. Budden of Acme Motors, Dungog who is employed in the Stroud district, suffered concussion on Friday…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

John Phillips, 68, of Attwater Avenue, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Aberdare colliery, was by a Call of coal on…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

When the bicycle he was riding came into collision with the back of a stationary motor lorry in Bourke-street, West Maitland, to-day, Oscar Crabbe,…

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Youth Drowned Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 4

Thrown from a pony he was swimming in a dam at Alfredtown, near Wagga, Walter Rudd, 16, was drowned. A companion, Leslie Corey, tried…

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Foot Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 2

Claude Jackson, 31, of Nulkaba, an employee of the Cessnock Potteries, suffered an injury to his left foot while at work to-day. He was working in…

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Wheeler Injured Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

William Young, 27, of Seventh-street, Weston, a wheeler at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, suffered an injury to his right shoulder when he was…

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Inquiry Opened Collision at Sea SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

An inquiry was opened to-day at the Court of Marine Inquiry into the collision between the Wanganella and the trawler Durraween, which…

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Accountant Loses Sight a Remarkable Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 2

Cyril Becker, a well known Adelaide accountant, lost the sight of his right eye in a remarkable accident. It appeal's he dropped a pencil…

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