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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 70

Man and Two Women Injured Car Crashed Through Fence

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

One man and two women were severely injured when a sedan car, returning from Gosford races to Newcastle on Tuesday night, ran off the…

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Ex-muswellbrook Resident. Killed in Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

News was received yesterday that Mr. Daniel O'Brien, of Berry, and a former resident of Muswellbrook, was killed when a…

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"An Accident" The Rodney Disaster SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

"Despite the fact that the master of the launch broke the regulations and, on some evidence produced, apparently disregarded complaints, I am…

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Show Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 9

During a hunting content at the Ryistone Show, Mr. Wilson, of Mudgee was thrown and kicked by a horse. He suffered a broken…

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Cyclists Injured Collision at Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 3

Two cyclists were injured In Vincent-street, Cessnock, last night, when a collision occurred. Jack Lensrie, 55, of Aberdare-road…

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Death Fortnight After Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 3

Shortly before midnight on February 26, while returning to his home at Hinton by motor-cycle, Robert Gear, aged 25, a cabinetmaker…

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Pssenger Train in Smash Collision in Cutting

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

A Queensland suburban passenger train collided with a detached guard's van of a shunting train in a cutting between Gaythorne and Mitchelton…

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Fatal Aeroplane Passenger Killed and Pilot Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

Kevin Francis Brest, aged 23, of Kempsey, was killed, and the pilot, Henry Dominic Franki, abo ut 23, also of Kempsey, was injured when a Gipsy Moth aeropl ane, owned by the Northern New South Wales Aero Club, crashed near empsey about 8.30 a.m…

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Accident Sequel Death of Mr. R. C. Gear

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

Mr. Robbie Cyril Gear, a son of well-known Hinton residents, who sustained serious internal injuries when the motor cycle he was riding…

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Week-end Accidents in Dominion Three Youths Lose Lives. Auckland

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 3

Three youths lost their lives in accidents during the week-end. A recently arrived Dalmatian youth, Tony Brkan, was killed by a…

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'Plane Fatality

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

Kevin Brest, 23, of West Kempsey, was killed when a light 'plane, in which he was a passenger, crashed in a paddock six miles from…

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Motor Accident at Charlestown Two Cessnock Residents Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

Two Cessnock residents— Benjamin Helley 28 of Catherine-street Cessnock and Arthur Elvin 20, of wollombi-road, Cessnock—were several…

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Two Injured Motor Cycles Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

Early this morning two motorcyclists were injured in a collision on the Glebe-road, Adamstown. They were admitted to Newcastle Hospital,…

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Fatal Accident. Young Man Killed Near Stroud

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

Mr. Bert Green, aged 20 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Green, was killed instantly whilst felling timber at Spring Creek, near Stroud, on…

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Injuries in Collision Youth Awarded £2165

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

A jury in the Supreme Court in Sydney on Monday awarded £2165 to Alex Walton Wyles, aged 17 years, in his action against Thomas…

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Road Toll 576 Persons Killed 8687 Injured Sydney

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

Figures released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr.C.N. Neale) show that there were 576 persons killed and 8687…

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Two Killed Quarry Accident Fall of Rock Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

Two men were killed when they were crushed beneath 100 tons of rock which broke away from the face of a quarry at the…

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Drowning Cases Outnumber Road Toll AUCKLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

Figures showing that more lives were lost in New Zealand this summer through drowning than in road accidents were quoted by the…

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Body in Well Mascot Girl Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 10

The body of Gloria Eli, 4 years of age, of Kent-road, Mascot, was found In a well at a "Chinese market garden…

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Youth Injured Thrown from Lorry ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 12

When P. Dixon, 20, of Murwlllumbah, who was riding on the top of a lorry was caught by the iron archway over the gate to the sports…

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