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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 70

Wild Dash Truck Out of Control Man Injured Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

Walter Cameron 54, of Terania Creek, jumped or fell from a utility truck as it was careering town a steep hillside at the Channon and…

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Reducing Fatigue Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

That every driver should take at least-half an hour's rest after a four-hour spell at the wheel Is the subject of a decree planned by the Dutch…

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Fatally Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

Philip O'Shea, 27, of Murwillumbah, who was admitted to hospital on Friday in a serious condition, following a collision between a motor cycle…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

Stanley Yates, 25, of Main Road, Neath, had an an accident with a motor-cycle he was riding at East Grets on Wednesday. He was…

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Man Fatally Injured Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

James Walter Morrison, 56. of Eastern Hill, Albury, who on Friday night last suffered a fractured base of the skull in a collision, has died…

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Car Fatality Stock Inspector. Killed Near Murrulla

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

When his car turned over about two miles south of Murrulla, on the New England Highway on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Reginald D. Earl, Stock…

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Broken Arm and Wrist. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 10

Frank Cudberry, of Denman, received painful injuries, including a broken arm and wrist, when a motor cycle he was riding struck a culvert on…

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The Care of the Injured First Aid Classes

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

The local ambulance class of the St. John Ambulance Association is progressing very favourably, under the honorary instructor, Mr W. O…

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OVER 700 Dead and 1000 INJURED. Barcelona Air Raids. BARCELONA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

The death roll as a result of rebel air raids is now 700, while 1000 have been seriously injured. Bombers are still flying over crowded areas, where there is the utmost confusion. The streets are littered with dead and dying. The raiding 'planes came from…

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Rebel 'Planes Bomb Barcelona 700 Killed and 1000 Severely Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) BARCELONA

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Seven hundred persons were killed and 1000 severely injured when rebel 'planes bombed Barcelona all night long. The bombers flew over…

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Fatal Motor Accident Man Killed on Gloucester-krambach Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

An accident with fatal results occurred on the Gloucester-Krambach road on Friday last when a car and motor cycle with side car came into…

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Stroud News. Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Quite a gloom spread over Stroud on Friday last when word was brought to town that Bert, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Green, of…

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Tragic Death of Gordon Joass. Accident at Port Kembla Steelworks. Evidence at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

The death or Gordon Joass, formerly of Cessnock, who died in Wollongong Hospital some hours after being injured at the Port Kembla…

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Fruiterer Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 7

Roger Kennedy, 59, fruiterer, of Chidgey-street, Cessnock, collided with a car while driving his fruit cart in Wollombi-road, Cessnock, last night…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 3

Joan Davies, 17, of Northcote Street, Aberdare, while riding her bicycle at the intersection of Hall and Vincent streets…

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Youth Killed Another Hurt in Collision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 2

When a motor cycle and bicycle collided near Fuller 's Bridge, over Lane Cove River, last night, Ronald .Tames Watt, 17, garage employee, of…

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Road Toll 576 Persons Killed. 8687 INJURED

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 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 injured in…

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Broken Ribs State Member Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

Four broken ribs and a punctured lung were suffered by Mr. J. N. Law - son,. M .L .A. for Macquarie, when his motor car struck a culvert near Dubbo…

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Mr. Lawson, M.H.R. Seriously Injured in Motor Smash. Dubbo

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 2

Mr. Lawson, M.H.R., for Macquarie, was badly, injured in a motor car accident to-day, and is in the Dubbo Hospital in a serious condition. He…

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Fatal Accident Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 7

The Cessnock. District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) will conduct an inquiry at the Cessnock courthouse on Thursday into the death of Tasman…

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