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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

Mary Baird, 3 years, Of Congewal Street, Aberdare, fell while playing with children at her home yesterday, and…

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Motor Collision School Teacher Injured SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 2

Ronald Frankham, 24, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, a school teacher at Lemington, near Singleton, suffered a fractured left collarbone, when a…

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Touched Live Wire Crane Driver Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 1

Robert Shearing, 45, of Oatley. touched a live wire carrying 150 volts while driving an electric crane at a stonemason's works at Petersham. He…

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Four Injured Car Smash at Hexham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 8

Four people were injured when a car overturned after striking a stone on the Maitland Road at Hexham on Sunday afternoon…

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Four Injured Smash at Cockle Creek WALLSEND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 8

Four people wore admitted to Wallsend Hospital after a car smash at Cockle Creek late last night:—K. W. Bromhead, 21, of Station-st.,…

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Explosion in Storm Water Channel Four Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

Pour men were seriously injured on Friday when a terrific explosion occurred in a stormwater channel in Surry Hills. Petrol had…

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Thigh Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

When he was struck by a prop whille at work at Aberdare Central Colliery Archibald King, 46, of Church street, Cessnock, a miner, received…

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Three Injured Accidents at Mines CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

When he was struck by fulling coal, Philip Johns, 58, a pit bottomer, received extensive abrasions to the right leg…

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Ring Steward Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

Mr. A. Bellingham, a popular ring steward, who, throughout the show, had done good work, suffered a dislocated shoulder as a result of an…

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Rail Fatality Trolly Hits Cow BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 6

A man was killed and three others injured when a rail trolly, travelling between Lynbrook and Bullock Creek, on the Etheridge Line, North…

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Accident Patient

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 7

It was reported to-day that the condition of Violet Deacon, of Parkstreet, Lorn, who was injured in a motor car accident on Sunday last, is…

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Lorry Accident On Copeland Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

While reluming from Copeland in a lorry last week Neville Wcstcott, employed in Bagley's store, Barrington, had a miraculous escape from death…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

William Brown, 66, a miner employed at the Aberdare Central Colliery, received lacerations to the scalp when struck by a…

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ACCIDENTS Coalfields Area CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 6

While at work at Aberdare Extended Colliery, George Rennix, 34, of Hickey-street, Cessnock, a wheeler, had his right hand crushed between…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Arthur Blanch, 49, of Ferguson street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Millfield colliery, received extensive lacerations to his left hand when he…

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Sequel to Collision of Steamers Damages Awarded. Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

In the High Court to-day, Justice Dixon held that the owners of the steamer "Caradale' were answerable to damages not exceeding £25,545,…

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Damage Suit SEQUEL To Collision Court Limits Liability Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

In a reserved judgment in the High Court to-day, Mr. Justice Dixon granted the owners of the S.S. Caradale, James Patrick and…

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Motor Smash at Glen Innes. Ex-merriwa Resident Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Mr. Keith Hulton, who some little time ago was on the staff of the Merriwa branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was one of a party to be…

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Policeman Commits Suicide. Was Worried Over Street Accident. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 9

Detectives are at a loss to understand the suicide of Constable James Herbert Gray (30) at Kingsford, except for the fact…

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Signal Lights Reduction in Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

According to the New York Police Department, the installation of signal traffic lights at street intersections in that city has resulted in an annual…

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