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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 70

Remarkable Centenarian Would Be Looking for Another Husband Only for Injured Leg

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 4

Out at Spring Creek, near Young, Mrs. "Granny" Causer celebrated her 100th birthday recently. Bright, active and alert, Mrs…

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Rebel 'Planes Damage Station Three Persons Slightly Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

Spanish rebel 'planes last night bombed and considerably damaged the railway station at Cerbere, on the French side of the Franco…

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Smash in Rain Car Accident Near Gloucester GLOUCESTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon an accident occurred on the Pacific Highway at Stratford, when two motor cars travelling in the opposite direction…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

Kenneth Arbuckle, 35, of Ferguson Street, Ceesnock, a wheeler employed at Aberdare colliery, received lacerations to…

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Two Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 6

When a speed launch capsized in the flood waters of the Noosa River at Noosa to-day two of the passengers, Mrs. Annie Berkhardt,…

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Cyclist Injured Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 8

George Gooding, a youth from Sydney, while cycling between Coolamon and Wagga, fell from his cycle and was admitted to tho Wagga District…

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Four Injured Adelong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 4

When a motor car driven by Mrs Roberts turned over on the town sid of Adelong Gap Mrs. Eric Dean, who was a passenger, suffered a broker…

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Many Injured in Riots Labour Troubles Blamed Kingston (Jamaica), May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 1

Eight were injured, two seriously, during the renewal of rioting. A mob attempted to seize the gaol, ostensibly to release the…

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Eye Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 5

John H. Lunn, 54, of Adelaide-street, Paxton, a miner at. Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, suffered an injury to his left eye when he was struck by a piece of…

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Hips Injured Crushed at Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 8

William Dixon, 18, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, received injuries to both hips when he was jammed between a 'bus and a car in…

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Clash Between Strikers and Police 50 Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 2

Fifty persons were injured, many of them sericusly, in a clash between strikers and police at the American Brass Company's plant at Detroit…

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Two Killed in Crash Three Men Badly Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 4

Whon an Air Force bomber crashed near Liverpool yesterday, two members of the Citizens' Air Force were killed and three…

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Shocking Motor Smash at Paterson Man Killed Another Terribly Injured Motor Cycle—lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 5

A collision between a large motor lorry and a motor cycle near Paterson Bridge at 11 o'clock this morning resulted in one young man being killed instantly and another being…

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Leg Amputated Tractor Accident ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 3

Robert Hartman, about 46, was severely injured on a farm at Seal Flat, near Mannum, while alighting from a tractor which was in motion…

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Two Hurt Car Through Fence Maitland Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 4

Following a motor accident near High-street railway station in the early hours of yesterday morning, one man was taken to Maitland Hospital…

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Accident to Rival Hit Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 2

Rival Hit will not be seen on a race track for many months as a result of an accident. He slipped on a road yesterday and injured his pelvis…

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Injured in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

Angus Blakeley, 40 of Went Walls end a labourer at the railway marshalling yards, Broadmeadow, was knocked from his bicycle in a collision…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

John H. Lunn, 54. of Allandale-road, Paxton, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, received an injury to an…

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Timber-cutter Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 2

While Herbert Burgess, 25, a timber-cutter employed by Kalingo Colliery, and residing at Bellbird, was barking a tree…

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'Bus Driver Injured Extraordinary Accident in Vincent Street

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

William Dixon, 18, a 'bus driver, residing at Northcote-street, Aberdare, was injured in a most extraordinary…

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