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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 70

Prompt Act Saved Injured Man in Nick of Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 6

Prompt action by workmates saved an injured man from crashing 20 feet from bridgework to the ground near Oakchampton this…

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Motor Car Impaled on Fence Post Young Man Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

A young Newcastle man was critically injured in a car smash on the Newcastle road about three miles out of East Maitland,…

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Inquest Opened Aberdare Central Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

The Kurri Kurri Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) formally opened an inquest at Cessnock court on Wednesday morning into the…

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Fatal Collision at Abermain Open Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 10

The kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) returned an open verdict on Tuesday When he inquired into the death…

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Struck by Train Young Man Seriously Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 1

Rouaid Baker (21) was, knocked down by a train a few hundred yards from the Concord railway station to-day…

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Accident to Horse

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

On March 18, a valued horse belonging to Mr. Nash, of Underbank, fell and broke its leg below the knee. Mr. Auttra Glennie's veterinary…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

Harold Roddom, 20, of Anderson-avenue, Paxton, received a probable fracture of the left forearm when playing football…

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Resuscitating the Drowned TORONTO. July 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 7

Sir Frederick Banting, Professor of .Medical Research at the University of Toronto, the discoverer of 'he Insulin, has announced that the Toronto city…

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Collision Between Cars One Causes Some Damage. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 2

After a collision between two cars at the corner of Balmain-road and Weatherall-street, Leichhardt, late last night, one of the cars snapped…

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Car in River Accident at Ferry Lucky Escape Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 7

James Sweeney, an undertaker, ol Lismore, and his two daughters, aged 10 and 6, narrowly escaped drowning when the car in which they were…

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Chin Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 2

Four stitches were inserted in a lacerated wound to the chin suffered by Norman Taylor, of Mary-street, Singleton, when he had a fall in…

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Players Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 2

An unfortunate aspect of the match is that two of Dungog's men were more or less seriously injured. Cecil Ogilvie, one of Dungog's best and…

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Miners Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 9

Lionel Murray, 35, of the Esplanade, Speers Point, a miner, and Albert Abel, 35, a brushes of Speers Point, were struck by falls of coal in the…

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Former Cessnock Resident Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 2

Leighton Bullen 19, who was injured in a car accident on the Newcastle-road, near East Maitland, on Thursday morning…

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Relief Worker Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 7

Marry Tommson, 35, of Regent-street, Cessnock, a relief worker, suffered an injury to his right thigh, when a stone rolled on him. while…

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Polo at Maitland. H. Finlay Injured. Horse Falls

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 4

The polo tournament was continued at Maitland on Friday, when some exciting play was witnessed. The match between Wirragulla and…

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Fatal Accidents in Coal Mines. Increased by 100 Per Cent. Mr. Booths Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 5

In view of the alarming increase in the number of fatal accidents in the coal mines, and because of the earnest request…

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Rugby League Morpeth-East Maitland Club Injured Players

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 9

The Morpeth-East Maitland Rugby League team for the match against Western Suburbs at New Lambton next Saturday, will not bo picked until…

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Hope for the Drowned

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

Sir Frederick Banting, Professor of Medical Research at the University of Toronto, the discoverer of insulin, has announced that the Toronto city police…

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No Lights Sequel to Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 15

The sequel to a fatal collision between a motor cycle and a horse and Bulky at Abermain on May 27, was heard before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.,…

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