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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Aberdeen Road Fatality. Inquiry 12 Months After Occurrence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1

The Scone District Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) concluded his inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Joyce Isobel Margaret…

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Small Planets. Chances of Collision with Earth. Astronomer's View

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

"If the planet observed last October by the Heidelberg astronomer, Dr. Reinmuth, and by other astronomers in South Africa, had collided…

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Girls Injured Cycle on Tramline NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

Two girls were injured last night when the bicycle they were riding had a wheel caught in the tramline at Maryville, and they were thrown heavily to the road…

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Fettler Injured Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 10

Henry Hurt, 48, a railway fettler, of Boronia, was thrown from a railway tricycle near Tarcutta and severely injured. He suffered a fracture of shoulder…

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Local and General News Collision at Street Corner

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Although one of the occupants of a car involved in a street corner collision on Saturday was thrown out of the vehicle, she luckily escaped…

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Better To-day Injured Jockeys SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

The condition of Keith Cook, the most seriously injured of the six jockeys in the smashes at Canterbury on Saturday, although still critical,…

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Race Smashes at Canterbury Jockey Critically Injured and Two Horses Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

Keith Cook, one of the most accomplished horsemen in New South Wales, was critically injured in a race smash at Canterbury on…

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ACCIDENTAL Max Papworth's Death SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, to-day inquired into the death of Max Papworth, following a race smash at Randwick on December 18…

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Accident Victim Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

On inquiry this morning it was learned that the condition or Mr. R. George, who was injured when he fell from a train at Ravensworth on…

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Paterson Drowning Fatality New Year's Day Tragedy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

The story of a New Year's Day cycling expedition by two Maitland boys, which ended in the death of the older by drowning in the Paterson…

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Drowning Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

Leonard G. C. Orr, 29, of The Entrance, was injured on the temple before he was drowned, and may have been stunned, said Dr. Paul (Government Medical…

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Motor Fatality at Moree Two Men Killed Moree

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Henry John Milling, of Wattle Avenue, Manly, and a man named Omus, the owner of Yagabie Station, Binniguy, were killed when a car crashed into…

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Six Injured Stair Landing Collapsed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

When the stair-landing outside the Stanmore Theatre, Enmore, collapsed last night, six women were injured…

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Nurse Drowned Carried Out in Surf Men Commended Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

While surfing at Merewether Beach on the evening of January 4. Elizabeth Wright (24), single, a nurse at Salvation Army's…

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10 Injured in Theatre Accident Collapse of Landing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

About 10 people were injured on Monday night when a landing near the fire escape collapsed at the Stanmore Theatre in Stanmore-road,…

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Boy Injured by Pitchfork

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

Alan Bates, aged 13 years, a son of Mr and Mrs Fred. Bates, of Bathurststreet, met with a painful accident on Monday afternoon. With a…

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Couple Drowned a Tragic Honeymoon Strong Undertow Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

Frederick Clifford Lavender, 26, of Murrumbeena (Victoria), a teacher of languages at Trinity College, Melbourne, and Mavis…

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Car Crashes Struck Telegraph Pole Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

Three residents of West Maitland were injured late yesterday afternoon when a car in which they were travelling between Newcastle and…

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Ravensworth Railway Station Accident Mr Roy George Explains

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

An "Argus" representative paid a visit to the Dangar Cottage Hospital this afternoon in order to ascertain the condition of Mr…

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Floods Still Sweep the North Coast Much Damage Road Employee Drowned Railways Held Up Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Heavy damage has been caused by floods on the North Coast, and rivers are still rising. A Main Roads Department employee was swept away and drowned when a flood came…

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