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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 70

Men Injured Near Gosford Pinned in Car

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 2

Two men were pinned by the smashed-in hood, and a third hurled clear when a motor-car, a tourer, somersaulted several times at the…

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Footballer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

William Grills, 20, of Melbourne-street, Abermain, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Sunday…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

William Whitelaw, 31, of Margaret-street, Cessnock, a wheeler at Bellbird colliery, received laceration to and a probable…

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Neath Woman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

Thrown from the back seat against a door when a car in which she was a passenger struck the kerb at the intersection…

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Car Overturns Two Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

When a sedan car, travelling at about 45 miles per hour, overturned on the State Highway about three miles above Stroud Road about…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Seaman Rescued From Harbour. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

Thomas McClintel (35), seaman, was returning to his steamer at Glebe Island early this morning when he fell into the harbour. He was unconscious…

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Found Injured Death of Night Porter SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

When Harold Conway, night porter at the Millions Club, failed to return home last, night, his family became anxious and informed the police…

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Two Injured Car Crashes into Bush ROWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 8

Kenneth Ray .Arty, 23, of Maroubra, was driving a car down Catherine's Hill when it left the road and ran into the bush, the doors and hood…

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Motor Smash on Neath Hill 'Bus and Motor Bike Collide. Four Persons Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

A collision, in which a motorcycle and a 'bus were involved, occurred on the Neath Road late on Saturday night…

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Two Injured Motor Cars Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 4

An elderly woman and a little girl were injured when two cars collided at Mayfield late yesterday afternoon. Mrs.Mary Dickson, 70, of…

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Injured Man's Fortitude Goulbukn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 13

After he had been injured in a motor car accident on the Lonwood Road, R. Hamilton, of Goulburn, walked two miles for help, and then collapsed in…

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Dropped Dead Unusual Accident Baby's Life Saved Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 12

While she was running to assist in the resume of a 16-months-old boy who had fallen down a 12ft well in French's Forest, Mrs. Maude Bessie Schwartz,…

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Road Safety Accidents at Night Appeal to Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 13

Accidents at night on our highways have increased so considerably that, the Road Safety Council of New South Wales has…

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Eight Killed Naval Aircraft Accidents San Diego (Cal.), August 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 12

Eight people wore killed in four accidents to naval aircraft to-day. Two bombers crashed, killing six, and a radio operator was killed when…

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Stroud Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

On Friday, whilst engaged in felling a dead tree, Harry Gorton was struck by it and had his arm broken near the elbow. He had a most lucky…

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Accident to Mr C. G. York

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 6

The many friends of Mr C. G. York, of Hunter-street, will regret to learn that he met with a serious accident on Wednesday evening. It…

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Road Accidents Toll in Country Districts. (By Lt. Col. H. A. YOUDEN, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary, Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 5

There were 2059 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1818 for…

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Draper Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 9

John Mewyun, a draper, of Pestle-street, Newcastle, received a probable fracture of the skull, concussion, extensive abrasions to the face and nose,…

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Painful Ordeal Injured Man Crawls Half a Mile DARWIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 5

Run own by a train and severely injured, Stanley John Wilson, aged about 35, unemployed, of Darwin, showed amazing fortitude by crawling…

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Lesson in Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 8

The recent tragic happening in Perth, when the driver of a motor coach with eight passengers aboard had a fatal heart seizure while…

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