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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 70

Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 6

Mr. Ken Vercoe, of Palace-street, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital as the result of an unusual, but none the less painful, accident. Mr.. Vercoe, who…

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Eye Injured Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 9

Mr. Ken vercoe, on palace-street, Denman, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital as the result of an unusual, but painful accident Mr.Vercoe, who…

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Boy Dreadfully Injured Caught in Belting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 2

George Parkin, aged 15, had both arms torn off and one of his lungs punctured when caught in the belting of a machine at Shannon…

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Car Crashed Into Truck Two Killed, Four Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 2

In a smash at Kalgoorlie, in which four cars were involved, Herbert Lloyd Bradford, 21, and Thomas Con way, 21, were killed instantly…

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Jockey Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1938 · page 11

Jockey Bruce Daniels was taken to hospital with probable broken ribs following an accident at Tamworth yesterday. Daniels had the mount on…

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Boy Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1938 · page 11

Overbalancing from a log on which he was playing In White Bay, Percy Owen Williams, 5, of Rozelle, was drowned…

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Serious Accident. Boy Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 2

A boy was severely injured and an aged woman had a miraculous escape when a storage tank attached to an air compressor exploded without…

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Sequel To Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 6

CROSS-ACTIONS arising out of a collision between two motor cars on the Newcastle road about two miles on the Newcastle side of East Maitland…

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Motor Car Accident. Moree Man Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 6

As a result of a sensational accident on Friday night last, Mr. Russell Worrad, of Worrad's store, Moree, is now an inmate of the Morce…

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Street Fatality Inquest at Moree MOREE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 4

When the hearing of evidence at the inquest in connection with the fatal car accident at Moree on August G had been concluded at Moree…

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Unusual Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 7

A woman was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering abrasions to the face and probable concussion, sustained when she fell…

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Woman Injured Thrown From Horse SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1938 · page 2

Miss Joan Frost, of Wambo, Warkworth, was seriously injured when a horse which she was riding fell on the Glenridding-road, near Singleton,…

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Boy Drowned Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 8

John Alexander Collie, 7, of North Adelaide, was drowned in the River Torrens at Gilberton yesterday…

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Blazing Car Injured Woman Saved NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 8

A car, in which a family party of five was travelling, ran off the road at a steep bend near Wyong on Sunday afternoon, overturned, and burst…

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Victoria Bridge Another Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 4

The third accident within a short time occurred at Victoria Bridge, between West Maitland and East Maitland, yesterday morning…

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Cyclists and Road Safety Accident Statistics

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 2

In country districts the pedal cycle is a very common means of transport during the day and at night, but sometimes enjoyment ends in…

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Cow Killed by Flying Cork. Astonishing Accident at Dartbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 5

Yesterday in Mr. Dunfungus MacGregor's property at Dartbrook a cork flew across a field at tremendous speed, hitting Dunfungas' freezin'…

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Stroud Sawmill Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 3

Whilst working at Armstrong and Royce's electric mill on Friday, Mr. Jack Bowden had the misfortune to break his thigh. Owing to the rough…

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Level Crossing Collision Two Killed and Two Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 1

A level crossing collision near Avoca (Vic.) on Monday resulted in two persons being killed and two seriously injured…

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Died Suddenly Injured at Bellbird Coroner's Finding Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 2

On August 5, Harry Goodall, 51, a miner, of Chidgsy-street, Cessnock, was injured in Bellbird colliery. He was admitted to…

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