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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Farmer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 6

When a horse attached to a cart bolted, Mr. A. R. Brooks, a farmer, was thrown to the ground and injured. He was admitted to Denman…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 8

Robert Ware, 16, of Burnett-street, Mayfield West, received extensive lacerations to the left side of the face, and shock, when the bicycle he was…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 5

Whilst riding a motor cycle in Vincent-street, Cessnock on Sunday last. Jeffrey Nicholls. 19, collided with another…

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Cyclist Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

Albert Stapleford, 8, of Wollombi Road, Millfield, fell from a bicycle at Millfield to-day and received laceratious to the left knee and abrasious to…

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[?]1000 Claim Fails Drowning of Child Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 6

Mr. Acting Judge Monahan directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant council in an action brought by Janet Chester…

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£400 CLAIM Collision at Crossing Lorry and Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 5

A sequel to an accident on the Newcastle road on July 20 last year was the hearing in the Maitland District Court to-day of a…

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Damages Claim Against Coursing Club Injured by "Hare"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 4

The case in which James Mulli-gan, of Wallsend-road, Shortland, claimed £250 from the Maitland Mechanical Have Coursing Co.,…

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Foot Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 6

HAROLD KEELEY, 48, of Lee-street, West Maitland, was working at the West Maitland railway goods yard; yesterday when his left foot became…

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Scars on Face Injuries in Collision District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 7

While she gave Her evidence at the Maitland District Court to-day, a woman witness held the fur collar of her topcoat high about her…

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Road Deaths Increase for Year More Accidents Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 1

It is revealed in the Road Safety Council annual report that for the year ended June 30 last, 600 people were killed and 8615…

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Boy's Death Accidentally Shot Gun Exploded Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 7

On September 19 Robert Sydney Sharpe, 15, left his home in Prince-street, Bellbird, to go shooting rabbits with three youths of his own age…

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Consent Verdict Level Crossing Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 4

By consent a verdict for £150 damages was returned in favour of David Cohen and Co. Pty. Ltd., of Newcastle, against Bloomfield South Colliery Pty…

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Shooting Accidental Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 11

Detective-Sergeant McRae, of Sydney, Sergeant Strownix, and Plain-clothes Constable McMahon, of Grafton, have completed investigations of…

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Timber Clearer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 6

While Edward Goodwin, 26, of Gilgarn Avenue, Cessnock, was engaged in clearing timber at the site of the proposed new broadcasting station,…

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Accident at Maitland Showground. Injured Man's Claim Fails

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 5

In the Case at Maitland District Court in which James Mulligan, of Wallsend-road, Shortland, claimed £250 from the…

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Tram and 'Bus in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 4

Sixty passengers were in a doubledecker bus bound for Dover Heights on Wednesday evening, when it came into collision with a tram in Eddy…

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Boy Injured. Fall From a Motor Cycle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 9

Keith Newton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Newton, of Mangoola, had the misfortune to fracture an arm during the week…

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Car and Cycle Collision Sequel in Court Verdict for [?] DEFENDANT

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 5

A verdict for the defendant was given at the Maitland District Court yesterday. [?] the case in which George Williams,…

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Claim Fails Against Coursing Club Injured at Trials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 6

In the Maitland District. Court yesterday afternoon, Judge Nield returned a verdict in favour of the Maitland Greyhound Mechanical…

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Train Smash in United States 10 Killed and 100 Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 8

Ten persons were killed and more than 100 injured in a head-on collision between two Southern Pacific trains 180 miles from Los Angeles…

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