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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 70

Eye Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

Mr. N. Smith, of Singleton, suffered injuries to the eye when he was struck by a piece of bone at work on Saturday. He was taken to Newcastle…

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Boys Drowned Disappeared in Dam SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 8

Two boys were drowned in a dam at Carlingford yesterday. They were Robert Webb (6), of Wentworthville, and Richard Tangye (10). of…

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Under a Cloud Nuffield Injured A Leg MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

Supporters of Nuffield for the Derby and Melbourne Cup were much concerned to-day when it was reported that the colt had injured his near…

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Two Injured Fire Engine Collides With Car KATOOMBA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 8

Hurrying to a fire at Leura, the Katoomba fire engine and a sedan car collided at a corner on Sunday afternoon. The side of the car was torn…

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Skid Shoe Fell From Aeroplane Man Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 8

Percy Williams, 25, while seated in | his backyard in Newtown, on Sunday, was hit on the head by a tail-skid shoo, which dropped from a plane…

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Car Overturned Dartmouth Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 5

Dr. Carter, a visitor to Maitland, was Injured when a. car he was driving overturned between Muswell- brook and Aberdeen to-day. The car…

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Road Safety Accident Reduction. (By Lt. Col. H. A. Youden, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary, Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly…

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Visiting Doctor. Injured in Car Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 3

Dr. Carter, of the s.s. "Strathaird," was injured in a car accident on the New England Highway yesterday morning…

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Road Accidents Mr. Bruxner's Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 2

The prospect of a branch of the Road Safety Council being formed at Newcastle is hailed with pleasure by the Minister for Transport, Mr…

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Road Safety. Accident Reduction

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

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly three…

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Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 2

A Ford V.8 car, owned and driven by Miss Nance Walker, of Dungog, and carrying five other passengers, left the road and crashed into a deep…

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Car Overturned Dartmouth Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 5

Dr. Carter, a visitor to Maitland, was injured when a car he was driving overturned between Muswellbrook and Aberdeen yesterday. The car was…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 7

Cycling from Kant Kurri yesterday afternoon, S. B. Mattock (25), of Mait land-road, Kurri Kurri, fell in Regent-street, West Maitland. and fractured…

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Fatally Injured Thrown from Lorry GOULBURN

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

Thrown from a lorry when it swerved and skidded in loose gravel 11 miles from Goulburn, Robert Watsford Madden, 49, of Guildford, was…

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High Rate Accidents In Factories Latest Figures Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 1

The secretary of the Safety First Council, Mr. Dyce, to-day made available figures regarding the number of accidents in fac-tories during the past year. These…

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Accidents in Factories Last Year Alarming Figures. Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 2

The Secretary of the Safety First Council of New South Wales (Mr Dyce) to-day made available figures regarding the number of accidents…

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Lorry Fatality Moss Vale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 12

When a motor lorry got out of control and overturned after leaving the main southern road near Moss Vale, Horace Berham. 20, of Goulburn, was…

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Convent Sister Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 2

Sister Marietta, 22, of the sacred Heart Convent, Thursday Island, was drowned on Sunday night when a dinghy sank in 12 feet of water…

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Injured Relief Worker Question of Compensation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 1

Mr. H. Learoyd, Registrar, Workers' Compensation Commission of N.S.W., has forwarded to Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…

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Mystery Note on Wrecked 'Plane Mid-air Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 3

A mystery note, reading, "What will happen to this plane in a few minutes?" was found beside the wreckage of one of the two Air…

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