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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Found Drowned Sydney Business Man SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 5

The body of James Thomas Sut[?]cliffe, 66, general manager of Amalgamated Textiles (Australia), Ltd., was recovered from Georges River,…

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Cobar Struck by Cyclone Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 3

Two men were injured, several houses were unroofed, and a stone parapet weighing over half a ton on the Great Western Hotel was…

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Fewer Deaths Accident Figures Improvement Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 3

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, stated last night that there had been a record reduction in road accidents during the quarter ended…

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Infant Drowned Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 2

Gerald Eggins. 18 months, the son of Mr. F. Eggins, of Harwood Island, was drowned in the Clarence River near his parents' home. He…

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Foot Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 5

William Oughton, 40, of Neath, who is employed as a fitter at Cessnock No. 1 colliery had his right foot injured when a piece of machinery…

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Trooper Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 7

Ray Ko[?]llner (21), of Gloucester, a trooper in the 61th Ligh Horse (Machine Gun) Regiment, was admitted to Maitland Hospital last night with an…

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Three Drowned Air Force Victim Boy Falls in Tank Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 10

In spite of desperate efforts to rescue him, William Francis Ryan, 21, a member of the Air Force, was drowned in the Hawkesbury River…

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Died of Burns Victim of Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 3

Joseph Collingwood, 44, of Newtown, who was burned when he fell from a boiler into hot soot at the Alexandria Soapworks, died later in…

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Six Injured Trucks in Collision DUBBO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 5

Six people, including three boys, were injured when a utility motor truck crashed into a stationary lorry on Mendooran-road…

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Terrigal Drowning Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 1

Constable J. C. Kempton, of The Entrance, found the body of Kathleen Evans. 11. in 10 feet of water in the lagoon at…

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Finger Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 4

William Orr, 30, of Allandale-Road, Cessnock, crashed a finger of his right hand between couplings while at work at Millfield Greta Colliery this…

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Collision Between Cars. Claim for Damages

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 5

Echoes of a collision between two motor cars in Vincent-street, on July 2, were heard in the Cessnock Small Debts Court…

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Clash in Cairo. Ninety Injured. Cairo

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 2

Ninety were injured in a clash between Wafdists and non-Wafdist students when the latter attempted to prevent the…

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Ninety Injured Cairo Students Riot CAIRO, Nov. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 7

A serious clash occurred to-day between Wafdist and non-Wafdist students, 90 being injured. The clash occurred when the non-Wafdista…

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Nine Killed-eight Injured When Air Liner Crashes Amsterdam, November 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 1

Six passengers and three members of the crew were killed, and eight other passengers injured, when a giant K.L.M. Douglas D.C. 3 air liner from Berlin crashed in fog and drizzle near the Schipol Aerodrome…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 2

Keith RusSell McGroden, 48, of Cleveland-street, Surry Hills, died in Sydney Hospital on Saturday from injuries received on Thursday night…

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Shot Himself Sequel to Accident BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 3

After he had accidentally shot dead Robert McLean, aged 12, in i a paddock on a Hughenden pastoral station, Ransome Murphy, 13½,…

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Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 2

When the motor cycle he was riding struck a depression in the road on Clay Hill, Clarence Town, on Saturday afternoon, Hilton Studdert, of…

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Special Job for Victim of Accident Surface Men Protest CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 November 1938 · page 7

"This is a job which has been created for me by the generosity of the company, and will not interfere with other employees. If…

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Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1938 · page 7

When she fell while carrying a cup at her home to-day, Joan Sheldon (3½). of Stuart-st., Lorn, suffered a severe lacerated wound to the wrist about…

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