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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 70

Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 5

William Kembrey, 19, of Jurd Street, Cessnock, employed as a wheeler at Neath colliery, had his right hand jammed between…

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Young 'Postal Employee Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 2

Milton Bailey, 16, of Cessnock-street, Aberdare, employed at the Cessnock post office, received concussion, abrasions to…

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Late Mr. E. J. BOWEN. Native of Dungog District. Fatally Injured in Lorry Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 1

On Tuesday last Mr. Edwin John Bowen, of Stratford, was fatally Injured in an accident while driving a lorry heavily laden with timber. The…

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Plaintiff Non-suited Echo of Collision Between Cars

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 5

Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M. gave a non-suit, at Cessnock Court yesterday, in the case in which Fred Pockett, of Neath,…

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Hand Crushed Fingers Badly Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 6

Ernest Fletcher. 3, a miner residing at Atkinson-street, Bellbird, had his left hand crushed between a lump of coal and coal loader at work at…

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Priest Injured Car Smash at Manly SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 1

The Rev. Father McManus, of St. Mary's Rectory, Manly, suffered cuts on the forehead and lips, when his car collided with a Manly. P,D. patrol car…

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Plucky Woman Hobbled Six Miles On Injured Foot YOUNG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 7

Although she was suffering a fractured bone in the ankle and several facial injuries, Miss M. Hulm hobbled six miles into Bribbaree to secure…

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Badly Injured Motor Cyclist in Collision Condition Critical Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 2

George Ernst, aged about 30, of Mitchell's Flat, was seriousl injured in a collision near Sedgefield about 7 o'clock last night…

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Mr. George Ernst, Junr., Seriously Injured Collision Between Motorcycle and Utility Truck

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 2

Suffering from severe head injuries, facture of the right wrist and collar-bone, and severe body lacerations, Mr George Ernst,…

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Road Accidents at Intersections Comment by Minister

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 2

A most unsatisfactory feature of statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the…

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Fatality at Bellbird Injured Man Dies in Hospital

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 7

Cessnock police were notified by telephone last night that a man was lying on the road near The Pinch, at Bellbird, seriously…

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Horsemen Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 7

When a young horse, which he was breaking in slipped and fell, Mr. Roger Gleeson, employed on Mr. W. S. Woodside's property, "Dunlop,"…

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Three Found Dead. Mother and Child Drowned. Farmhand Shot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Edith Eyb, 28, and her only child, Heather, aged 11 months, were found drowned in a dam at Hilldale, near Maitland, on…

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Dragged by Bolting Horse Man Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 8

John Reid, who is employed as a cattle buyer for Anderson's meatworks at Byron Bay, received severe head injuries and numerous…

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Triple Tragedy Man Shot in Head Woman and Child Drowned Maitland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 5

The bodies of Robert James Archibald Mannall, 24; Mrs. Edith Eyb, 28, and her 11 months' old daughter, Heather, were found at Hilldale shortly…

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Hilldale Tragedy. Woman and Child Drowned in Dam. Young Man Dead With Gunshot Wound

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

A tragedy which cast a gloom over the district occurred at Hilldale on Wednesday last. Mrs. Edith Eyb, 29, and her…

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Mine Accidents Elrington—Aberdare Central CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 1

William Page, a miner, residing at Kearsley, received abrasions to the right leg when he was struck by a fall of coal at Elrington Colliery…

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Painful Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

Mr. Jim Lloyd, of Dungog, an employee of Wallarobba Shire Council, met with a painful accident on Tuesday last. While assisting in bridge…

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Riding Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

Master "Bill" Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merv. Hudson, of Dungog, met with an accident which might have proved more serious. The little…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

A rolling log caused a severe accident to Bert Gilbert at Booth's mill, one of his legs being crushed…

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