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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 70

Tragic Car Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 2

Mrs, Barbara Dyball, 21, was killed instantly and her husband, Mr. Harold Dyball, 27, was critically injured, near Goonoo Goonoo, on Wednesday…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 5

Jack Patrick, 36, of Rawson-street, Aberdare, employed as a miner at Aberdare colliery, had his left hand fractured when he…

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Found Injured Port Kembla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 8

Ray Dowsett, a seaman, was found lying on wooden planks under a jetty with his left leg fractured in two places. He had been there for four…

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Pinch Fatality Inquiry To Be Held on Thursday CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 3

The Deputy-Coroner of Cessnock, Mr. J. Scott, will conduct an inquiry next Thursday morning into the death of Thomas Swinbourne Kay, 47, of…

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Hand Injured Misjudged Shot at Mine CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 11

When a shot was misjudged at Bloomfield South colliery yesterday afternoon, George Cockburn, 35, a miner, living at Aberdare-st., Kurd Kurri, had…

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Boy Drowned Lane Cove Tragedy SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 8

While swimming in the Lane Cove River above the weir, near Fuller's Bridge, Harold Henry Morris, 14, of Wardell-street, Dulwich Hill, was…

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One Drowned New Zealand Boat Tragedy SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 1

An 18-foot open-keel boat capsized near New Plymouth, New Zealand, the crew of three being thrown out in the water…

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Plunged in River Car Driver Drowned MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 3

Morton Dunlop, 46, a barrister, of Albert Park,_ was drown when his fiancee's motor car, which he was driving, plunged into the Yarra River…

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Leading Jockeys Injured Bad Smash at Canterbury

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 2

D. Munro and F. Shean, two of the State's leading jockeys, were injured, and the racehorse, Miss Commond, was destroyed as a result of a crash…

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'Plane Crashes on Hillside Six Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 1

A Vienna message states that six persons, four of the crew and two German passengers, were seriously injured when a Lufthansa 'plane,…

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Girl Killed by Car, Another Injured Driver and Companion in Hospital

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 3

Joyce Luhr, aged 16, of Lidcombe, was killed, and Jean Robertson, aged 17, of Auburn, seriously injured when they were knocked down by a…

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Car Accident Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. H. Maskey and Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson ere fortunate to escape injury when the car in which they were travelling to town was…

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Girl Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 2

Alice Cairns, about 17, of Adamstown, suffered a large laceration to her head. concussion and shock, when she was struck by a 'bus while riding a…

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Knee Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 1

David Hinchcliffe, 43, of Neath, who is employed as a horse breaker at Aberdare Colliery, was struck on the knee with the limbers when one of…

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£2000 CLAIM Railway Fatality SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 7

A jury by a majority, returned a verdict for the Commissioner for Railways in a Supreme Court action in which Norman Francis William Small,…

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Tragic Happening at South Cessnock Young Man Drowned in Dam

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 5

South Cessnock dam was the scene of a tragic occurrence on Sunday afternoon, when Joseph Hodge, 19, of Campbell-street…

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Fall of Coal Aberdare Miner Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 7

When he was caught by a fall of coal at Aberdare colliery to-day, Thomas Redgrove (68), a miner, living at Allandale road, Cessnock, had his…

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Motor Accident. Three Riflemen Involved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 3

Three prominent members of the Muswellbrook Rifle Club were involved in a smash about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday last, when their car came…

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DUNGOG Accident Narrowly Averted Timber Lorry Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 7

Mr. k. Munro, driving a timber lorry for Messrs. J. Croll and Sons, Pty., Ltd., of Dungog, had a narrow escape from a serious…

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Fatal Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 2

According to a Press report, Christina Muriel Gourlay, 36, of Bower-street, Manly, was fatally injured when a motor car in which she…

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