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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 86

Injured Constable Not Victim of Foul Play SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 8

Constable Charles Latrobe, who was admitted to hospital yesterday suffering from severe injuries to the head and who had marks on his wrist, indicating that…

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Frantic Signals Injured Men in Shaft Balmain Explosion Inquiry Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 8

David Dickson, an engine-driver, employed by the National Gas and Oil Corporation, Ltd. Balmain, related at the Coroner's Court to-day the story of…

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Pathetic Scenes At Inquest Into Stanwell Park Disaster Girl's Dramatic Story Of Flood Fatality: Family Lost a Night of Terror Coroner Praises Heroic Youth Wall of Flood Water Scarborough

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 7

All the horror of the storm tragedy which almost wiped out the Davis family at Stanwell Park on the…

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Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 8

David Downie, 18, of 50 Lindsay-street, Hamilton, received slight injuries to the shoulder and arms, and abrasions to the right hip and left side of the fact, when…

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Seven Killed Holocaust in Hotel Five Others Injured Tisdale (Saskatchewan), Feb. 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 9

Seven persons were burned to death, and five others were burned or seriously injured one probably fatally, as the result of a fire which destroyed the Imperial…

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Youth Drowned in Murray Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 8

John O'Neill, 21, of Broken Hill, was drowned in the Murray River at Coomella, near Mildura, yesterday. The youth, who could not swim, fell into the river,…

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Injured by Fall of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

William Brooks (49), of Charlestown, was injured by a full of coal in Ayrview Colliery at Adamstown this morning…

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SURRENDERED Stolen Battleship Crew Hit by Bomb 18 Killed: 14 Injured (Australian Press Association.) BATAVIA, February 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 9

The stolen battleship Zeven Provincien surrendered to the pursuing squadron after she had been hit, at 9.18 a.m. to-day, by a bomb dropped from a Dornier…

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Appalling Disaster in Rhenish Prussia Gas Explosion Wrecks Town Over 100 Are Dead, 2000 Injured Buried in Ruins London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

An appalling disaster has occurred at Neakirchen, in Rhenish Prussia, where an explosion hurled aloft the…

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Butcher's Death Accidental Death Verdict SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day by the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Frederick Palmer,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

Fell from Cart: George St. Clair (30), a miner, living at 23 Anstey-street, Cessnock, fractured his right upper arm when he fell from a carb…

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Speedway Rider Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

R. Blake, the well-known speedway rider, was seriously injured when he fell from his machine while competing in the third heat of the Australia versus England…

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Schoolboy Drowned Tragedy in Georges River Was Sailing Model Boat Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

Robert Watt, 14, schoolboy, of Chandos-street, North Sydney, was drowned in Georges River, near Bankstown, this afternoon, under unusual circumstances…

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Gasometer Explodes Over 100 Dead in Prussian Disaster Workers' Colony Razed More Than 2000 Injured; Survivors Search Burning Debris for Relatives (Australian Press Association.) BERLIN, February 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

Over 100 were killed and more than 2000 injured, 250 critically, when the largest gasometer in the Saar Valley exploded late yesterday afternoon at Neukirchen, a town of 35,000 inhabitants…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 6

Caught by a fail of stone in Ayrview colliery on Saturday William Brooks, 49, of Smith-street, Charlestown, a shiftman, sustained a wound on the back of…

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Cessnock ACCIDENT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

George Sinclair, 39, miner, of Anstey-street, Cessnock, fell from a cart on Saturday, and was admitted to hospital with a fracture of the left elbow…

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Licence Suspended Collision with Parked Car SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 3

Keith James Fielding, 26. was fined £5. and had his licence suspended for two months at the North Sydney Police Court to-day when he was convicted on a charge…

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Seaside Mystery Injured Woman on Rocks Discovery by Fishermen Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

Suffering from injuries to the head, and shock, Winifred Price, 25, of Alexandria-street, Elsternwick, was found in a semiconscious condition at the bottom of the…

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Visited Scene of Accident Judge Said Plan Was "Quite Wrong-claim for Damages

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 2

A verdict for the defendant was given by Judge Sheridan at Newcastle District Court this morning in the case in which Hugh Morse a…

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East Greta Baby Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

Patsy Sumner, aged 14 months, was given first-aid by Maitland Ambulance at he parents' residence. East Greta, yesterday, for a lacerated wound on the…

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