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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 5

Toe injured.—S. Hileitch, aged 30, of Cessnock, was treated for severe cuts to the big toe of his right foot after treading on some broken glass…

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Man Drowned Collapsed and Fell from Launch Lake Macquarie Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

A man was drowned when he collapsed and fell from a launch that was crossing Lake Macquarie yesterday morning. The body was recovered with the aid of a…

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Touched Live Wire Railway Worker Injured SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 6

Walter Oliviera, 40, of Leichhardt, suffered abrasions and severe shock when he touched an electric wire carrying 1500 volts at Hurstville railway station this…

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Struck by Train Two Railwaymen Injured Found Unconscious Sydney, Wednesday Morning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

Two railway employees were seriously injured when ran down by an electric train which was travelling at a fast speed at Asquith, near Hornsby, late last night…

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Injured on Way to Work Motor Cycle and 'Bus Collide Man in Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Edward Henderson (32), a fitter, employed at Ryland's works, and living at 8 Pulver-street, Hamilton, was seriously injured…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

As the result of an accident in the Northern Highway Colliery, Swansea, Harry Wesche, 30, a miner, of Main-road, Swansea, received lacerations to the head,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

Butcher injured.—George Chant, aged 55, of 65 Chin Chin-street, Islington, a butcher, employed at the Abattoirs, accidentally cut his left…

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To Reduce Road Accidents Obtaining Detailed Information New British Scheme London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 6

As a sequel to a conference between the Minister of Transport and various road users' organisations, a new scheme has…

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Bullets Poured Into Motor Car Occupants Injured Man with Gun at Gateway Throat Cut Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

When a man, believed to be temporarily demented, poured a fusillade of bullets into a motor car in…

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ACCIDENTS Motor-cycle and 'Bus Collide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Edward Henderson, 32, a fitter, of Pulver-street, Hamilton, received lacerations to the right side of the head, and abrasions to the face, when the motor-cycle…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

Foot Injured.—Fred Horgan, 13, of Argenton, was injured in the right foot when a piece of timber fell on it from a cart. Lake Macquarie…

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Child Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

Ronald Edwards, 12, living with has parents at East Greta, Hill from a scooter On the East Greta Hill yesterday afternoon, and sustained a wound about 4in…

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Motor-cyclist Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

Thomas Winter of Coogee, sustained a compound fracture of the skull and abrasions when the motor-cycle, which he was riding skidded and struck a telegraph post…

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Woodcutter Fatally Injured Gulgong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

George Lyons, 35, a woodcutter, died from injuries he received when branches of a tree fell on him yesterday. With his brother he was felling a tree when it…

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Speed-boat Crash Tuncurry Collision TUNCURRY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

When the motor speed boat, which he was driving, crashed into a punt at Tuncurry this morning while travelling at a fast speed. Stephen Jennings, a youthful…

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Gangway Breaks People Fall on Wharf Fremantle Accident Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

The gangway leading from the Fremantle wharf to the interstate liner Manunda collapsed shortly before the vessel sailed for eastern States to-day, and Mrs…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

Frederick Horgan, 12, of Argenton, received a probable fracture of a bone in the right foot when a heavy piece of timber fell from the footboard of a car on…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Minor Injured.—While working in Bellbird Colliery, George Burns (62). a miner, suffered a lacerated wound on the scalp when a place of coal…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 9

George Burns, 52, miner, of Mathieson-street, Bellbird, received injuries to his scalp while at work in Bellbird colliery yesterday. He was admitted to Cessnock…

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Boy Injured in Fall Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

James Nixon, 8, of Coogee, suffered severe internal injuries, concussion, and a fractured left arm, when he fell 20ft. from the rocks at Coogee Beach…

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