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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Indian Gaol Riot 6 Killed: 20 Injured Prisoners' Ill-feeling Calcutta, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

Six persons were killed and 20 injured in a riot between prisoners at Dikham Gaol, on the frontier. The ill-feeling, which has been acute…

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Accidents

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

Henry Hook, 45, a labourer, of Ward-street, West Maitland, was lifting some wood out of a sulky yesterday afternoon when a piece rolled on to his left leg…

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ACCIDENTS Two Fettlers Slightly Hurt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

The derailment of a railway fettler's tricycle between Teralba and Fassifern, yesterday afternoon, resulted in two men being slightly injured. There were five…

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Hospital Accident Statistics

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

During last year 4715 casualties were treated in the outpatients' department of Newcastle Hospital, and there were 4469 patients under treatment in the hospital,…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

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

Jack Kennerdale, 21, of 2 Rowan-street, Merewether crashed with his motor-cycle at the corner of High and Elgin Streets, West Maitland, early on Saturday night…

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Elderly Woman Injured Kiama

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. Mary Thompson, 73, a visitor from West Australia, sustained severe internal injuries and shock when a motor-car in which she was travelling overturned near…

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Boy Drowned Swimmer's Neck Broken LAUNCESTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Keith Hubbard, 10, was drowned in the Leven River, near North Motton, on the North-west Coast, to-day. The boy's parents, with other children, were…

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Marine Inquiry Opened Bradley's Head Collision Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

The collision which occurred off Bradley's Head at 12.30 a.m. on December 2, 1932, between the steamships Mildura (3359 tons)…

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Caught in Reeds Constable Nearly Drowned GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Three Grafton constables figured in a sensational incident in the Clarence River this afternoon. Constable T. O'Brien, R. M. N…

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Seriously Injured Woman Struck by Car SYDNEY

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

When a motor-car driver in West Botany-street, Arncliffe, attempted to avoid a collision with a Motor-cycle to-day, a young woman, Jean Scott, of…

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Sulky Overturns Man and Wife Injured INVERELL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

When a pair of fractious horses bolted, overturning a buggy in Wood-street, Inverell, yesterday, Patrick Margen, 53, station employee, was thrown headlong on…

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Brutal Assault Man Seriously Injured Centennial Park Incident Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Alleged to have been brutally assaulted by a number of men in Centennial Park, shortly before midnight last night, Peter Patrick Gallagher, 34, a labourer, of…

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Four Drowned Boat Capsizes in Moreton Bay Survivors' Ordeal Night-long Fight for Life BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Four young men were drowned in Moreton Bay on Friday night, when a 22ft. boat, with seven aboard, capsized between Peel Island and Wellington Point…

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Boy Killed Crushed on Ferry Ramp Shocking Accident Sydney

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

Patrick Quinn, 7, of Telford-street. Zetland, was killed when he was crushed against the stone ramp by the vehicular ferry at Taren Point, near Tom Ugly's…

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Accidents

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

Falling from a cart, at Wickham, on Saturday, Jack Wessler, 46, of Fleming-street, Wickham, a dealer, lacerated his forehead and nose, and suffered abrasions…

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Maitland District West Maitland Fatal Accident Motor-cycles Collide

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

Archibald Thredgate, 21, a labourer, living in Wyndham-street, Greta, who was admitted to the Maitland Hospital early on Saturday morning by the Maitland…

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Cessnock Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 9

Knocked down by a car this afternoon, Percival Procter (15), of Allendale-road, Cessnock, received a fracture of his upper arm. He was…

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Harbour Collision Bellambi and Mildura Marine Court Inquiry Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 7

A collision between the Mildura and the coastal steamer Bellambi, which occurred off Bradley's Head on the morning of December 2 last year, was inquired into…

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Boy Drowned Brave Rescue Attempt by Young Companion Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

Although a gallant attempt was made by his younger companion to rescue him when he got into difficulties, Jock O'Brien, 13, of George-street, Canley Vale, was…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

Walter Butler, 36, of Pembroke-street, Stockton, lacerated his left leg when an axe he was using slipped while at work on the Stockton sewerage works yesterday…

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