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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

1,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 86

To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

Cut by Tin.—John Coleman (5), of Wilson-street, Carrington, received injuries to the fingers of his right hand to-day, while playing with some…

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Motor-cyclists Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 7

The third accident since the West Maitland Municipal Council erected the fence across the roadway in the West Maitland Park at the end of last year occurred…

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Child Fatally Injured Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 6

Patricia Ryan, 7, of Cardwell-street, City, was struck by a motor-lorry while crossing Hanson-street, in Hutle Square, this afternoon, and almost every bone in…

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Driver Collapses Injured in Train Smash BATHURST

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 6

John Gebbie, the driver of the goods train which overturned on Sunday, killing the fireman, collapsed to-day. His injuries have proved to be more serious…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 4

Jack Coleman, 5, of Wilson-street, Carrington, fell on the edge of a tin in the yard of his parents' home yesterday, and suffered a severe laceration on the index…

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Maitland Park Barrier Twelve Accidents Since Put Up Plea for Removal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 8

Two claims for damages and the fact that during the day another serious accident had occurred through its presence, proved insufficient…

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Injured by Chicken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

A pet chicken which flew on to his shoulder while he was gardening at Gosford yesterday pecked A. E. Debenham in the eye, inflicting a serious wound…

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Engine-driver Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

Falling from an engine while it was taking water at Wallarah Colliery, yesterday, Edward Boyd. 36, loco-driver, of Middle Camp, Catherine Hill Bay, fractured his…

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Cessnock Two Miners Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

James O'Connell, 47, a miner, of Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with abrasions and shock, as a result of a fall of coal in Cessnock No. 2…

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Fugitive Arrested Injured in Climbing Fence Police Use Revolvers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 7

Several shots were fired at Kensington to-night, when two constables disturbed a man allegedly attempting to break into a house, and, after an exciting chase,…

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Girl Fliers Found Both Injured in Crash in Hospital in Nairobi London, January 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 7

The two English girl flies, Misses Joan Page and Audrey Sale-Barker, who crashed in the African bush during a heavy storm on their way from the Cape…

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Priest Drowned (Continued From Page 1) Air Search Fruitless No Sign of the Missing Man Was Poor Swimmer Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 7

Captain Follett and his observer made diligent search for half an hour while he flew low over Avoca area and along the coast…

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Priest Drowned in Attempt to Rescue Camper Grim Tragedy At Avoca Youth Washed From Rocks Priest Went to Rescue in Surf Boat Hurled Into a Raging Sea

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 1

Father Conlon, a Roman Catholic priest, and rowing master at St. Xavier College, Melbourne, was drowned, and another priest and the proprietor of a seaside boarding house had remarkable escaped from death in an attempt to rescue a young camper who had been washed off the rocks at the southern end of…

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Priest Drowned Avoca Beach Fatality Surfboat Swamped Life Lost in Attempt to Reach Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

Father Felix Conlan, of Riverview College, Sydney, was drowned in the surf off Avoca Beach, Terrigal, yesterday. The body has not been…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 11

John Kelly, 62, a miner, was caught between two skips while working in Elrington colliery yesterday, and was admitted to Cessnock Hospital with injuries to…

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Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 11

Eric Boyle, 40, of Newcastle-road, East Maitland, was riding a bicycle at the foot of Campbell's Hill last night when he collided with a motor-cycle. He was…

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Shunter Injured Newcastle Accident Wheel Passes Over Leg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

Run over in the shunting yards of Newcastle railway station about 10.30 o'clock last night, Raymond Glen Sandeman, 26, married, of 154 Darby-street, Newcastle,…

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Boy Fatally Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 11

Knocked down by a motor-car while leaving a 'bus opposite his home to-night, Richard Edward Talbot, of Hacking-road, Sylvania, was fatally injured…

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Katoomba Accident Katoomba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

While at the bottom of Linda Falls, Fred Lee, 34, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, fell and fractured a leg. To bring him to the top of the cliff a new…

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Railwayman Dies From Injuries Shunting Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

Raymond G. Sandeman (26), a railway employee, of Darby-street, Cook's Hill, who was run over by a train during shunting operations last…

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