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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

2,120 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 106

Rifle Went Off Accident Near Dudley Two Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

A man and a woman were treated at the Newcastle Hospital for wounds following a shooting, accident at Dudley this morning…

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Solfast Injured MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

Solfast, one of the prominent autumn candidates, has jarred her near fore fetlock Joint, and it is doubtful whether she will meet any of her…

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Driver Fined Collision at Merewether Christmas Eve Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 17

Charged with having driven a motor-car in a manner dangerous to the public, in Macqurie-street, Merewether, on December 24, Thomas Beath, 44, fireman,…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 10

James Morris, 50, a labourer, residing at Boolaroo, fractured his left leg above the ankle when he fell 25ft. into machinery well while new machinery was…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

RIBS FRACTURED.—W. Penalise, aged 50 of Wilson-street, West Wallsend, was wheeling a barrow to-day when his foot slipped' and he fell on…

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Hunter-street Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 10

In a collision in Hunter-street, Newcastle, yesterday morning, between a confectionery lorry and a sedan car, the impact was so severe that the car was…

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Swimmer Drowned Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 18

Edward Berry Purcell, 45, a returned soldier, of Canterbury, was drowned while swimming in the Cook's River late to-day. He entered the water with two…

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Youth's Death Collision at Morisset Bicycle and Motor-lorry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

When the bicycle he was riding down a hill at Morisset on January 24 collided with a motor-lorry, Ronald Thomas Moffitt, 15, of Lewis-street, Maryville,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 7

SPLINTER IN FOOT.—Boobie Willliamson aged 5 of Georgetown at the Coal-trimmers picnic at Boolaroo to-day ran a big splinter into his foot…

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Safety on Roads Accidents to Children Hints by Expert

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 3

By far the greater number of accidents in which children were involved were caused through the motor vehicle,…

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Girl's Eye Injured Accident at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 6

Thelma Holland, 5, of Chatham-road, Broadmeadow, suffered a painful injury on Saturday when a stick penetrated her eye. The child had stooped to pick…

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Boy Rider Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 9

Henry Smith, 13, of Junction-street, East Greta Junction, sustained a probable fracture of both bones of the left leg, above the ankle, while practising Cossack…

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Gosford Collision Three Cars Wrecked GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 6

The scene of many serious accidents during the past six months. Pierce's Corner was the scene last night of a triple car smash. The occupants of the…

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In Pump Well Engineer Fatally Injured ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 7

Oswald Miller Newman, 45, resident engineer of the Chaffey pumping station, near Remark, was fatally injured in a pump well yesterday…

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Girl Drowned Brother and Sister Rescued Brisbane River Tragedy Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 7

The Brisbane River was the scene of a drowning tragedy to-day, when a little girl, Doreen Eileen O'Connor, 7, of Cannon Hill, lost her life…

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Shots Fired Incident in Hotel Four Arrests Man Wounded; Proprietor Injured BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 7

Over £30 in notes was taken from the Capalaba Hotel, Capalaba, early to-day. A man was shot through the foot and the hotel…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 5

CHILD SOALDED: With scalds to the chest, abdomen and thigh, caused by her having been splashed by hot tea when a cup was upset this…

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Cars in Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 6

Following upon the collision between two cars in Parry-street, Hamilton. Harry Ernest West, of Henry-street. Merewether. claimed £11 10s 6d…

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Shiftman Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 9

Peter Kerr, 53, of Kearsley, employed as a shiftman at Maitland Main colliery, was cutting a prop yesterday, when the axe slipped. He was admitted to…

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Sequel to Collision Italian Ship Escapes in Fog LONDON, February 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

The Italian steamer Fedora, the "arrest" of which the Admiralty ordered following its collision with the Russian steamer Pravda in the English…

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