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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

2,120 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 106

Yesterday's Accidents

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

Leonard Clark, 11, of Pearson-street, Lambton, suffered concussion, abrasions to the left arm and left leg, and shock yesterday, when he fell from a bicycle at…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

ACID IN EYE.—A. Andrews, aged 45, of Albert-street, Speer's Point, an employee at the Sulphide Corporation Works at Cockle Creek, was taken to…

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Relief Worker Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 11

E. Young 35, residing in Charles-street, West Maitland, was employed yesterday in relief work in the old riser channel when he was struck by a skip and…

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Injured Bosun's Condition

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

The police said to-day that the condition of the bosun of the steamer Kini, who was assaulted by three or four men near the Steel Works Wharf…

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Child Drowned at Wagga Wagga

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

Summer never passes but the Murrumbidgee at Wagga takes its toll of human life. Martin Wasley. 9, son of Mr…

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Boy Drowned In Storm Water Channel SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 9

William Benjamin Eldershaw, 5, of St. Peters, was drowned while swimming in a stormwater channel close to his home late this afternoon. He was with some…

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Premature Explosion Powder Monkey Injured TAREE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 10

Nine plugs of gelignite, which William Wallis placed in a hole be was loading, exploded an expectedly as he was stooping down to pick up another plug from…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 8

S. Frisk, 15, of Kempster-road, Merewether, suffered concussion and abrasions to the right side of the face yesterday morning when the bicycle he was riding…

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Dangerous Driving "Did Not Know of Accident" WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

Although his car knocked down four people and was extensively damaged. Hilton Roach, of Sydney, told Mr. Scobie. S.M., that he did not know anything of…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

CHILD SCALDED. — Gwen Drew, aged five, of Chatham-road. Broadmeadow, ran into a girl carrying hot water in a dish this afternoon and…

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Three Injured Hamilton Collision Motor-cycle and Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

When a motor-cycle and a motor-car came into collision at the corner of Samdon and Cleary-streets, Hamilton, yesterday afternoon, two men and a child were…

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Mr. a Macarthur Onslow Injured Bega

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

Flung from his car when it capsized while travelling through blinding rain at Narooma, Andrew Macarthur Onslow, 19, of Camden, was…

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Other Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

Gwen Drew, 5, of Chatham-road, Broadmeadow, was admitted to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah, on Saturday, suffering from sealds on the…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

FINGER SEVERED.—George Orr. 34, wheeler, of Allandale-road, Cessnock, had the Index finger of hit right hand severed when it was caught in a…

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Shocking Deaths Accidents in Country Two Boys and a Man Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

A young man and two boys one of whom was riding a bicycle, and the other a pony, died as the result of shocking…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

George Orr, 34, wheeler, of Allandale-road, Cessnock, who is employed at Millfield colliery, had his right hand crushed between a skip and a chain yesterday…

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"Rescuer" Was Drowned During Surf Life Saving Drill Cape Town

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

A traffic constable, who was a heavyweight boxing, champion, lost his life to-day while practising life-saving. Acting as a "rescuer." he swam 75…

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Four Deaths Sequel to Accidents Three Country Tragedies Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

Four persons have died as the result of accidents—three in country district, and one in the metropolitan area. Jack Smith, 22, of Helensburgh, died…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 4

When a bicycle he was riding was caught between a motor-car and a tram in Hunter-Street West yesterday, Percy Smith, 41, of Second-street, Lambton, a collector…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

HEAD INJURIES.—Following an accident at the railway gates at Donald-street today, a man, whose name was given as Mr. Tarrant, of…

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