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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

2,129 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 107

To-day's Accidents Steel In Eve

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

John George Gill, 29, of Cross-st, Wickham, a blacksmith's striker employed at the Cardiff Railway Workshops, was struck in the eye by a…

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Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The first accident associated with the Anniversary Celebrations was reported to-day. John Donahue (20), storeman of…

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"My Requiem" Poem by Drowned Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 10

In the last issue of "Magpie," the magazine published by the Maitland Boys' High School, appears a poem, "My Requiem." which was written by Charles Thomas…

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Dived on Log Boy Seriously Injured GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 16

With his scalp opened up from the forehead to the back of the head, and suffering from concussion and severe shock, Alexander Bryan, 12, of Naremburn, was…

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Two Horses Killed at Canterbury Jockeys Were Injured Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

Two horses were killed, one outright, and the other subsequently destroyed, after a sensational fair at Canterbury races…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 10

Cecil Samson, 48, of Fullerton Cove, received abrasions to the right ankle and an injury to the right leg yesterday when the bicycle he was riding collided with a…

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To-day's Accidents Struck By Sheet of Iron

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Frederick Vincent, of Lindsay-street, Hamilton, was taken to Iluka Hospital to-day with a probable fracture of the skull and lacerated wounds to…

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To-day's Accidents Foot Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

Herbert Donkin (32), laborer of George-street, Boolaroo, had his right foot injured when a loaded barrow capsized and fell on it at the Sulphide…

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Seamen Injured Attacked at Steel Works Wharf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

Two seamen from Sydney were attacked and injured on Saturday night on the Steel Works Wharf, Carrington. One was admitted to Newcastle Hospital with…

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Injured Jockeys Improve Canterbury Crash Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

The condition of the jockeys who were injured at Canterbury on Saturday showed an improvement to-day. K. Cook, who was the most seriously…

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Both Killed Boy Cyclist and Youth Collision at Lindfield Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

Robert Kirwin, 12, of Linfield, and a youth named James Leath, also of Lind-field, were fatally injured when a bicycle ridden by Kirwin collided with Leath at…

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Week Unconscious Accident Victim Taken to Sydney GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

After lying in a Gosford private hospital since January 8, after a crash on the Pacific Highway, Eunice Rodney, 20, of Strathfield, was taken in an…

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Cessnock Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

Thrown from a sulky when the harness broke, Vincent Condron, 55, of Ellalong, received abrasions to the right arm, and an injury to the right side on…

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Struck by Car Girl Seriously Hurt at Hexham Week-end Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

Struck by a car on the Maitland-road, near Hexham, yesterday, June Grant, 7. of Louth Park. West Maitland, sustained a probable fracture of the skull, probable…

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Killed in R.A.F. Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

London, January 17.—One pilot was killed, but the other escaped by parachute, when two Royal Air Force planes collided at Uoksfield…

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Woman Injured Stair Landing Collapses SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

Six women were injured when the landing of a stairway outside the Stanmore Theatre, Enmore, collapsed to-night They were taken to the…

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Coroner Pays Tribute to Life-savers Nurse Drowned At Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

Tributes to the efforts of Robert Walton and James Tracey, of Merewether Surf Club, in trying to save May…

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Injury to Head Man Drowned at Tuggerah Police Make New Inquiries Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

Following the adjournment of the inquiry by the District Coroner (Ald. C. J. Staples) into the death of Leonard Glover Cooley Orr, 29, of The Entrance, who…

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Slightly Improved Injured Jockey is Still Unconscious Zensky's Broken Wrists Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

The condition of Keith Cook, the jockey who was injured in a fall at Canterbury Park on Saturday, was reported late to-night to be slightly improved. He has not…

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GOVERNOR'S A.D.C. in Smash Three Injured When Car Skidded Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 13

Two daughters of Sir Hugh and Lady Poynter and Captain Blacker, A.D.C., to the Governor (Lord Wakehurst), were injured yesterday in a car smash…

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