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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 58

WESTON Miner Injured Caught Between Skips WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

Mr. Harry Euston, aged 57, a miner, employed at Hebburn No. 2, and residing at Weston, was caught between skips and suffered an injury…

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Bratticeman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Whilst fixing brattice at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, where he is employed as a brattice-man, John Trenhoime, to-day fell and injured his left ankle…

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Miner Injured Hebburn No. 2 Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Harry Euston, a miner, living at South Street, Weston, received injuries to the right ankle when two skips came into collision while working in…

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Motor Accident Near Armidale Five Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Five persons werre injured, two seriously, when a sedan motor car overturned on the Armidale-Uralla road, three miles on the southern side of…

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Neck Broken Fatality at Kyogle

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Thomas Fitzgerald, aged 21, motor mechanic, son of the stock inspector at Kyogle, was killed when the sedan car he was driving skidded and overturned…

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Ankle Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

John Crentholm, 48, battler, residing at Kearsely, an employees at Abermain Colliery, was fixing brattices at the mien to-day when he…

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Nasty Fall From Horse Mr Jack Andrews Injured. Lay Unconscious All Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Mr Jack Andrews, aged 30, a married man with four children, residing at St. Clair, met with a serious injury on Wednesday, when he was thrown from…

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Earthquake Disaster. New Zealdn Horror. Napier, Gisborne, Hastings. Almost Wiped Out. 1000 Believed to be Deed; Thousands Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

The most disastrous earthquake in the history of New Zealand occurred at 8.15 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Napier, Hastings and Gisborne are mostly in ruins. First intimation of the disaster came through when a warship,…

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Local and General. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

Pat, the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ces. Cox, of Main Creek, fell from a tree which he was climbing and sustained a broken thigh. He was…

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Serious Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Whilst engaged in log hauling at Wootton, Mayer's Flat, Mr. A. Dun had the misfortune to have both bones of his leg broken through a rope…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. Cliff. Gorton when out shooting with a party met with a painful accident on Monday. A shot was fired at a rabbit and a number of pellets…

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Ten Injured Car Collision Picnic Parties

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

In a broadside collision at the corner of Livingstone and Sydenham Roads, Marrickville. yesterday, ten persons were injured…

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ACQUITTED Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

On the morning of November 1. 1930, a Boy Scout named Donald William McNaughton, aged 12 years, was knocked down by a motor car…

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Two Drowned River Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

Florence Murray, 35, wife of Edward Murray, telephone mechanic, and Rose Pines, 44, wife of Frederick Pines, Canonbar Pastures Protection…

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Struck Stake Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

Charlie Roynolds, aged 11, living at Dronwyn-street East Greta Junition, sustained a inc[?]ated wound to the left skin, when he was jumping…

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Lucky Rescue Nearly Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 9

Three boys had a narrow escape from being drowned in Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, and one of them, Arthur…

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Neck Injured Thrown From Pony

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 11

On Sunday night, Lionel Robards, the 12-year-old son of Mr. E. Robards, of Claronce Town, was riding a pony vehen It suddenly shied…

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Five Injured Car Overturns Serious Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 7

A serious motor accident occurred on the Tamworth-Uralla road, as a result of which Mr. Fred Chaffey, of Tamworth, and…

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Tragic Scene Eighty Fatherless Mine Fatality London, Jan. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 11

Terrible scenes were witnessed to-night at the scene of yesterday's tragic explosion at the Haig Pit. Whitehaven in which…

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Unemployed Caught in Weeds Distribution of Relief Casino Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 11

The weekly meeting of the West Maitland unemployed was held on Monday, there being a large attendance. The chairman, Mr. P. John Ryan, 44, was drowned in the Richmond River in what is known as the Casino swimming pool on Monday afternoon…

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