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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 4

Wallace Neville, aged six, of Tower-street, East Maitland, caught his right thumb in a gate on Saturday afternoon. On examination by…

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Ex-resident Killed Lithgow Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 6

Mr. Robert Sommerset, an ex-resident of Cessnock, and at one time a shiftman at Aberdare Central Colliery, was killed on Friday while coming home from his work at Lithgow, through a collision with a motor car. The late Mr. Sommerset was employ-ed at the State coal mine at ldtbgow Deceased will be remembered as a member of the Cessnock Band. His untimely end cast a gloom over his friends in this district…

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Accidental Shooting at Denman. Causes Excitement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 6

A Graham-Page sedan car—four Sydney master butchers—a shotgun and two local residents provided the ingredients of a mild…

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May Return to Cessnock This Week Mb. S. Babksby and Constable Braun. Echo of Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 1

It is regarded as possible that both Mr. Stanley Barksby and Constable Eric Braun, who are at present In a private hospital at Gosford, as a…

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Drowning Fatality at Eagleton

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

The enquiry into the sad drowning fatality at Engleton, when Mr. George Thrift of Branxton, lost his life, was held at the Court House, Raymond Terrace, on Friday…

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Two Injured Smash at Argenton NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

John Redmond, a resident of Boolaroo, was so affected by a motor accident at Argenton that he collapsed. Together with victims of the…

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Trench Collapsed Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 7

Thomas Scully, a ganger, employed by the Tamworth P.P. Board was accidentally killed on [?] stock [?] near Manilla last evening…

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Struck by Car Critically Injured NEWCASTLE,'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

Struck by a car in Hanbury—street, at 11,40 p.m., Mrs. Vera Bailey of 17 sunderland—street, Mayfield was admitted to…

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Strange Incident at Denman Gun Explodes and Blows Hole Through Car Door. Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 8

A Graham-Page sedan car, four Sydney master butchers, a shot gun and two local residents, provided the ingredients of a mild…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

On Saturday night last, Mr. Thomas Cribb, brother of Mr. Ernest Cribb, of Aberdeen, was leading a. horse across FitzGerald Bridge, when an…

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Fatal Fall of Stone Coroner's Inquiry Into Bellbird Miner's Death. Jury Finds Tragic Happening Was Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted an inquest concerning the death of John…

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Fire Follows Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

Three motor cars were involved in a collision at the corner of William-street and College-st., early on Sunday morning. Two of them were…

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Two Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 3

A motor truck, driven by L. Waldor, of Auburn, carrying six passengers, capsized on the Moonbi Range, says a Tamworth message…

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Six Injured Albury

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

Six persons were injured in a motor car collision on the Hume Highway, five miles from Albury, at an early hour yesterday…

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Lorry and Sulky Collision in Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 2

When yesterday's storm was at its height, a sulky driven by Mr. Bluford, of Pitacree—road, and containing his wife and daughter, Joyce, aged 8, came Though considerable damage was done to the vehicle, when the occupants were examined by the Maitland Ambulance it was found that they had…

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River Tragedy Well—known Identity Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

Mr. John Bronker. of East Maitland, was startled, late on Friday afternoon to discover the body of a man floating in the…

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Two Injured Smash at Argenton NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 1

John Redmond, a resident of Boolaroo, was so affected by a motor accident at Argenton that he collapsed. Together with victims of the…

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Motor Accidents Lorry Capsizes 12 in Hospital

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

Returning from Windsor on Sunday a motor lorry with a picnic ratty on board overturned at Rouse Hill, and rolled down a…

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Miner's Death Purely Accidental Coroner's Inquest Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

Before a jury of six, Mr. W. S. Johnstone, Cessnock Coroner, conducted an inquest at the local Courthouse to-day…

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