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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 58

Six Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 4

Six person were injured, two of them seriously, when two motor cars collided head on near Wentworth falls last night. The mountains…

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Boys Drowned Unable to Swim Double Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 3

A double drowning fatality occurred at Tamworth during the week end. The bodies of two boys peter paul dean and…

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One Killed Two Injured Lorry Smash Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at Ashfield early this morning, resulting in the death of Frederick Rocco…

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Explosion in City Railway Tunnel Four Men Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

Four men were injured this morning in a terrific explosion which occurred in the city railway tunnel beneath George-street…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

Mr. charles Fanning shiftman , while employed setting timber at Stanford Merthyr No. 1 Colliery, slipped and sustained a fractured…

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Heavy Floods Bridges Swept Away Stock Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 4

Serious damage has been done throughout the Ararat (Vic.) district by floods, following a cloudburst last night, Heavy…

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Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 2

While riding a bicycle down Brecht-street on Saturday morning, Ken. Robertson met with a painful accident. The front wheel of the machine…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 5

A fatal motor accident occurred on Stroud road on Tuesday afternoon last when a young man named Thomas Bourke was killed instantly…

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'Bus Accident Driver Charged Boy's Death Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 1

At the Burwood Court to-day Victor kempnich (28), busdriver, was charged with haying, feloniously slain Arthur…

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Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. Seath, employed at Hebburn No. 1 as a wheeler, and residing at weston, when attempting to lift a skip on the road had his finger…

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Horse Breaker Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

Mr. Len Dodds, residing at Second, street, Weston, and employed at Hebburn No. 2 as a horsebreaker, received a compound fracture of the ankle…

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Bus and Lorry Newcastle Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 5

A collision between a motor 'bun and a motor lorry occurred at the west end of Hunter—street to-day. A man named W.J. Bridges, who…

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Fatal Collision Cyclist Killed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

George Martin, 43, of Cowardstreet, Mascot, was fatally injured in a collision between two motor cycles in Botany—road, Mascot, late…

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Prison Mutiny Warder Found to Be Injured Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 6

It has just been revealed that during the disturbance at Parramatta Gaol on Wednesday, Warder Coglan received a fractured hand and wrist, which was…

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After Accident Failed to Stop Driver Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

On the morning of January 23, Frederick Bubbins, a night watchman, left a push bicycle outside a Hamilton shop,…

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News in Brief Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 6

The Maitland District Coroner (Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M.), will hold an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock,…

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Six Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 10

Six persons were injured, two of them seriously, when two motor cars collided head-on near Wentworth Falls last night. The mountains…

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Bus and Lorry Newcastle Collision NEWCASTLE

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

A collision between a motor bus and a motor lorry occurred at the west end of Hunter-street to-day, A man named W. J. Bridges, who…

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River Tragedy Well-known Identity Found Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 3

Mr. John Bunker, of East Maitland was startled, late on 27th ult. to discover the body of a man floating in the river at…

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Boys Drowned Unable to Swim Double Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 10

A double drowning fatality occurred at Tamworth during the week-end. The bodies of two boys—Peter Paul Dean and…

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