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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 58

Shot Accidentally

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 4

Mr. Jas. Krohn, senr., of Raymond Terrace, shot himself accidentally in the foot, with a magazine rifle on Saturday. He had discharged as he…

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Painful Accident Onsetter Loses Finger

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 2

A painful accident befell John Fullick, of Halliday-street, Cessnock, while following his occupation of on-setter at Aberdare Central Colliery…

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Hit by Car Bellbird Collision Case Fails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 5

A claim for compensation amounting to [?]12/15/ for injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision with a car,…

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Unguarded Saw B.H.P. Fined Accident Sequel. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 1

The hearing of the case in which the Broken Hill Proprietary, Co., Ltd., was charged with having a circular metal cutting saw…

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Were They Drowned? MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 5

The Director of Navigation received a message to-day stating that the light-house-keeper at Gabo Island…

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Boy Injured Head Hit Post

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 5

While playing football at the Maitland Boys' High School at lunch hour to-day, Harold Hollingsworth (17), of Weston…

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Bomb Explodes No One Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 1

With a terrific rear an improvised bomb, made from a length of steel tubing exploded on a vacant allotment of land…

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Deaths in Ontario 30 in One Day Due to Accidents and Heat (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Toronto

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 1

Thirty deaths are announced as the result of the hottest day the Dominion has ever recorded at Ontario, with the roll rising…

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Motor Accident at Whittingham Claim in Maitland District Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 1

In the Maitland District Court yesterday, Robert Grace, of West Maitland, alleying negligence, claimed £30 damages from Samuel Killen. of…

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CRITICAL Boxer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 7

Hort McCarthy, 31, a boxer, is in hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a frae[?]ured skull, received when he struck his head on…

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Motor Smashes Week-end Accidents 18 Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 2

When the lorry in which they were travelling overturned on Princes Highway on Saturday night on the return Journey from Thirroul,…

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Riot After Football Match Two Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 2

Victim of a sensational mob riot, which followed a-football match at Queen's Park, "Waverley, on Saturday, Allen Eyres (20), Regent-street,…

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In Case of Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 6

Though tho good Intentions of sympathisers with the victim of an accident are to be commended, it is to be pointed out that it is danger…

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Accidents and Damage Everywhere. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 2

The violence of the wind which swept Sydney and suburbs averaged 50 miles per hour, and at times fierce gusts reached 70 miles per hour…

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Death of Mr F. R. H. Cox Coroner Finds Purely Accidental. No Negligence Shown by Anyone

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 4

In giving his verdict concerning the death on June 21 of Frederick Richard Hamilton Cox, at the conclusion of the inquest held at the…

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Accident to Schneider Cup Pilot Seaplane Overturns and Sinks

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 2

One of the six aircraft used for training purposes by the high speed flight, now engaged in practice for the Schneider Cup at Calshot, had to alight…

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Man Run Down by Goods Train Fatal Accident at Darling Harbour. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 2

W. Crisp, aged 64, a railway employee, was fatally injured early this morning, when he was knocked down, and shockingly injured,…

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Cycle Fatality Crashed into Cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

Frederick Ernest Dummett, 40, was fatally injured in Adelaide Terrace, Perth, When a motor cycle and sidecar, in which he was riding, driven…

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SINGLETON Sawmill Fatality Wound in Neck Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. Alex. Morrison) held an inquest concerning the death of Frederick Richard Hamilton Cox, a sawyer, who died in…

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Accidents and Damage Everywhere. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 6

The violence of the wind which swept Sydney and suburbs averaged 50 miles per hour, and at times fierce gusts reached 70 miles per hour…

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