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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Two Injured Cycle Hits Man SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 1

When Osland Wilson a coal trimmer, was wallding along joseph-st., late last night he was suddenly struck by a motor-cycle the rider of…

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Police Injured Chase After Suspect Car Hits Kerb

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 9

Sergeant Cullen and Constable Dawson, of the police night patrol, were injured while chasing a man, who was riding a motor cycle…

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Jaw Broken Hit by Cricket Ball Player Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

Mr. Donald Robson, of Dungog, met with a painful and unusual accident while playing in a cricket match at Fosterton…

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Fruit Scatter When Horse Bolted Driver Injured Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 1

When a curt, laden with fruit, was being driven along Oxford Street, Paddington, this morning by Ernest Batemen, the horse…

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Men Dismissed Sequel to Accident Conference Fails Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 11

Serious trouble threatens to develop on the Maitland coalfields, as the result of the dismissal of an engine driver…

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Racecourse Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 12

Charles Thorley. aged 22, in the employ of Mr. J. Casey, horse trainer, met with an accident on the Whittingham racecourse yesterday…

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Leg Broken Accident to Motorist Crash Into Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 8

Kenneth Milliard, a resilient of Kast Maitland, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Monday afternoon, suffering from a badly fractured left…

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Gallant Rescue Drowning Woman Saved SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 8

A knowledge of first aid and the prompttiude of a deck-hand. A. Hill, employed by Sydney Ferries, Ltd., were responsible yesterday…

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Train and Lorry Collision at Level Crossing

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

A man and his young soft had a very narrow escape from death on the main Northern-road near the Hawkesbury River on Saturday, when a train…

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Swept Off Rocks Drowning Averted Tweed Heads, Mondays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Swept off the rocks by a Wave while fishing at Fingal on Saturday, Mr. V. J. O'Keefe was held by head in a crevice In eight feet…

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Baby Strangled Tragic Accident NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

To find her baby suspended from a cot, strangled, was the terrible discover made by Mrs. Conrick, of 27 Faweett-street,…

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Boy Injured Dragged by Cow Painful Ordeal Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

Charles Robinson, 7, of Fairfield, was seriously injured in an unusual manner yesterday. He was loading a cow to a paddock, near his home…

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Jump From Burning Lorry Eight Maoris Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 2

While eight Maoris were returning to their pah in a lorry near Auckland yesterday, the vehicle caught fire. The Maoris jumped from the fast…

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Accidents Total Heavy Motor Toll SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

There wore 218 fatal motor accidents in the streets of the metropolitan area in 1930, and seven caused by trams…

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Kurri Accident at Pelaw Main Fall of Goal Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. Richard Gould, while following his occupation at Pelaw Main, wan struck on the head by a place of coal, inflicting a nasty gash…

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Street Collision Car and Cycle Two Killed Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

Mangled and twisted beyond repair the bicycle of the late William Main, showing all too Clearly the terrible impact…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

An Aberdare Central miner, named David Th[?] was injured about the head by a fall of coal on Wednesday. T[?] head was knocked on to a…

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Drowning Risks Coroner's Comment Making Areas Safer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

The need for swimming places, marked with flags for childreen was pointed out by the Deputy Coroner, Colonel Nash, when…

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Fell Down Well Fatality at Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Claude Howe, a young man, was killed at Scone yesterday when he fell down a well. The young man was installing a…

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Seven Drowned St. John's (N'land), Jan, 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

One youth and six girls whose ages ranged from 11 to 25 years, were drowned on Wednesday night in the…

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