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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 58

Two Drowned Little Boy Pals SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 1

When Rev Breakspear (7), of [?]ogarah, slipped into a waterhole at a quarry near his home to-day, his seven-year-old pal. James…

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Motor Crashed Australian Injured NICE, August 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 1

Driving a motor car in the direction of Villefranche, last night, Thoodore McEvoy, 22, from New South Wales, crashed into a telegraph post,…

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Cars Collide Seven Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 4

When two cars collided on the Parramatta road, at Clyde last evening, seven persons were injured. The victims, after receiving first ald,…

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Five Injured Car Capsizes Wheel Collapsed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 2

When a motor cap capsized on the Patorson-road, at Mindaribba, yesterday, five people were injured, one of whom was admitted…

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Cyclists Injured Collided with Car SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 4

Edgar Shinold, 29, of Rose Bay, sustained fractures of the left arm left hand and nose, and also suffered from shock, when his motor cycle…

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An Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 4

"Worth asked Vidler. "About twenty thousand. They're insured." "I think we'd better have a look…

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Jimmy Brown'Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 2

Jimmy Brown,son of Bill Brows, who is apprenticed to. Mr. Ray Cashman, horse owner at Newcastle, was mounting a horse on Sunday…

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Hankow Floods Thousands Drowned Plague Spreads Shanghai, August 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 8

The flood situation at Hankow, following several weeks of rain, has assumed proportions of a national calamity, affecting millions of people,…

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Tragic Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 2

Mr. Hilton James McBaron, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. McBaron, of "Riverview," Bellinger River, was killed at Maclean on Thursday of last week…

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Arm Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 5

George Melville 16, of Bulwersiv[?]t, West Maitland, fell at his home to-day and Injured his right [?] The Maitland Ambulance…

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Collision at Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 2

A motor car and a motor van, were involved in a collision yesterday afternoon at the; Singleton end of Dunolly Bridge; but) fortunately,, nobody…

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Swansea Tragedy Child Drowned NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 2

Flouting on the surface of BlacK Ned's Bay, Swanson, the body of Peter Richmond, aged one year and ton months, was found by Miss…

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Floods in Hankow 10,000 People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 1

Shanghai, Monday.—The flood situation at Hankow, following several weeks of rain, has assumed,proportions of a national calamity, affecting millions…

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Welcome News. Injured Lad Better CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 5

A slight improvement is reported in the condition of Jim Brown, son of Mr. W. Brown, of Cessnock. who was admitted to Newcastle…

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ALARMED! Jumped from Train Girls Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 1

Two girls, aged 14 and 13 respectively jumped from a train at Richmond station last night and had remarkable escapes from serious injury…

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Struck Kerb Lorry Overturned Four Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 1

Four people were injured, one seriously when a motor lorry inn into the kerb at Homebush this morning and overturned…

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Head Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 4

William ferguson 33, of Maitland road, lalington, suffered conclusion and abrasions to the side of the head yesterday when a cycle he was riding…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

"Pork Chop" writes from Bandon Grove:—But for the prompt and timely help of a local gentleman (who prefers to remain unknown), there…

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Fell Over Cliff Child Badly Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 6

Serious injurious were sustained by Darey Peterson, aged 8 years of Globe, yesterday afternoon, when he fall about…

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Caught a Tartar! Chinese Injured Police to Rescue Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

When a Chinese, Cluing Lung, returned to his home at Bronte early this morning he noticed n man at the rear of the house…

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