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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 58

Head Injured Struck by Hammer CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 5

Mr. Albert Smith, brother of the proprietor of the Wentworth Hotel, Mr. R. Smith, met with n painful accident yesterday…

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Boy Killed Pinned by Lorry Terribly Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

Maxwell 1kin, 14, of Leichhardi, was terribly injured last night when he was planned by a lorry against a wall at Camperdown. He died…

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Two Injured in Sensational Explosion Hand Off Man Critical Police Story Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

A sensational explosion occurred at a house at Carlton, near Melbourne, last night, which almost wrecked…

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Too Many Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 4

Motor accidents occur on our public roads with distressing frequency. In some cases loss of human life is involved; in others…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 2

Whilst assisting with decorations for the Catholic ball on Thursday afternoon, Miss K. Fittock sustained a nasty fall, meeting with painful injury to…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 2

Whilst working in the frozen meat department at the Aberdeen Works, an employee, R. O'Byrne, had his hand badly crushed on Tuesday last, and is…

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'BUS-CAR Sensational Smash None Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 4

Racing across the footpath when the steering Jammed the driver, in an endeavour to avoid a side on collision, had swung it towards…

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Drowned in River Two Bodies Recovered

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 2

Wagga Monday.—It is feared that a man, his wife, and their child have been drowned in the Murrumbidgee River. Their deserted camp was…

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Actress Injured Stabbing Scene Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 8

A nasty accident occurred in the last act of the first night of "My Lady's Dress" at the Comedy Theatre," Melbourne, on Saturday night last…

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Two Injured Car Somersaults NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 2

Two persons were injured when a motor care overturned on the Sydney-road, about 18 miles south of Swansen…

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Fatal Leap Tram Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 4

When he jumped from a tram in pursuit of his hat, which a gust of wind had carried away, John Charles King, aged 63 years, and an…

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Cars in Collision. Lucky Escape of Passengers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 1

On Sunday night between eight and nine o'clock two cars came into collision on the Cassilis road, near Bow, with disastrous consequences to the…

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Boy Dies Injured in Smash at Mascot Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 1

Mrs. E. Niland was driving with her three children at Mascot on Monday afternoon, when a collision occurred with another car…

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Communists Brutally Attack State A.L.P Official INJURED Blows and Kicks No Arrests Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Martin, the organising secretary of the State Australian Labour party, was the victim of a…

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Whirlwind of Death. a City Devastated. 1000 Dead, Hundreds Injured, Populace Homeless. Governor Roosevelt's Mansion Badly Damaged. Washington

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 4

The State Department reported that a terrific hurricane and tidal wave devastated the city of Belize in British Honduras. Communications have been…

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Accident to Mr. F. Lowe

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 2

A serious accodent befel Mr. Fred. Lowe, manager of the Gloucester Electric Supply Co., on Monday afternoon (says Gloucester "Advocate"), as a…

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Straying Stock Causes Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 1

An accident which might easily have ended with fatal results occurred on Sunday morning last, when a motor car, after colliding with a…

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Injured Footballer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 4

The condition of Reginald Harris, Muswellbrook footballer, who is an Inmate of Tamworth Hospital, was last night reported to be slightly…

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Typhoon Havoc Fishermen Drowned TOKIO. Sept. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 1

A Very severe typhon passed over Kyushiu at the week-end, causing havoo among coastal shipping. The heaviest casualities were among…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Fatality Miner Killed by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

Samuel Gordon Goodwin, 34, miner, employed at the Pelaw Main Colliery, was killed almost instantaneously by a fall of coal and stone, at the mine at…

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