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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 58

Cars in Collision Accident on Heath Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

On the Neath road last Sunday afternoon two cars caine into collision, with the result that several peri sons were injured, the victims being…

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Sewer Worker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 2

John [?] worker employed on the cessnock sewerage construction job was this morning injured in the [?] of his work…

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Knife Slipped Little Girl Injured ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

A severe incised wound between the thumb and first finger of the right hand was received yesterday by an eleven-year-old girl, Beryl…

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Condition Still Serious Youthful Victim of Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 2

Struck by the mudguard of a car while cycling along Allandale-road on Saturday evening, John McGregor, aged 12, residing at Sperry-…

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Plane Accident at Narrabri Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 3

The occupants of a two-seater monoplane were injured at Narxabri on Monday afternoon. Their machine turned over in a field,…

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Unhappy Valley! Residents Fight Three Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

Following a quarrel at the Happy Valley, unemployed camp at Yarra Bay this afternoon. Ernest Parnell (39), suffering from a fractured…

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Shot-firer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

Norman Evans, 33, of Paxton, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital today with a fractured shoulder, caused by a fall of coal at…

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Car Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

Cromarty Creek was again the scene of a car accident on Saturday. A sedan car driven by Mr. John McRae, of Gloucester, who was…

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Fatal Burning Accident Paxton Woman's Tragic End Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 1

At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) held an inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Ada…

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Fall of Coal Shotfirer Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 5

Norman Evans, a shotfirer, employed at Ellington Colliery, and a resident of Paxton, was struck by a fall of coal while at work…

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Boy Drowned Strayed From Home LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 3

Roy Blaniey Coughran, aged 8, strayed rom his home at Wollonghar, eight miles from Lismore, on Sunday afternoon, and was later found drowned in…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour Tug Damaged in Berthing Freghter. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 2

A collision occurred this morning, in the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, between the freighter Menon and the tug Heroic. The tug's bows…

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Youth Killed. Accident at Tamworth

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 2

John Evans, 18, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Evans, of Tamworth, was killed instantly on Sunday evening when a motor cycle which he was…

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Eight-year-old Hero. Saves Brother from Drowning. The story of how an eight

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 1

Year-old boy saved a younger brother from probable drown-in the Hunter River on Saturday last was revealed a few…

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Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

Whilst working in the cold storage department at the Freezing Works, Cecil Adnum sustained painful injuries to the head through being struck…

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Toe Severed Colliery, Electrician's Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

A painful accident, which happened in a peculiar way, befell Erio Biggors, 28, it Aberdars Extended Colliery yesterday…

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Man Plunges Into River for Swim and Disappears DROWNED? No Trace Vain Search Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 1

Yesterday's heat drove people to the beaches and other cool spots, and it is believed that in seeking relief…

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Train Fatality Melborne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 2

Florence Augustus Lane, aged 10, of Port Melbourne, was found lying on the rails between South Yarra and Hawkesburn railway station with her…

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Cyclist Fined Sequel To Collision, NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 1

For not giving way to a motor vehicle, which was on his ring and with which he collided, pail F. O. Jones was fined 1, with 18/2 costs,…

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Saw Burst Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 2

Fatal injuries were received by Thomas Dianeen, who conducts a wood depot at Ripley, near Ipswich (Q.). Dianeen was operating a circular saw…

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