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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 58

Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 2

Master Malcolm Mackenzie, a member of the Scout Troop which was camping on Melbee during the weekend met with an accident which might…

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Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 2

Some excitement was occasioned last evening, when two cars came into collision at the corner of Church and William streets. One was a Buick, driven…

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Injured Man's Ordeal Hours Without Aid

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 1

George Simpson, manager of Glencoe Station, Queensland, lay, with a fractured pelvis, in a 5000-acre paddock, from 3.15 p.m. on Saturday until 11.30…

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Quarrel Between Women One Seriously Injured Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 2

It is reported that during a serious quarrel in a house at Redfern on Monday night Mrs Jessie Hudson, aged 48, was attacked by another woman,…

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Shooting Alleged to Be Accidental. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 1

The shooting of Nellie Cameron on Monday night, according to a woman well-known in the underworld, was accidental. The bullet, she explained,…

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Collision on Hexham Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 2

At the Newcastle District Court, on Wednesday, William George Brown, by life next friend Alfred John. Brown, gained a verdict for £40 before a jury, in a claim against…

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Car and Cycle Rider Injured Farmer Sued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 4

As compensation for injuries received in a collison between a motor cycle and car on the Newcastle road between the Ironbark and Ash Island…

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Newcastle Accident Newcastle, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 9

When Mrs. Sullivan (23), of 89 Railway-street, Cook's Hill, Slipped on the recks at Bar Beach last night, she suffcerd injuries to her…

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Cyclist Injured Car-Cycle Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

When a motor car and motor cycle collided at the inters[?]tion at Murray and Tudor Street Hamilton last evening Douglas Con[?]eld (29),…

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A Peculiar Accident.—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 8

While rolling in his paddock near Christchurch (N.Z.) last month, Cypress, a fair performer on the turf, broke his right foreleg so badly that…

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Shot in the Jaw. Peculiar Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

While motoring to Raymond Terrace on Friday last, a painful and unusual accident bofel Mr. J. Bennett, of the Central Garage. The car…

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Accidentally Shot Dead

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Clarence Arthur Budick, aged 8 years, was shot dead at the Longwarry (Vic.) State School yesterday. A man was engaged in painting the…

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Burning Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

It was reported by the health inspector (Mr. D. Caskey), at last night's' meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, that on Tuesday…

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News in Brief Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 4

Two residents of the Scone district were admitted to hospital this week suffering from injures sustained from kicks by horses. Mr. D. V. Noonan,…

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Car Capsized Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 3

Three people were injured in a motor accident at Cardiff road, South Wallsend, on Sunday afternoon, when a car overturned…

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Girl Dies Accident Sequel SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 1

Stepping from a tram at Mosman yesterday, Gladys Hatchelor (15), was knocked down and run over by the front wheel of a car. She was…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 2

While working at the Muswellbrook Colliery this morning, Mr. E. Wilder, of Sydney-street, had the small toe of the left foot fractured…

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Six Injured Mail Car Crash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 7

Six persons were injured, two seriously, when the Burraga mail car collided with another car, driven by Mr. P. Coles of Bathurst…

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Road Hog Man Injured Vain Chase Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 1

After running down a night watch-man at Blakehurst late last night a motorist sped away towards Cronulla, leaving his victim unconscious…

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Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 7

Mr. H. (Nugget) Leithbridge, a resident of Weston and employed at Hebburn No, 1 as a wheeler, suffered a severe strain of the back while…

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