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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 68

Remarkable Air Fatality Aviator Too Scared to Use Parachute

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

A remarkable aviation fatality occurred at Thornbury (Gloucestershire) when a Royal Air Force Westland-Wallace "bomber" developed engine…

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Man Injured by Horse Saved by Pet Pony

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

when the horse which he had been breaking in at Newton Boyd, near Grafton, plunged, it struck Ted Cobbley, 20, with its flying,, hoofs and hurled him…

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Ten Drowned Cyclone Sweeps Coast Lugger Sinks, Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 2

It is reported from Mossman that the Thursday Island lugger Mildred, foundered during the cyclone which struck the coast between Sehnapper…

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Pilot Locates 17 Members of Lugger's Crew on Land Sole Survivors Ten Drowned Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 1

Fears for the safety of a number of the crew of the lugger Mildred, which foundered in Monday's cyclone,…

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Road Accidents a British View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 2

The secretary of the British Reads Improvement Association has prepared some notes dealing with the relation of road accidents to the lack…

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Tree Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 4

Richard Beckett, 30, of millfield, was struck by the branch of a falling tree, and was admitted to hospital with injuries to his head and…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

While following his occupation of miner at Millfield Colliery on Tuesday, Matthew Hogan 44, was struck by a fall of stone, and was admitted…

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Plane Observer Drowned Singapore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

An observer was drowned when an Air Force 'plane crashed into the water to-day. The pilot was recued an hour later…

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Cut with Axe Cricketer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

While engaged in timbergetting at Mulbring yesterday, Mr, W. Grant, of Mulbring, received a nasty gaah in the log when the axe slipped, He…

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Observer Drowned in Plane Crash (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Singapore

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

The observer was drowned when an Air Force 'pillllo crashed in the water to-day. The pilot was rescued abou an hour, later…

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Struck by Car Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 6

Prior to the start of the St. Patrick's Day procession to-day, Alber Borthold of Lindsay street, East Maitland, was struck by a car. He…

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Rotarian Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 2

John Carlton, 63, Lismore, one of the delegates to the Bathurst Rotary Conference, was admitted to Bathurst Hospital suffering from…

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Child Injured Through Windscreen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 6

Mary clarke, [?] of Richmond Main, suffered [?] to the left side of the body and right wrist when she ws thrown through the window of a…

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Struck by Cycle Injured at Neath CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 5

Struck by a bicycle on the main road at Neath late on Saturday night, Mrs. T. Flemming was admitted to the Cessnock District Hospital…

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Coal Train Fatality Inquest Tomorrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Ebenezer Hawkins, of Abermain, who was cut to pieces when he was run down by a line of carriages near…

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Tossed by Bull Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 5

Preparing a red poll bull for the Sydney Show, Joe Blacker, employed by Mr. L. Tochey, of Borrima, was attacked by the heast…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 2

Mr. Kitchie, advance agent for the well-known Perry Bros.' circus, found out that there is some truth in the old adage, more hurry, less speed. He…

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Injured While Examining Pistol Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 2

Arthur North, aged 22, while exmaining an automatic pistol at Glebe this morning, received a wound in the calf of the right leg when a charge…

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Stone Tied to Neck Man Drowned in Creek

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 1

Frank Hamilton was cycling over the Banyan Creek bridge at Tully (Q.), when he saw a naked man with a stone tied round his neck sitting on rocks in…

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Fatal Train Collision Driver and Fireman to Be Shot. (Australian Press. Assn. Message.) Moscow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 1

The driver and fireman of a suburban train, which collided with another, train on March 6, killing 19 and injuring 52, were sentenced to be shot, and…

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