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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Traffic Lanes Reducing Accidents British Bill London, March 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 1

A bill, designed to reduce road accidents, will be introduced into the House of Commons next week by the Minister for Transport, Major…

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Boys Drowned Swimming in Dam MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 9

Two boys, John Albert Jolly, 10, and John Henry Burt, 12, of Sebastopol, were drowned in a dam opposite the school at Forndan, in the…

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Accidents in Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 9

The total number of road accidents for last year in Great Britain shows an increase. The number of accidents was 191,829, compared with…

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Many Accidents Motor Toll Grows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 10

Unless thoro is a considerable slowing up of the number at road accidents in New South Wales there will be no chance of lowering this…

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Dee Why Fatality Coroner Praises Rescuer

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 5

"I congratulate you on your action in biavely going out to this unfoitunate man. You did not know what risks you were taking of being yourself…

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Ambushed in Park . Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 1

A party of relief workers who were thought to be breaking the relief strike were attacked by pickets at Studley Park, Melbourne, on Wednesday. The…

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Fall From Bicycle. MR. E. Winder Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 2

Mr. E. Winder was the victim of a painful accident shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday. He was riding a bicycle and when in front of the Rennie Motor and…

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Train Collision in Russia Driver and Station Master Sentenced to Death. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Moscow

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 1

following a train collision at Tavatui on Wednesday, when 33 were killed, the driver and station master have already been sentenced to death and seven…

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Several Hundreds Drowned in Attempting to Escape. Many Thousands Homeless. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Tokio, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 6

Two-thirds of the city of Hakodate was destroyed by the fire. Six hundred and fifty were burned to death or died in emergency hospitals…

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Mayor's Painful Accident Light Globe Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 1

Cessnock's Mayor (Ald. R. Smith) met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He was taking down an electric…

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Story of Engine-driver Hawkins' Death Echo of Tragic Incident at Kearsley. Run-Down by Carriages When Foot Was Caught in Line. Purely an Accident," Says Coroner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 5

Echoes of the tragic incident in which Ebenezer Hawkins, 42, enginedriver, of Abermain, who received fatal injuries when run down by a line of carriages near Abermain No. 2 Colliery on the morning…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 10

Thomas Johnson, 54, a miner, living on Gallagher's Estate, Cessnock, and employed at Bellbird colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital…

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No Doctor Bungendore Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 7

As there is no resident doctor at Bungendore now, three children, injured in accidents, had to be hurried to Queanbeyan Hospital. Allan Ladd…

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HOOFBEATS Jockeys Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 7

Two jockeys received injuries which necessitated their removal to hospital when their mounts came down in the Rothwell Steeplechase at Moonee…

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Fatally Injured Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 2

An inquest into the death of Mrs, Aunle Thurza Kelynnek, of Mangrove Mountain, held by the coroner (Mr. W. E. Kirkness) revealed that death…

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Prominent Lifesaver Killed Four Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 2

Five surf lifesavers were injured, one of whom died later in hospital, when a motor truck on which they were returning from Bondi on Saturday…

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Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 2

A collision occurred on Friday at about 5 p.m. at Myall Creek bridge, which is one of the most dangerous places on the Bandon Grove road. Cars…

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Critically Injured. Electrician's Obdeal. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 2

Ernest Kirkpatrick (45), electrician, was working behind a switchboard in an electrical sub-station in Castlereagh-street,…

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Electrician Shockingly Injured in City on Fire Short Circuit Near Death Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 1

Shocking injuries were received by Ernest Kirkpatrick (45), an electrician, while working in a sub-station in…

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Bad Habit Cause of Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 10

A large number of motorists persist in the dangerous habit of pulling out from the side of the road, where, the car has been parked, without…

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