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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 68

£100 DAMAGES Accident Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 7

The case in which Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Sampson, of North Sydney, claimed £1000 damages from Mrs. May Quiggan, of Mayfield, for…

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Accident Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 7

The dominion of James Mackay, of Mellow Glen, near Moree, who was struck by a motor lorry in High-street, West Maitland on Monday…

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Roadworker Injured Pinned Under Falling Tree

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

John Whitehead, 65, of Lake Eraring, was seriously injured when he was pinned beneath a falling tree, while engaged, with a number of other men, in…

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Accident Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 7

The condition of James Mackay, of Mellow Glen, near Moree, who was injured in an accident in High-street this week, was reported by the…

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Bathing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 5

May Thurgess, 56, unmarried, of Fisher-street, Malvern, who had been living at Glenolg (S.A.), for the last fortnight, was drowned in the sea…

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Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 10

Anthony Banchard, 45, of O'Connorstreet, Chippendale, suffered severe head injuries, including probably a fracture of the skull, and his son…

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Knocked Down Hit-Run Motorist Woman Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 1

Another hit-run motorist appeared last night and struck two women as they were waiting for a tram at Kensington. One of them was seriously…

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King Albert Theory of Accident "Muscles Relaxed"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 8

I have just returnde to Brussels after having scaled halfway up to the point form which King Albert of the Belgians fell to his death (writes…

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xFOOTBALLERS INJURED

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 3

Two footballers, Allan Morris, 33, Henry-street, Glebe, who sustained a fracture of the right thigh, and Arthur Cunnew, 32 of Hamilton…

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Footballer Injured C. Pearce Sustains Fractured Leg

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 3

Two footballers were injured in the match between the New South Wales members of the Kangaroos and The Rest of New South Wales at the Sports…

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Car Crashes Into Embankment Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

When a motor car crashed into an embankment at Helensburgh and overturned late last night, Francis Dunmore, aged 28, was fatally injured…

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Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 1

Air Wal. Upward, of Rockdale, met with rather a nasty accident last week. lie was engaged in fencing, and ran a splinter into his hand between the…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

Alfred Cook, miner, residing of Bellbird, and employed at Pelton colliery, was admitted to hospital, with severe lacerations of the lower part…

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Larwood and Oldfield. Accidental Meeting. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

Oldfield and Larwood met accidentally to-day. Their greetings were of a very friendly nature, and after a chat with Oldfield,…

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Eye Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 5

Neel Herbert, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herbert, of Gresford, met with a painful accident when engaged skinning a calf. The…

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Two Injured Motor Cars Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 6

Two persons were injured in a car smash on the approach to Ironbark Bridge, Hexham, yesterday. Mrs. Mavis Kinley, 40 of National…

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Accident at Anzac Sports

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 2

Colin Smith, a son of Mr and Mrs Wal smith, of John-street, was the victim of an accident while riding in the Open Hunters' Jump at the Anzac…

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ACCIDENTAL Three Vehicles Involved Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

The story of an accident on Newcastle-road, near Beresford, on April 19, in which Edward Fallins (43), colliery manager, was killed…

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Injured by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 9

Ernest Buttenshaw, 19, of Bankstown, suffered head injuries and concussion last night when he was knocked down by a motor car…

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Struck by Car Youth Badly Injured Another Charged Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 1

Believed to have been struck and badly injured by a motor car, William Draper, 16, was found crawling on the side of the road in a serious…

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