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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 68

Road Accidents World-wide Attention Warning Notices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 10

The reduction of road accidents is receiving world-wide publicity these days, and the fact is almost as widely appreciated that educating the people…

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Four Injured Vigorous Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 2

Four footballers were injured in junior matches in Melbourne and had to be taken to Alfrod Hospital, one in a critical condition…

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DROWNED Swept off Rocks Hit by Wave Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 2

When they were fishing near like till two men were washed off a ledg[?] rook and were drowned. After lovers getting all day the police expressed…

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ACCIDENT! Youth's Death the Inquest Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 1

Apparently injured during a sparring bout in a gymnasium on June 3 or 4, Harry Thomas Arnolli (18),…

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Accident at Antiene. Railway Crossing Motor Car Strikes Post

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

On Friday afternoon Mr. W. B. Lavelle, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Bunnan, who was accompanied by his daughter and a friend met with…

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ACCIDENTAL Charge Withdrawn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 8

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Ballina District Coroner (Mr. A. R. Best) yesterday, following an inquiry into the death of…

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Fatal Accident Husband's Claim SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 4

A claim for £3000 was made by Reginald Stephens Spratt from Phillp Henry Rutlige, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury at Queen's Square…

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Motor Fatality Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 3

At the inquest at Tamworht into the death of Eric Kensell, whose body was found on the Carroll road, tow and a half miles from Gunn[?]dah, on…

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£400 DAMAGES Motor Collision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 1

Claiming £1000 compensation from Barnes Bacon Company, Ltd., for injuries received in a collision between his motor cycle and a lotty,…

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Struck by Car Man and Wife Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Maria Fields, 66, of Gordon avenne, Hamilton, was admitted to Nercastle Hospital last night in a critical condition, with a probable…

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Knocked Down by Horse Three Women and Infant Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 1

Three women and an infant in arms were injured when they were knocked down by a horse, which bolted with its rider in Swanston-street, Melbourne, on…

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Football Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 7

Jack Nolan, 18, of Rutherford, and a pupil of Marist Brothers' School had his left collarbone fractured this afternoon, while playing football. He…

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Struck a Rock German Liner Beached Woman Drowned Oslo, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 1

The German liner Dresden ran aground at Doken Island, but was refloated without assistance. The vessel was then beached on…

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Injured by Glass

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 4

Unlucky was Master Harold Andrews in his play on Friday last. An incised Wound from a broken bottle has caused his lay-up for some days…

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Fatal Accident. Former Muswellbrook Resident's Claim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 1

A claim for £3000 was made by Reginald Stephens Spratt, formerly of Muswellbrook, from Philip Henry Rutlige, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury…

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Bush Accident Sleeper-cutter's Injury DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 3

Whilst cutting sleepers at Main Creek on Tuesday afternoon, William Russell gave himself a nasty gash with his axe on the ealf of the leg…

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Accident at Antiene Motor Car Strikes Post

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 6

On Friday afternoon, Mr. W. B. Lavelle, licensee of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Bunnan, who was accompanied by his daughter and a friend,…

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Down Lift Well Young Man Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 10

Arthur Cleary, 26, of Randwick, was seriously injured when he fell down a lift well at the Hotel Manly. Cleary was working on the third…

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Woman Killed Five Others Injured Motor 'Bus Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 9

One woman was killed and five others seriously injured when a bus with 16 passengers overturned at Rockhampton (Q,), following a…

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Motors Collide Cyclist Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 5

George Edward Deane, a resident of Woollahra, was badly injured when a motor cycle he was riding along Old South Head-road, Waverley, last night…

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