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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 68

Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Mr. Ken. Gilligan, of Dalmore, Aberdeen, sustained a bullet wound in the foot last week, accidently received when he was handling a rifle…

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Mill Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 2

While working at Gam's mill on Tuesday, Mr. Don Monaghan had a narrow escape from serious injury. He was working the saw when the…

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Premiership Games Off for Benefit Match DISTRICT Injured Player Fund To-day's Fixture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 7

The Rugby League competitions were suspended to-day, when a team from the Newcastle clubs played one…

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Queensland Fatality Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 3

Hundreds of persons near Cleveland yesterday were horrified to see an aeroplane dive into the water of moreton Bay from a height of 3000 feet…

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Fatal Collision Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 5

Mark Elvine Walker, 42 cream carter, was killed when a moter cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car on the Prince's Highway…

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Injured Man's Plucky Ride

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 4

When a stout twig deflected the blade of the axe with which he was ringbarking at Bassendean, Tingha, Keith Clarke, aged 21, sustained a…

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Horse Bolts Head Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 7

Crashing into a rail at Caulfield this morning, Hostile suffered fractures of benes in the face and nose, and was removed in a horse float to a…

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Pilot's Funeral Tragic Air Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 1

R. Annabel, who was killed in tragic circumstances at Mascot acrodrome yesterday, will be buried to-morrow Lauric phipps, who was struck by a…

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Child Choked Golf Tee in Throat Sad Fatality Sydney, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 1

The danger of children putting small objects in their mouth was again emphasised last night with fatal results June Rosemary Folkos…

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Man Injured Horse Fell on Him CASINO, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 4

When his horse fell and rolled on him Donald Allen, 30, Was badly injured. He lay for six hours in the scrub country, about 30 miles from…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 2

While cranking a car early on Sunday morning Mr. Jas. Lonergan, of Kayuga, struck his head on the corner of the number plate, inflicting a…

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Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 5

A painful accident happened to Mr. George Dengate, a welt-known district resident. He was walking along the Deninan road when a motorist offered…

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Struck by Jack Unusual Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 7

Mr. Bruce Hanks, of Newcastle-st., East Maitland, was the victim of an unusual accident yesterday afternoon. In the course of his duties as a…

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Child Choked with Golf Tee Unusual Fatality

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 July 1934 · page 1

The danger of children putting small objects in their mouth has beén again emphasised with fatal results.June Rosemary Folkes (8), of Killara, had a golf…

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Injured Man Helpless in Scrub Six Hours Before Found

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 July 1934 · page 1

When his horse fell and rolled on him, Donald Allen, 30, was badly injured. He lay for six hours in the scrub country, about 30 miles from…

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Tram Inspector Critically Injured Due to Retire in Few Weeks

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 July 1934 · page 3

While, on duty on Monday night,Robert Dobson, aged 60, a tramway inspector, of Creydon, was knocked down by a tram at Moore Park and…

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School Accident 16 Years in Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1934 · page 3

After remaining for nearly 16 years in hospital as the result of an accident at the Yarragon State School in 1918, Frank Eric White, aged 27 years,…

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Carrier Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1934 · page 10

S. C. Newton, 84, a carrier, of Stroud, sustained a fracture of the right forearm in Newcastle yesterday when the engine of a motor-lorry…

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Back Injured Ponsford's Condition SHEFFIELD, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1934 · page 1

Ponsford, who was believed to have lumbage, has now been shown to be suffering from torn muscles in the back…

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