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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 68

Not Insured Bankruptcy Comment Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 6

In the Federal Bankruptcy Court, the Registrar (Mr. Huntley) commented upon the absence of third-party insurance when a person was injured…

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Davis Cup Player Injured Merlin in Motor Smash (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Paris

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 1

France's Davis Gup tennis player, Merlin, was seriously injured in a motor car accident to-day. He will need at least three months complete rest…

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Injured Girl Special Ambulance SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 1

An ambulance car is being [?]tted up so that Miss Margery Finlay, who fractured both legs in a novice [?]k race at Koseluske on Friday, can be…

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Weston Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 2

R. Prescott, of Weston, was found in Hunter at West Newcastle, on Sunday night, suffering from a in[?]ration over the right eye, abrasions to…

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Injured by Tipping Handle

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 2

On Friday last Mr Wilfred Littlejohn, who was employed on work for the Municipal Council, was using the tipping handle of a lorry when it flew…

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Two Drowned Father and Son BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 2

In the Brishbane River, near Sherwood, Richard Tainton, 45, a carpenter, and his six-year-old son, Keith, were drowned…

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Five Injured Lorry Overturns Near Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 4

Five men were injured, two seriously, when a lorry overturned on the Northern Highway on Sunday evening…

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Motor Lorry Overturns Five Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 3

Five passengers were injured and (several others had narrow escapes when a motor-lorry capsized at the foot of Red Hill on the…

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Badly Injured Scalded All Over BALLINA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 3

Frightful injuries were received by Cyril Wesley Dont, 43, engineer, while inspecting a chain elevator at the Colonial Sugar Rolling Company's C…

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GLOUCESTER Man Shot in Chest Rifle Accident Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 3

A young man named Job Blanch, of Aron Valley, accidentally shot himself in the chest. When he was cleaning a pon rifle…

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Weston Man Injured Street Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 4

Thought to have been struck by a motor-car or a tram, R. Prescott, of Third Street, Weston, was found in Hunter Street West, Newcastle, on…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 5

W. Shaw, 60, of Boolarco, a minor employed at Stockton-Borehole Colliery, sustained an incised wound to the left log when a fall of cost…

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Drowned in Bath. Two Little Boys. Carbon Monoxide Fumes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 5

Unusual circumstances surround the deaths of George Edward "Warman, 13, arid Dudley Maurice Wannan, 8, whose bodies were found in a bath at their…

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Two Boys Drowned Gassed in Bath Mother's Tragic Discovery

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 4

Geoffrey Edward Warman, 13, and his brother, Dudley Morris Warman, were drowned in their bath, in nine inches of water, at their home,…

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Elderly Farmer's Tragic Death Drowned in Creek Near Allandale Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 3

There was a tragic happening during the week-end, when Frank Lomas, 65. farmer, living near Allondole road, was…

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Father and Son Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 1

Richard Tainton (45), and his six years old son, Keith, were drowned in the Brisbane River, near Sherwood. It is thought that the father lost his…

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Teacher Injured Car Strikes Sulky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 2

While driving into Canowindra by car, Mr. Sutton, school teacher, of Tom's Lagoon, collided with a sulky driven by Mr. D. Whyte…

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Gored by Bull Man Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 2

John Whitten, an employee of Mr A. Heathcote, of Warrawong, Mullaley, was attacked by a bull whilst at work on the property last week…

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Boy Injured Fell in School Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 7

Playing in the Homeville Public School playground before school commenced this morning, Leonard Dunn, aged 8, living with his parents in…

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Struck by Limb Tree-feller Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 5

While engaged on emergency relief work on the Anvil Crook-Rothbury Road, Walter Siddens, single, residing in Nelson-street, Greta, was…

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