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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 68

Boy Drowned Fell Into Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 5

Herbert John Strange, 4 years of age, fell into Terry's Creck East wood yesterday afternoon and was drowned before assistance could be…

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Off Rails Train Accident No Casualties Hay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 7

When a mixed train left the mils yesterday, 16 miles from Hay, the permanent way was badly damaged but none of the 20 passengers was…

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Struck Bridge Man-Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 September 1934 · page 2

Two persons were injured when a sports car struck the side of a bridge at Erina, four miles from Gosford, on Sunday afternoon…

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Mr. Rowley James' Son Injured Car Accident on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 5

Rowland Jams, 21, son of Mr. R. James, M.H.R., was returning from a political meeting at Paxton on Sunday, with Mr. G. Robinson of Weston…

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Engineer's Death. Accident at Sugar Mill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 1

Cyril Wesley Dent, 45, an engineer in the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's mill at Broadwater, who was severely scalded with maceration fluid,…

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Tragedy at Glen Innes Mayor's Daughter Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1934 · page 2

"When Betty May Plante, the fouryear-old daughter of the Mayor and Mayoress of Glen Innes (Ald. and Mrs J. Plante) was missed by her parents,…

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Girl Drowned Glen Innes Tragedy Mayor's Daughter Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1934 · page 5

When Betty, the four-year-old daughter of the Mayor and Mayoress of Glen Innes (Ald, and Mrs. J. Plante), was missed by her parents…

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Cut in Head Woman Injured Man Arrested Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1934 · page 1

When police entered an unemployed camp hut in Daceyville last night in response to urgent calls from neighbours, they found a…

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Tragic Week-end Alpinists Killed Many Injured Berne, September 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1934 · page 1

Eight Alpinists a dead and several were injured as the result of storms and torrential rain sweeping Central Switzerland during the week-end…

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Strike Riots Clashes in U.S.A. Many Injured Boston. September 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1934 · page 12

Textile strike violence centred in New England to-night, and several thousand militiamen were mobilised in the States of Massachusetts, Maine,…

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Collision on Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 8

At about dusk on Wednesday evening a bad smash occurred between a motor car and cart on Dunolly Bridge, and it was a miraculous circumstance…

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Explosion in Council Quarry Workman Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 5

While stemming a charge at the Cessnock Municipal Council's quarry, yesterday afternoon, an explosion occurred, severely injuring George…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 12

Trunk Smith (50), miner, employed at Paxton Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital with injuries to his head and shoulders caused by a…

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Boy Injured Kicked by Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 7

Noel Warty (12), of Hinton, sustained a probable fracture of the akuil and abrasions to neck and face when he was kicked by a horse at…

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Farmer Hurt Struck by "Hit-Run" Car Rothbury Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 6

A North Rothbury farmer, Mr. J. W. Pinchin, aged 65, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon, when he was struck by a hit-run motorist, near…

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Axle Broken Railway Accident Trucks Derailed Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 7

A truck and a brakevan of a goods train which left Darling Harbour for Woodville Junction at 7.15 p.m. yesterday were doralled early this…

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Accident Stops Film

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 8

It is reported from Bucharest that an untimely accident has stopped the taking of an important film, and has caused the producer, Mr. Igirosanu…

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Four Injured Man and Two Sons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1934 · page 2

Albert Eisenhuth, 88, of Rawson st., Lidcombe, was critionly injured, and his sons, Kevin four and Dosmond, two, suffered lacerations on Saturday…

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Damages Claim Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 5

Cyrill Cliford Kolly, of Pelaw Main, claimed £30 from Harlod E. Brown, of Laguna in the Maitland District Court to-day for damages to a motor…

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Miner Injured at "Central"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

While coming down the gantry at Aberdare Central Colliery yesterday, William Henry ("[?]umba") Lewis, 59, miner, slipped and fell. In…

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