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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 68

Motor Cars Collide Accident at Maitland

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 3

Two motor cars, one driven by Mr F. Dunn, of Singleton, and the other by Mr Colin H. M'Konzie, of Hunterstreet, West Maitland, were involved…

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Life Ban Sequal to Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 8

Disqualification from holding a driving licence for life and a fine of £100 was the penalty imposed at Birmingham Assizes on a plumber, who was…

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Country League Protest From Merriwa Injured Players Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 5

At the meeting of the committee of the Merriwa Football Club indignation was expressed concerning the manner in which claims are being paid…

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Flying Glass Cyclist Hits Car Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 5

A 14-year-old boy, Maxwell Hemmings, living at East Greta, was hurt whent the bieycle he was riding about noon to-day crashed into a motor car…

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The Japanese Typhoon Official Estimate of Dead, Missing, and Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Tokio

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 2

It is officially stated that 2064 are dead, 258 missing, and 13,000 injured in the typhoon. [Earlier details are published on the…

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Road Accidents Week-end Toll Many Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 2

During the week-end there were a number of road accidents, resulting in injury to motorists and pedestrians…

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Collision. Three Cars Involved. Remarkable Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 1

A remarkable motor accident, in which three cars were involved, occurred on the main road between Coff's Harbour and Coff's Harbour…

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Car Hits Tree Suva Fatality SUVA, September 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 8

Mr. A. N. Brownlie and his daughter Valoria were killed when a car skidded and crashed into a tree at Lautoka yesterday, W. Shirley, the driver…

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Man Killed Motor Fatality Neck Broken Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 2

One of Inverell's most prominent business men, Mr. George Thomas Grove, proprietor of an Otho-street boot emporium, was killed instantly…

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Struck by Lightning Tree Stumps Boy Injured by Flying Wood

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 2

During a thunderstorm at Nimbin, near Lismore, on Sunday, two tall stumps in the backyard of Mr. B. Stewart's premises in the main street…

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A Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 2

While engaged in his usual routine of employment at the Muswellbrook Colliery during last week, Mr. Hilder, senr., received a painful injury to the…

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Painful Accident. Cyclist Falls on Axe

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 6

Mr. William Butler, of Fordstreet, was the victim of a painful accident yesterday, when he fell on to an axe and sustained a deep…

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Boy Injured Thrown From Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 4

When a riderless pony returned home, a search was made for Lesile Watts, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Watts, of Maryoola, Donman…

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Girl Students Injured Knocked Down by Gar. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 2

Two gill students of the Sydney University, Marjorie Reed (17) and Marjoric Gape (18), were knocked down and injured, one seriously, by a car…

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Mine Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 4

Ernest Edwin Green, 81, miner. was budted by fall of earth in the William mine (W.A.) and was dead when he was dug out…

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Fell on Axe Cyclist Injured MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 11

When Mr. William Butler, of Ford-street, was riding a bleycle and carrying ans axe, which was renting on his shoulder, he full form the machine,…

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Four Drowned Major Kerr-Pearse Boat Swamped London. Sept. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 1

Four were drowned when a motor boat was swamped in Killary Bay, Country Galway, to-day in a westerly gale…

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Boy Killed Accident at Neath Struck by Lorry Cessnock, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 7

Harry Sexton (9), of Maitland-street, Kurri Kurri, was killed instantly when struck by a motor lorry, driven by James Ie[?]la Garrad, near…

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Hand Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

Christopher Lewis, 45, shiftman, employed at pelton collery, was on gaged with other men lifting a skip back on the line when his hand…

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£100 in Hand Crossing Fatality CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 7

With several lists still in circulation and it little more than £39 in the hand of the Treasurer, it is calculated that more than £100 has raised to[?]st…

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