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Accidents, 1934

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Accidents in U. S. A.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1934 · page 8

Although the official view is that drinking has not increased much in the U. S. A. since the repeal of Prohibition, figures published recently…

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Denman Fatality

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr R. M. Woodruff) will hold an inquest into the death of Allan John Souter, who died from a gunshot wound at the Bank of…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 5

William Walton 19, of High-street, Greta while riding his bicycle at Grota, collided with a dog and fell, sustaining severe lacerations and…

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Car Skidded Man Killed at St. Kilda Two Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 10

Reginald Walker, 44, of Loch-street, St. Kilda, was killed on Sunday afternoon when a motor car in which he was travelling skidded on the wet…

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Cricketers Hurt Bowler's Rib Fractured Strange Accidents Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 4

Two players sustained fractured ribs in unusual circumstances whilst playing cricket on Saturday. Percy Dennis, Goolmagar Clubs…

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Unusual Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 4

Roy Lyndon, 11, of Aduamstown, had his left forearm fractured in peculiar circumstancen on Saturday, While riding a pony in the vicinity of…

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Child Drowned Islington Fatality in Waterhole Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 4

A six-year old boy, Neville Sawyer, of 48 Lawson-street, Hamilton, was drowned in a waterhole near the Islington high level bridge yesterday…

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Denman Fatality Inquest. Postponed Indefinitely

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 1

Owing to the indisposition of the Coroner (Mr. R. M. Woodruff, J.P.), the inquest into the death of Allan John Souter, bank official, of Denman,…

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Woman Hurt Unusual Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 8

The traffic along King and Castle rough-sts, city, was disorganised for some time when an aged women had a leg broken by a box which foll from…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 2

The Gooch brothers, (of Bullah-delah), William, Charles and Thomas, and members of their families were victims of an unusual series…

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Boy Drowned at Islington

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 3

Neville Sawyer, aged eight, of Law-v son-street, Hamilton, was drowned when he fell into a waterhole while playing, near the high-level bridge at…

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Motorists Swept Away Three Drowned in Fierce Storm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 2

A terrifically dense storm which struck the Castlemaine (Vic.) district On Sunday afternoon was responsible for three deaths…

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Mine Fatality Two Men Buried One Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 3

In a mine fatality Thomas Hoper, 40, was overwhelmed by a fall of rock killed in the Mount Charlested wolfram mine,…

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Centenary Thousand Cycle Race French Competitor Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 2

Bad luck befell the French cyclist, Paul Checque, in the Centenary Thousand cycle race yesterday. He was competing in the third stage, Ballarat…

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Three Children Believed to Be Drowned Woman Rescued. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 2

Three children are believed to have been drowned at Cowes, Philip Island, early, to-day. when a woman named Mrs Ina Mackenzie, about 40, of Malvern,…

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Cyclist Injured Struck by Motor Car NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 3

White riding to work on a motor cycle yesterday afternoon, George Appleby, 85, of Cardiff, employed at Northern Extended Colliery, was…

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Bad Smash Motor Car and Cart Drivers Injured Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 5

A motor car, owned and driven by Mr. Herald Jones, of Dungog, and a butcher's cart, owned by J. Morris and Son, and driven by Mr. Perc…

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Rescued Child Drowning in River Plucky Lad Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 4

A plucky schoolboy jumped into Cockle Creek yesterday afternoon and saved a little boy from drowning. He brought him safely to the bank,…

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Triple Tragedy Children Drowned Island Drama Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 10

A tragic event took place at Cowes, Phillip Island, yesterday, when three children was resoled. The…

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Fell Off Yacht Settler Drowned N.Z. Tragedy Wellington (N.z)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 1

Despite a courageous effort by his wife to save him, Charles Gorlach, a well-known settler, fell off his yacht near Russel and was drowned…

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